Q&A: Donovan Campbell By Margaret Heilbrun, Library Journal - 11/15/2008
In Joker One: A Marine Platoon's Story of Courage, Leadership and Brotherhood, Donovan Campbell describes how, as a new Princeton graduate, he chose to join the U.S. Marines, deploying to Iraq, rather than opting for corporate America, because he wanted "to assume responsibility for something greater than" himself, something where, as he put it, daily excellence was demanded.
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Behind the Mike: Simon Vance 11/15/2008
Kick-starting LJ's inaugural "Behind the Mike" column, in which audiobook-loving library professionals interview audiobook narrators and producers, is Ophelia Lo's (Canton PL, MI) Q&A with Audie® Award winner Simon Vance (www.simonvance.com; Market Forces), who in 25 years has recorded more than 400 titles.
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Google Settles Book Search Suit By Andrew Albanese - 11/15/2008
Faced with a fundamental disagreement over copyright law, with major implications for the future of the web, the parties in two three-year-old lawsuits over Google's controversial library scan plan opted for an “audacious” (according to one plaintiff), if expected, settlement strategy: they agreed to disagree on the core copyright argument of the case and instead focused on business.
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