| WebSeitz/wikilog |
| Meta Book |
|
| last edited by BillSeitz on Sep 19, 2008 1:46 am |
A book about a book.
The ur-Meta Book line is probably the [Cliffs Notes] series (to the extent that they can be considered books - I'd says they qualify as Thin Book-s).
A possible example sitting unread on my shelf is The [Sign Of Three] ISBN:0253352355 . Now I that I notice a Charles S Peirce reference, maybe I'll graze again.
Now I've discovered that Barnes And Noble are starting a series, so I picked up the "companion" (ISBN:1586638637 ) to Jared Diamond's Guns Germs And Steel since I've never forced myself to buy the original (I'm interested in the argument but whenever I browse it I'm put off by the writing itself).
Hmmm, should really short summaries count? Hmm, the below are business-focused, I wonder whether there's another category that would be viable?
Joe Wikert has ideas for this format, and like http://www.getabstract.com
summaries.com charges $100/year to send you 1 summary per week (52/year). (Electronic delivery only.)
[Executive Book Summaries] (by [Sound View]) charges $100/year for 35 summaries (delivered in monthly batches).
site with some free short summaries
[Wiki Summaries] is free! http://wikisummaries.org
| User Options Recent Changes Help Page |