The Choice to Go Indie by author Lisa Rivero

“Everywhere we look, big things and small things, material things and lifestyle things, life is a matter of choice… And the question is, is this good news, or bad news? And the answer is yes.” ~ Barry Schwartz I teach a college course titled “Contemporary Issues in the Humanities,” and one of my favorite TED … Continue reading »

e-reader apocalypse

Something about e-readers makes me think of that scene in Apocalypse Now… “I watched a snail crawl along the edge of a straight razor. That’s my dream; that’s my nightmare. Crawling, slithering, along the edge of a straight razor… and surviving.” I don’t want my soul cut up by e-readers. (No one said I wasn’t … Continue reading »

iDon’t Really Know…

iWant to hate the iPad because iAm inclined to believe that it will destroy the traditional book model, which iLove so deeply. The iPad is wrangling publisher after publisher into its den of digital suck. Otherwise known as iBooks, the literary equivalent of iTunes. This scares a lot of people. This delights a lot of … Continue reading »