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E-Books, X-Books, and X-Acto Knives

Since last time we heard about e-books, two major events too place.

Glassbook Inc., one of the e-book publishers distributing the Stephen King novella "Riding the Bullet" confirmed that hackers had attacked the encryption technology used to protect the story from copyright violations. Unencrypted PDF versions of the novella quickly made their way onto several Web sites, most of which have since been removed. "The reality is there's no such thing as an invincible copy protection system," Kawell said. "It's impractical to make it both invincible and usable." While the monetary losses were likely negligible -- the novella was being given away for free at many booksellers -- the greater concern is that the piracy could scare off authors and publishers from this technology.

Self Publishing at XLibris (a dividion of xxxx) <http://www.xlibris.com>

All of which may send you screaming to your light table with some hot wax and an X-Acto knife...

Book of the Month

Crossing Platforms : A MacIntosh/Windows Phrasebook by Adam C. Engst and David Pogue.

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Whether we like it or not, we live in a cross-platform world. This month, we look at two books that make moving from Mac to Windows and back easier. Adam Engst (best known for the ezine TidBITS) teams up with David Pogue () to bring you this easy to use book that helps experienced Windows or Mac users quickly learn the lingo and procedures of the other platform. The book is essentially a translation dictionary, the "languages" in question being the Mac OS and Windows 95/98. Imagine you're an experienced Windows user who has to start using a Mac for the first time. if you're like the rest of us, you just want to get some work done without spending a lot of time reading. For instance, you might want to make an shortcut on the Mac. Look up "shortcut" under S, and it will promptly identify the Mac equivalent as an alias, tell you how to make one, and explain the differences between Macintosh aliases and Windows shortcuts. All you need to know is which half of the book to use. If you're a Mac user learning Windows, use the first half. If you're a Windows user learning to use the Mac OS, stick with the second half. You can read the A chapters on O'Reilly's web site.

Cross-Platform Mac Handbook, The: Keeping Your Mac In A Digital World by David L. Hart $39.99 Buy it online!