A universal e-book library
Books … we love the content, the feel of the paper they are printed on, what they convey to us and how they enrich us. Yet, books in classical form have limitations imposed by the very factors that make them so alluring – they can get damaged, cost money to print and distribute and have to be physically taken from one person to another, etc. Google has been in news recently because it is engaged in litigation defending its right to digitise books. Let’s take a closer look at e-books, their history, and more importantly, how they figure in our future.
Intellectual compendium
Seminar is an institution that has been a star in the firmament of Indian intellectual experience since its inception over 50 years ago. It is a monthly journal that takes up national and international issues and discusses them in issue deals in a single issue.
I have an unabashed admirer of the magazine, ever since I first discovered it in college. Now, to celebrate the silver jubilee, a compendium of selected articles has been brought out by Roli books. The book will occupy a place of pride in my library.
