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The article focuses on technological changes to the publishing industry. The author describes the future of publishing and the eventual demise of books. Google's book digitization project is cited. The article mentions Jean-Noël Jeanneney's "Google and the Myth of Universal Knowledge"; Jeanneney is the president of the Bibliothèque nationale de France. The author also describes a number of recently published works that feature "faux Victorian" bindings and decorations.

The author discusses the history of the Pelican book series from the publisher Allen Lane and the Penguin Books Ltd. publishing company, focusing on its social impact in Great Britain and mentioning its revival in 2014. Topics include books such as "Jazz," by Rex Harris, "The Uses of Literacy," by Richard Hoggart, and "Red Brick University," by Bruce Truscot.

Focuses on the book titles published by the Scottish publisher Canongate, which reprints major works of literature. Other classic-reprint houses, such as Penguin Books; Comparison of Canongate to the United States Library of America; Authors who are reprinted by Canongate, including Boswell, Lewis Grassic Gribbon and Willa Muir; Scottish authors featured by Canongate; Suggestions for improvements in the selection and design of Canongate books.

Discusses the increasing availability of electronic versions of academic journals and journals which are only available online. Pricing efforts of Britain's National Electronic Site Licence Initiative (NESLI); Publisher response to NESLI; JStor provision of bundled collection of online journals to university libraries; Proprietary bundles offered by Project MUSE; Implications.

In this article the author discusses the publication of books examining spiritual life. He notes that while such titles as "People of the Book," by Geraldine Brooks and "A New Earth," by Eckhart Tolle have been successful in the United States they have achieved few sales and little notoriety in Great Britain.

In this article the author discusses the 2007 departure of Judith Regan from the U.S. publishing firm of HarperCollins, following the outcry at her attempt to publish a memoir by O. J. Simpson titled "If I Didi It." The piece examines legal issues arising from that book. The author praises the book "PostSecret: Extraordinary Confessions from Ordinary Lives," by Frank Warren, which was published by Judith Regan.

This article reviews the state of publishing in Great Britain and comments on a publishing copyright convention called, variously, the Empire Agreement and the Traditional Market Agreement. In light of that now-defunct contractual stricture, the author speculates on the copyright regarding the series of books on vice issued by a Canadian collective.

This article reports on the publishing of get-rich-quick books in the United States. The author focuses on Robert T. Kiyosaki, writer of "Rich Dad, Poor Dad," "Rich Dad, Poor Dad For Teens," and other motivational titles. In the opinion of the author, Kiyosaki is something of a huckster whose books offer traditional bromides but very little practical advice on the accumulation of wealth.

Deals with the financial difficulties of the academic publishing industry. Impact of the production of more monographs; Proposal from Stephen Greenblatt, president of the Modern Languages Association; Explanation on why too few qualified readers buy monographs.

Suggests a medical journal for physicians in the U.S., to read. Favorite journal of the author; Features of the journal; Other sections of the periodical; Information on the publisher and its circulation.