The Associated Press reports that Sweden’s Post-och Inrikes Tidningar — the world’s oldest newspaper — has now dumped its print edition and gone digital only.
The newspaper, founded in 1645 by Sweden’s Queen Kristina, became a Web-only publication on Jan. 1. It’s a fate, many ink-stained writers and readers fear, that may await many of the world’s most venerable journals.
“We think it’s a cultural disaster,” said Hans Holm, who served as the chief editor of Post-och Inrikes Tidningar for 20 years. “It is sad when you have worked with it for so long and it has been around for so long.”
A short movie on YouTube that is getting millions of hits, and is a total riot!
Just a short note on how the video about the Medieval “Book” Helpdesk got here.
As with so many people, I had played with YouTube once a month or so to do a little searching for certain things and look over the hot lists, but the major YouTube experience had pretty much eluded me, that is, until my Mom, who is turning 95 shortly, sent me The Medieval Helpdesk. I loved it much and forwarded it to a few dozen friends, who then forwarded it on and on– and it just kept going. The result, I am now an official YouTube member– but all the names I tried based on my own name were taken, so…I am now Johannes Gutenberg on YouTube, and hope to be uploading in a few months. ;-)
It was time for another Mickey Mouse Copyright Extension to keep Disney’s star property out of the public domain. Somebody’s nephew had a bright idea. Instead of telling Congress to add the standard twenty years to the length of copyright, why not go for the big time? Extend copyright by 500 years.
Somebody’s niece added a smarter reason: A 500 year extension would let Disney track down Shakespeare’s heirs and buy all rights to the Bard. No matter how much the heirs wanted, the deal would pay for itself in no time. Every school that ever wanted to perform or study Shakespeare would have to send a check to Disney. Every newspaper or magazine or radio show that wanted to quote the Bard would have to send one, too. So Disney asked, and Congress gave, and the World Intellectual Property Organization followed Congress’s example. Disney paid off Shakespeare’s heirs, then used the Shakespeare profits to buy all rights from the heirs of Dumas, Dickens, Twain, Mary Shelley, Jane Austen, Bram Stoker and more. Once most of the films in every other studio’s library were subject to Disney’s copyright, they went bankrupt or became divisions of Disney.
And everyone was content, except for the storytellers who had to buy a Disney license or prove that their work owed nothing to the last 500 years of literature.
Then Jimmy Joe Jenkins’s DNA proved he was the primary descendent of the translators of the King James Version of the Bible. At first, Jimmy was satisfied with ten percent of the price of every KJV sold and 10 percent of every collection plate passed by any church that used the KJV. But when some churches switched to newer translations, Jimmy sicced his lawyers on all translations based on the KJV. That got him a cut of every Bible and every Christian service in English.
Some translators claimed their work was based on older versions and should therefore be exempt, but none of them could afford to fight Jimmy in court.**
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The stylized images of ancient Assyrian kings, with their braided beards and Art Deco muscles, riding out in chariots to hunt lions or men, are now familiar, but until the 19th century nothing was known of them. All evidence had been buried for more than two millenniums under the soil of what is today Iraq. How we came to uncover that world, and how that world reached out toward our own, is part of the story David Damrosch tells in “The Buried Book: The Loss and Rediscovery of the Great Epic of Gilgamesh.”
Borders, the US book chain, said yesterday it planned to withdraw from Britain, underlining the dire state of book retailing on the high street.
The group said it had hired the investment bank Merrill Lynch to explore alternatives for its 71 stores in the UK. It also plans to get rid of its businesses in Ireland, Australia and New Zealand. The announcement follows HMV’s decision last week to close 30 of its Waterstone’s book chain.
When a bookshop works, there is really nothing quite like it – and Foyles works. As an independent, it cannot compete with the big chains on advertising or discounts. So it has come up with other, more subtle strategies to bring in customers. Its staff, for instance, are passionate and knowledgeable (I know for a fact – as do lots of Soho art directors – that a certain member of its art department can find you any image from any period in art history in a matter of minutes).
