More Noted Things
How Does Size Matter?Tim Burke and Margaret Soltan debate the uses of mega-endowments.
Publishing: Scott McLemee recommends that you study the Ithaka University Publishing Report. He says you'll be tested on it.
Unpublishing: ABE.com is one of my favorite sites for locating used books, but what if you're Renée Magriel Roberts and you find your unpublished dissertation,"The Clock and the Rose: Time and Self-Transformation in the Romance of the Rose and the Divine Comedy", listed there?
What Does an Editor Do? Doubleday's Nan Talese criticizes Oprah Winfrey on the James Frey controversy:
Talese sounds remarkably vacuous. Andrew Sullivan and Kevin Drum debate the role of contemporary publishers and editors. I'm inclined to side with Sullivan on this one.