Cyberbooks

by Ben Bova | Science Fiction & Fantasy |
ISBN: 0812503198 Global Overview for this book
Registered by phantomreader42 on 10/15/2002
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Journal Entry 1 by phantomreader42 on Tuesday, October 15, 2002
A pretty good book. Some very funny parts about the general insanity of the publishing industry. Bova is an editor as well as a writer, so he can get away with making fun of editors and the publishing industry. Bad books net million-dollar advances, good books can barely get printed, and truly great books don't even have a chance. An inventor named Carl Lewis hopes to change all that, as well as stop the endless wastage of paper and bring books to the poor, using a device that can display a book on screen, with better illustrations than paper, with the books stored on tiny wafers that can be mass-produced cheaply. There are a number of obstacles in his way, including the salespeople, the lumber industry, and spies from a rival publising company. Hope whoever finds it likes it. I got it from a used bookstore called "The Book Rack" in Auburn, Alabama.

Books by Ben Bova:
Cyberbooks
Empire Builders
Sam Gunn Forever
The Winds Of Altair

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The Raven by Edgar Allen Poe
I Have A Dream by Martin Luther King Jr.
Give Me Liberty of Give Me Death by Patrick Henry
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Journal Entry 2 by phantomreader42 at on Monday, October 21, 2002
Released on Monday, October 21, 2002 at Broun Hall in Auburn University, Alabama USA.

Left in the UNIX computer lab (room 310), between machines "volt" and "tesla," about 3pm.

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