Google Books and Dave’s love of old books · Proposed air date:
Google begins offering downloadable scans of public domain books, which Dr. Dave compares to a larger Project Gutenberg. Calling himself a book guy, he delights in unusual old editions and hand drawn artwork while also acknowledging that reading a long work on a scrolling monitor lacks the continuity of paper.
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Proposed recording date: 2006-09-02. The exact broadcast date may differ.
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