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I've Been Pirated
All right, I admit it. Like many hopeful authors, I had been Googling my own book. To see if it...
'Class Dismissed'
Author of new book argues that education's potential as the great equalizer has been vastly overstated.
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The Bookstore at the End of the World
With e-book sales rising and Borders about to close for good, the post-print age looks closer than ever. Scott McLemee goes underground.
The Activist Who Downloaded Too Much
Indictment charges theft of millions of journal articles through MIT's JSTOR account.
'The Fall of the Faculty'
Faculty members feeling besieged by, well, take your pick -- increased scrutiny of their productivity and the relevance of their...
E-phemeral E-Books
In a bid to stoke interest in e-books, some university presses let students and scholars rent electronic volumes for a fraction of the full price.
'The Faculty Lounges'
It will surprise no one familiar with her work that Naomi Schaefer Riley is not a fan of tenure. In...
Could Pirates Be Your Friends?
At university press meeting, some see advantage to having their works copied without permission.