The Friday File, 10/8/2010

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Written By Matt Wood

Look, I know you're busy with all your last minute Columbus Day shopping, so I'll keep it short. Here are some things that caught my eye this week:

  • Besides my main argument, "Because it sucks," here are a few more nuanced reasons why readers hate DRM.

  • Robert Darnton argues for a national digital library not run by a company that rhymes with "doogle."

  • I've always said that writing things down helps me remember things better than typing them. Now the Wall Street Journal says so too. And that's the only proof I ever need.

  • Once you've hacked up all your books, here's how to take it a step further and make your own e-books.

  • Are e-readers destined to become the car ice scrapers and digital photo frames of the holiday season?

  • And presenting this week's Way You've Screwed Up Your Kid's Chances of Going to Harvard. Eric Carle is for dummies.

Have a good weekend.

Matt Wood

Matt Wood is a book review editor for TriQuarterly, and a writer and social media specialist for the University of Chicago Medicine. He graduated from the Master of Arts in Creative Writing program at Northwestern University in 2007, where his final thesis, "Through an Unlocked Door," won the Distinguished Thesis Award.

Twitter: @woodtang

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