Tuesday, April 22, 2008

Britannica freely available for web publishers

I read in the TechCrunch and in the Standblog (in french) that Britannica was offering one-year free subscription for "web publishers" (which happens to include bloggers) that were frequently updating their content.

I subscribed yesterday and today, in less than 24 hours, I got the confirmation. Easy as a piece of cake! Good job Britannica! It is a small but important step in consolidating a strategy that may actually help the company catch up with Wikipedia.

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Wednesday, March 26, 2008

Incy Bella, a bookshop of note

In Cochin, Kerala I found a rather small and yet very charming bookshop this weekend. Kerala is a south Indian state known for its rich natural beauty and cultural diversity and the bookshop ended up being a very appropriate example of these characteristics.

The place was full of books on India and its many faces. Religion, culinary, cities, history, economy, rituals, landmarks, dances, music, you name it… It was all there translated into pictures and text. What was even more impressive was its collection of books on Kerala. I certainly didn’t expect that and I was obviously glad with the finding. I simply couldn't leave the place! It was so attractive that a word of caution is necessary: do not enter with a full pocket – you'll want to spend all of it.

Incy Bella - The Bookshop
Synagogue Lane
Jew Town
Cochin
682002 India
T 0484-2228049

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