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We often get into philosophical debates here on everything from what constitutes a sport to the evolution of the book industry. Many times, these conversations are conducted through a string of emails. Rebecca introduced you to one debate.
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Our friends at OnMilwaukee. com recommend a great business title in their most recent "OMC Recommends: Cool stuff we like right now" column. Jeff Sherman says this about Randy Komisar's The Monk and The Riddle:
It's a bit outdated, but Randy Komisar's novel is a great read.
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We have eaten at some incredible restaurants on this trip. Yesterday was Balthazar for breakfast and Bouley for dinner.
I had to take a break from all that fine dining and eat lunch today at the Shake Shack.
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Jack and I are in NYC this week on our annual fall trip. We dined at Union Square Cafe this evening. Owner Danny Meyer wrote Setting The Table last year and the two of us decided we need to check if the theory was put into practice.
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There was an article in last week's issue of BusinessWeek called "Amazon Does Downloads, Sort of: Why its push into digital delivery of books, movies, and music seems halfhearted. "
Here at 800-CEO-READ, there is an ongoing discussion about, you guessed it, whether digital will eventually take over the book industry and books as we know them will go away. We all agree that the physical book will never go away - it's too bound up in our culture, and it's still the most portable way of carrying ideas around with us, not to mention the fact that experts overwhelmingly agree that reading printed matter is easier on the eye than reading a screen.
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