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Naturally, London Looters are not Readers

Phyl — Tue, 09 Aug 2011 13:43:08 +0000

People who value knowledge and like to read and reflect don't riot or commit unspeakable damage to others and their property. [...]

“But NOTHING bad will happen if you all switch to ebooks. Trust us.”

Phyl — Sat, 26 Feb 2011 21:20:56 +0000

Do you think these publishers won't end up at a point where they'll only allow us to read an ebook a certain number of times, even though we've legitimately purchased it and put on our readers?? Don't be naive. [...]

Rabid Capitalism and the “Democratization” of Book Reviews on Amazon

Phyl — Tue, 30 Nov 2010 22:53:56 +0000

I think I'll watch out for true, educated, thoughtful Experts from now on. And maybe the occasional personal review on book blogs where the writer is just talking about books they like, and has nothing at stake. [...]

Banned Books Week: Some Suggestions

Phyl — Sun, 26 Sep 2010 23:26:17 +0000

Go. Read. Celebrate the freedom! [...]

What Banned Book Will You Read for Banned Books Week?

Phyl — Sun, 19 Sep 2010 16:12:56 +0000

I might pick one of those evil, harmful books like The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. Or the Bible. Or, for that matter, the Qur'an. [...]

Buffy vs Edward

Phyl — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 19:25:10 +0000

It's about time we stopped people trying to turn our young women back into 1950s helpless little man-dominated wifies. [...]

Goodbye Amazon

Phyl — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 21:48:40 +0000

AmazonFail

I hate hate hate empires, and those who try to build them and force people to be enslaved to them.

Therefore as of today I am starting to remove Amazon links and affliliate crap from this blog.

Have a look at the Library Thing blog, and read about how Amazon [...]

A school library tossing its books

Phyl — Fri, 04 Sep 2009 19:58:43 +0000

This has me so horrified I can't even write about it. [...]

Reason #5,861 why I will never get a Kindle, plus will always prefer paper books over ebooks

Phyl — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 22:30:39 +0000

AmazonFail

Yegods. Every day now, Amazon is up to something nasty again. It’s hard to keep up. And I’d really rather write about good stuff.

From Pogue’s Posts in the New York Times, “Some E-Books Are More Equal Than Others:”

This morning, hundreds of Amazon Kindle owners awoke to discover that books by a [...]

Oh, for gods’ sake, Amazon…!

Phyl — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 23:31:21 +0000

You know, I don’t even go looking for this stuff about Amazon, but it just seems to be busting out all over, lately. I keep thinking, as I watch this sort of thing happening more and more, “Who do they think they are — General Motors??” (Meaning, of course, the old General Motors before [...]