an interesting lecture given by umberto eco in egypt concerning the new initiatives of the bibliotheca alexandrina, namely the creation a truly expansive internet library. he touches on much of what has been debated in the last 10 years, the “death” of the paper book etc. incidentally if you like ebooks why not check out project gutengerg, the million book project, the hyper text library, or the world ebook library. if you prefer holding a nice bound book in your hand, or want to make unforeseen connections between books why not take advantage of amazon.com’s new search inside the book function? enjoy.