Archive for the 'Rants' Category

Don’t just deal with negative reviews — feature them!

Tuesday, February 6th, 2007

One of the best books I read in 2006 was Infoquake, by David Louis Edelman. I had a chance to interview him recently on the Dragon Page Cover to Cover. He’s a nice guy, and a smart guy, and one hell of a writer in my opinion. But as always happens, not everyone agrees with [...]

Can audio books and printed books coexist?

Saturday, January 13th, 2007

I’m busy going through a few thousand (nope, not kidding) emails and RSS items from my two week much-needed vacation tonight, and I noticed a mention about our service on someone’s personal website. The author wrote: f I was unable to read for some reason, I would consider using [Podiobooks.com and Librivox] and would certainly [...]

Reflections on the state of the audio book industry

Friday, December 22nd, 2006

I’ve been a bit reflective as of late, and with Matt taking over the update process I find myself with even more time to look at the big picture. More dissertations like this might be forthcoming. Heck, I should podcast this stuff. I’ve been accused of being a rebel and of harboring an open hostility [...]