Comments on: Judging books by the page http://www.wordyard.com/2008/02/26/judging-books-by-the-page/ Technology, politics, culture Fri, 29 Aug 2008 22:34:47 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Scott Rosenberg http://www.wordyard.com/2008/02/26/judging-books-by-the-page/#comment-2783 Scott Rosenberg Sat, 19 Apr 2008 16:06:15 +0000 http://www.wordyard.com/2008/02/26/judging-books-by-the-page/#comment-2783 Interesting! I'll have to check those out. And of course there was Steven Levy's recent experiment with his iPod book -- shuffling up the chapters so that different readers would get different "mixes" of the book. That was not so successful, though, I thought... Interesting! I’ll have to check those out.

And of course there was Steven Levy’s recent experiment with his iPod book — shuffling up the chapters so that different readers would get different “mixes” of the book. That was not so successful, though, I thought…

]]> By: Anthony http://www.wordyard.com/2008/02/26/judging-books-by-the-page/#comment-2781 Anthony Sat, 19 Apr 2008 08:18:04 +0000 http://www.wordyard.com/2008/02/26/judging-books-by-the-page/#comment-2781 "Books aren’t typically fractal" -- That's a great line. I was trying to think of some books that could be considered fractal-like. Two that come to mind are: "Bobby Fischer Teaches Chess" and "The Little LISPer". “Books aren’t typically fractal” — That’s a great line. I was trying to think of some books that could be considered fractal-like. Two that come to mind are: “Bobby Fischer Teaches Chess” and “The Little LISPer”.

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