Rates of authorship are increasing by historic orders of magnitude. Nearly universal authorship, like universal literacy before it, stands to reshape society by hastening the flow of information and making individuals more influential.
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Wouldn't it be great if we could just pull a formatted list of our own publications from CiteULike and fend off the timewasters? Well you can, using CiteULike. Seach your library for: +author:("cann a") +year:2008
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I bought a copy of David Weinberger's "The $100 Million Dollar Secret" on lulu.com and was delighted both with the book and the lulu experience. I'm shocked that it's sold so few copies. Clearly, e-books and download have a long way to go. The culture of "free" is indeed pervasive.