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The Skylark of Space, by Edward Elmer Smith and Lee Hawkins Garby 20869
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/2/0/8/6/20869 ]
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Cat and Dog, by Julia Charlotte Maitland 20868
[Subtitle: Memoirs of Puss and the Captain]
[Ill.: Harrison Weir]
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Bolivia, by Emile Barbier 20867
[Full title: Bolivia.--Een in wording zijnde Staat aan den
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[Subtitle: De Aarde en haar Volken, 1907-1908]
[Language: Dutch]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/2/0/8/6/20867 ]
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Infantry Drill Regulations, United States Army, 1911, by Department 20866
[Author: United States War Department]
[Subtitle: Corrected to April 15, 1917 (Changes Nos. 1 to 19)]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/2/0/8/6/20866 ]
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Bulletin de Lille, 1916.07, by Anonymous 20865
[Subtitle: publié sous le contrôle de l'autorité allemande]
[Language: French]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/2/0/8/6/20865 ]
[Files: 20865-8.txt; 20865-h.htm]
La foire aux vanités, Tome II, by William Makepeace Thackeray 20864
[Translator: Georges Guiffrey]
[Language: French]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/2/0/8/6/20864 ]
[Files: 20864-8.txt; 20864-h.htm]
Major Vigoureux, by A. T. Quiller-Couch 20863
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Jerry's Reward, by Evelyn Snead Barnett 20862
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Friendship, by Hugh Black 20861
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The Butterfly's Ball and the Grasshopper's Feast, by Mr. Roscoe 20860
[Commentator: Charles Welsh]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/2/0/8/6/20860 ]
[Files: 20860.txt; 20860-8.txt; 20860-h.htm]
Wandl the Invader, by Raymond King Cummings 20859
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Ang Bagong Robinson (Tomo 1), by Joachim Heinrich Campe 20858
[Translator: Tomas de Iriarte and Joaquin Tuason]
[Language: Tagalog]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/2/0/8/5/20858 ]
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Spacehounds of IPC, by Edward Elmer Smith 20857
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Ten From Infinity, by Paul W. Fairman 20856
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Estatuto de la L.F (Liga Filipina), by Jose Rizal 20855
[Language: Spanish]
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Muuan suomalainen soturi Kristiina kuningattaren aikakaudella, Jahnsson 20854
[Full author: Evald Ferdinand Jahnsson]
[Language: Finnish]
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Northland Heroes, by Florence Holbrook 20853
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Descripcion del rio Paraguay, by Jose P. Quiroga 20852
[Full title: Descripcion del rio Paraguay, desde la boca del Xauru
hasta la confluencia del Parana]
[Language: Spanish]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/2/0/8/5/20852 ]
[Files: 20852-8.txt; 20852-h.htm]
Character Sketches of Romance, Fiction and the Drama, by E. Cohen Brewer 20851
[Subtitle: A Revised American Edition of the Reader's Handbook, Vol. 3]
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Prince Prigio, by Andrew Lang 20850
[Ill.: Gordon Browne]
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[Files: 20850.txt; 20850-h.htm]
The Big Brother, by George Cary Eggleston 20849
[Subtitle: A Story of Indian War]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/2/0/8/4/20849 ]
[Files: 20849.txt; 20849-8.txt; 20849-h.htm; ]
[Clearance: 20050810120852eggleston]
An Elementary Study of Chemistry, by McPherson and Henderson 20848
[Full author: William McPherson and William Edwards Henderson]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/2/0/8/4/20848 ]
[Files: 20848.txt; 20848-8.txt; 20848-h.htm]
India: What can it teach us?, by F. Max Müller 20847
[Subtitle: A Course of Lectures Delivered
before the University Of Cambridge]
[Commentator: Alexander Wilder]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/2/0/8/4/20847 ]
[Files: 20847.txt; 20847-8.txt; 20847-0.txt; 20847-h.htm]
Handwork in Wood, by William Noyes 20846
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/2/0/8/4/20846 ]
[Files: 20846.txt; 20846-8.txt; 20846-h.htm; ]
[Clearance: 20050316123535noyes]
The Knickerbocker, or New-York Monthly Magazine, April 1844, by Various 20845
[Subtitle: Volume 23, Number 4]
[Editor: Lewis Gaylord Clark]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/2/0/8/4/20845 ]
[Files: 20845.txt; 20845-8.txt; 20845-h.htm]
Critical Miscellanies (Vol. 3 of 3), by John Morley 20844
