The 100-Penny Review
When the average person thinks about books featuring political intrigue, globe-hopping spies, and the looming specter of armed conflict, something tells me that the name Ted Koppel is not what springs immediately to mind. Yet, if you look closely at the cover of In the National Interest you’ll see his name underneath the words, “A Novel By…” What’s even more surprising is the blurb from Henry Kissenger (“A great work of fiction,” he apparently said) just above the title.

Why Is There no iPod for Books?
Apple’s iPod has been around since October, 2001, and has gone on, in its various forms, to become the most popular and successful digital music player ever. It seems obvious that any company that could do for other media what the iPod did for music would have customers beating a path to its door; which is probably why Apple is trying to repeat its music-based triumph by moving into television and movies. Sony, on the other hand, is having a go at literature. If their scheme pans out, we will have this non-intuitive result: the first successful e-reader will be five years younger than its musical counterpart. Surely there’s a reason for this. Why is there no iPod for books?