This post was originally published in “Download the Universe,” a multi-author blog about science ebooks edited by Carl Zimmer.

April 23, 2012

On April 4, the Pew Research Center’s released an extensive report on the country’s e-reading habits as part of its Internet and American Life project. It is, as is oftentimes the case with Pew reports, quite interesting and exceedingly bland. (You can find an introduction to the Pew report here; the full report is also available online or as a free download.) 

Continue reading “Crap futurism, pleasure reading, and DRM: Part 1 of a Download the Universe Roundtable on E-Reading”

This post was originally published in “Download the Universe,” a multi-author blog about science ebooks edited by Carl Zimmer.

Artificial Epidemics: How Medical Activism Has Inflated the Diagnosis of Prostate Cancer and Depression. By Stewart Justman. Published by Now and Then Reader, 2012.

Guest reviewed by SciCurious

April 20, 2012

Continue reading “Artificial Epidemics: You’re Not Really Sick, You’re Overdiagnosed”

This post was originally published in “Download the Universe,” a multi-author blog about science ebooks edited by Carl Zimmer.

Titanic: Uncovering the Secrets of the World’s Greatest Shipwreck. By National Geographic Shorts. Published by National Geographic.

Reviewed by Jennifer Ouellette

April 18, 2012

Continue reading “Titanic: The e-Book Nobody Loved”