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I bought my first e-book

Posted by Graeme in Books, Economics at 7:36 pm on Wednesday, 2 September 2009

It is not the first e-book I have read (no by a long way), but it is the first I have bought. It is (of course) DRM free. It is also a book (actually two books ) I would never have bought if the previous books in the series had not been free downloads. (more…)

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America vs the world

Posted by Graeme in Books, Politics at 11:13 am on Monday, 21 January 2008

Listening to a funny and relentless condemnation of the American Imperium and its current government from [book]Gore Vidal[/book], I felt rather sorry for the American ambassador who was in the audience. It was clear the feelings of the audience were very much with Gore Vidal, and very much against everything it is the ambassador’s job to push. (more…)

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Psst! Want to buy an illegal book?

Posted by Graeme in Books at 2:57 pm on Thursday, 17 January 2008

Would you like to buy a book that breaks British Law? Whose authors could go to jail? The printed version has sold out, but you can still buy a PDF copy of Glorifying Terrorism, a collection of science fiction short stories. There are reviews at David Langford’s Ansible Link and The Guardian.

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