Turning the pages ...

The British Library is using a new technology to present books on the web in a way that emulates the experience of reading a physical book. It's a Shockwave application, and I had to manually download the new version of the Shockwave plugin to get it to work on FireFox 3.01 - but after I did that, it ran fine, and presented the texts ... well, try it yourself. It's definitely a twist on the conventional computer-text paradigm.

Natures .... just $106.60

An idle BookFinder search, and ...wow. I knew prices were going up, but ...

Natures prices certainly show quite a range:

Used books: 1 - 4 of 4

#	Bookseller	Notes	Total Price
1	Small Press Distribution via AbeBooks [United States]	Publisher: New Native Press New condition; Poetry. This collection of poems written over the course of a career, like poems from Rappachini's garden, remind us of what we have longed for, as well as what we might have lost. [blah, blah]	$17.00
2	Half.com [United States]	Softcover, ISBN 1883197228 Publisher: New Native Pr, 2006	$84.82
3	Barnes & Noble.com [United States]	Softcover, ISBN 1883197228 Publisher: New Native Pr, 2006	$102.89
4	Amazon.co.uk [United States]	Softcover, ISBN 1883197228 Publisher: New Native Pr, 2006 Used, very good, Ships from USA. Delivered in 10-12 business days. Money back guarantee!, Usually dispatched within 1-2 business days	$106.60
( All matching used books shown )

Or you could just buy one by dropping me an email for a bit less. I am starting to rethink that $12.50 price, but for now ...

And for $16.00 (plus postage of course, at these prices), you can get both Natures and Transits of Venus, the chapbook that preceded it in the fall of 2005.

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