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“Free” Sets New Gold Standard for Accessible Books

Bless you, Chris Anderson! In 35 years of reading by listening to talking books, this version of Free is the fastest access I’ve ever had to a newly published book. You have set the gold standard for audio book accessibility. … Continue reading






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Preserving the Future’s Creative Raw Material in the Public Domain

James Boyle believes in the public domain enough to give away his new book there. You can acquire The Public Domain: Enclosing the Commons of the Mind in the conventional way, buying it from a book store. And you can … Continue reading






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Dignity and Justice for All of Us

Today the United Nations celebrates the International Day of Persons with Disabilities, as well as the 60th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights: Dignity and justice for all persons are established universal principles. Since its inception, the United … Continue reading






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‘Grapes Of Wrath’ And The Politics of Book Burning

Clell Pruett burns a copy of The Grapes Of Wrath in Kern County, California in 1939. [Source: Kern County Museum/NPR] You don’t need Savonarola or Heinrich Himmler to ignite the pyre for banned books. The spark could start with a … Continue reading






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Geekman vs. the Publishers: A Textbook Torrent

After I began to use my first adaptive computer some 25 years ago, I started talking to anyone who would listen about producing digital textbooks. I knew those books existed as digital files sometime in the production process. It was … Continue reading






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