[Subtitle: Essay 5: On Pattison's Memoirs]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/2/0/8/4/20844 ]
[Files: 20844.txt; 20844-8.txt; 20844-h.htm]
Works of Fiction in Modern Times, by Thomas Hill Green 20843
[Full title: An Estimate of the Value and Influence of Works of
Fiction in Modern Times]
[Editor: Fred Newton Scott]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/2/0/8/4/20843 ]
[Files: 20843.txt; 20843-8.txt; 20843-h.htm]
Dreams, by Henri Bergson 20842
[Translator: Edwin E. Slosson]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/2/0/8/4/20842 ]
[Files: 20842.txt; 20842-8.txt; 20842-h.htm]
Os Pobres, by Raul Brandão 20841
[Contributor: Guerra Junqueiro]
[Language: Portuguese]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/2/0/8/4/20841 ]
[Files: 20841-8.txt]
Rebel Spurs, by Andre Norton 20840
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/2/0/8/4/20840 ]
[Files: 20840.txt; 20840-8.txt; 20840-0.txt; 20840-tei.tei;
20840-h.htm; 20840-pdf.pdf]
The Mountain Chant, A Navajo Ceremony, by Washington Matthews 20839
[Subtitle: Fifth Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the
Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1883-84,
Government Printing Office, Washington, 1887, pages 379-468]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/2/0/8/3/20839 ]
[Files: 20839-8.txt; 20839-0.txt; 20839-h.htm]
The Infra-Medians, by Sewell Peaslee Wright 20838
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/2/0/8/3/20838 ]
[Files: 20838.txt; 20838-8.txt; 20838-h.htm; ]
[Clearance: 20061114061952wright]
Peggy in Her Blue Frock, by Eliza Orne White 20837
[Illustrator: Alice B. Preston]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/2/0/8/3/20837 ]
[Files: 20837.txt; 20837-h.htm]
Ting-a-ling, by Frank Richard Stockton 20836
[Ill.: E. B. Bensell]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/2/0/8/3/20836 ]
[Files: 20836.txt; 20836-8.txt; 20836-h.htm; ]
[Clearance: 20060807193806stockton]
The Monctons: A Novel, Volume I, by Susanna Moodie 20835
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/2/0/8/3/20835 ]
[Files: 20835.txt; 20835-8.txt; 20835-h.htm]
Ruth Fielding at the War Front, by Alice B. Emerson 20834
[Subtitle: or, The Hunt for the Lost Soldier]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/2/0/8/3/20834 ]
[Files: 20834.txt; 20834-8.txt; 20834-h.htm]
Exciting Adventures of Mister Robert Robin, by Ben Field 20833
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/2/0/8/3/20833 ]
[Files: 20833.txt; 20833-h.htm]
Campfire Girls at Twin Lakes, by Stella M. Francis 20832
[Subtitle: The Quest of a Summer Vacation]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/2/0/8/3/20832 ]
[Files: 20832.txt; 20832-h.htm]
Short Stories of Various Types, by Various 20831
[Editor: Laura F. Freck]
[Contents: The Gift of the Magi, by O. Henry]
[ A Reward of Merit, by Booth Tarkington]
[ "American, Sir!", by Mary Raymond Shipman Andrews]
[ John G., by Katherine Mayo]
[ Friends, by Myra Kelly]
[ A Camping Trip, by Hamlin Garland]
[ A Thread Without a Knot, by Dorothy Canfield Fisher]
[ Chu Chu, by Francis Bret Harte]
[ Feathertop, by Nathaniel Hawthorne]
[ The Red-Headed League, by Arthur Conan Doyle]
[ The Inconsiderate Waiter, by James Matthew Barrie]
[ The Siege of Berlin, by Alphonse Daudet]
[ The Silver Mine, by Selma Lagerlf]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/2/0/8/3/20831 ]
[Files: 20831.txt; 20831-8.txt; 20831-h.htm; ]
[Clearance: 20050909184316freck]
The Good Housekeeping Marriage Book, by Various 20830
[Editor: William F. Bigelow]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/2/0/8/3/20830 ]
[Files: 20830.txt; 20830-8.txt; 20830-h.htm]
Souvenirs de voyage, by M. et Mme Mercier-Thoinnet 20829
[Subtitle: dans le midi de la France... dans la Ligurie, à Gênes,
Rome, Naples... sur l'Adriatique, dans l'Albanie... la
Dalmatie, l'Illyri]
[Language: French]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/2/0/8/2/20829 ]
[Files: 20829-8.txt]
Traditions of the North American Indians, Vol. 3 (of 3), by J. A. Jones 20828
[Full author: James Athearn Jones]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/2/0/8/2/20828 ]
[Files: 20828.txt; 20828-8.txt; 20828-h.htm]
Traditions of the North American Indians, Vol. 2 (of 3), by J. A. Jones 20827
[Full author: James Athearn Jones]
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Traditions of the North American Indians, Vol. 1 (of 3), by J. A. Jones 20826
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Bulletin de Lille, 1916.06, by Anonymous 20825
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The Camp Fire Girls on the March, by Jane L. Stewart 20822
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Larawan, by Vincente Rama 20820
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Aims and Aids for Girls and Young Women, by George Sumner Weaver 20819
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