Attraction

I just want to know what industrious PR Industry meta-flack landed this gem.

(via The Economist)

Ebooks Outsell Real Books?

Depressing, invigorating, or encouraging? Maybe it’s just PR smoke and mirrors. Maybe it’s all another Amazon gimmick. I’m just pleased Americans are continuing to purchase books, regardless of the medium.

Digital Revolution? Kindle Ebooks Outsell Real Books on Christmas

According to Amazon, yesterday marked the first time that more ebooks were sold than real books.

(via Mashable)

Preserve good relations at all times.

A Radically Condensed History of Postindustrial Life

When they were introduced, he made a witticism, hoping to be liked. She laughed extremely hard, hoping to be liked. Then each drove home alone, staring straight ahead, with the very same twist to their faces.

The man who’d introduced them didn’t much like either of them, though he acted as if he did, anxious as he was to preserve good relations at all times. One never knew, after all, now did one now did one now did one.

–-David Foster Wallace