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Re: editorial+character+&+LDiablo (Reply to this comment)
by benho
"i'm not straddling the fence, "
Nothing wrong with that. I think that's what I do all the time. (though I kick myself whenever I do it)
Editorial character. I read Ldiablo's review. Interesting concept. I actually heard about epinions after hearing about it on NPR (on the Connection [i think], my favorite show until Christopher Lighten apparently disappeared) where they were talking about the editorial nature of news sources, and how this new site (patterned off epinions) plastic.com would be an "open-source" version where users and user ratings would suggest news stories, and you would see news articles based on member ratings and soem wot type thing. I gave up on it though, because I found I still trusted the editors at the NYTimes online, much better than most of the people there. so even highly rated stuff was never that great.
But the economics of editing. Now there's something to do some research on. It couples nicely with previous work i've done with open-source software, my classes at MIT's Media Lab, and my fascination toward journalism ever since visiting the Newseum in washington, and walked out of their intro multimedia clip, tearing up. something to think about.
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Jun 16 '01
3:47 pm PDT
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editorial character & LDiablo (Reply to this comment)
by sumo_rhino
I'm not straddling the fence, I just like to have my cake and eat it, too.
I love independent book stores, and (of course) I don't want to see them forced to extinction by the Big Boys In Town.
Buuuut,, I love the selection and discounting offered by the mega-stores.
I love visiting used book stores, too. The cost is great, and out-of-print gems are always a delight.
You should check out LDiablo's Epinion on the enterprise of information: News isn't really the product: Why you'll never read news the same way again. It makes a nice companion to your position on editorial character.
- sumo_rhino
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Jun 15 '01
5:53 am PDT
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Re: Nice+approach,+though (Reply to this comment)
by benho
Right, it's not the main campus book store, it's a little tiny one across the street run as an after thought by the press, about the size of a large bedroom. Trust me, it's fairly comparable.
thanks though
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May 09 '01
1:50 pm PDT
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Nice approach, though (Reply to this comment)
by scmrak,  in Books
personally I'd hesitate to call my local university press store a "corner bookstore." If MIT's is anything like the stores at my almas mater, it's a pretty different setting from Mom & Pop Books, Inc.
Regardless, I suspect that even the UPress stores feel the squeeze when one of those category killers sets up down the block.
scmrak
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May 08 '01
2:05 pm PDT
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