“Maybe Steve Jobs will step in with a next-generation big-screen, wafer-slim iPod so we can download a lighter, digital version of Leo Tolstoy’s ‘War and Peace’ from an iBooks store.” – San Jose Mercury News article.

TeleRead take: The Merc gushes over the prospects of paying for books by the byte. I fervently believe in fair compensation for writers and publishers, but let’s hope there’s also room for the public domain and library models in this new world.

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