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In this welcoming-in-the-new-year podcast, Michael discusses the top words & phrases of 2009). He also looks at the problems (and trauma) of downsizing, or de-acessorizing book collections. How do you decide what to keep or discard? Michael shares how he does it.

In this podcast, Infopeople’s book guy takes a look at the world of audio and other multmedia-type books. From Simon & Schuster’s “vooks” to Playaway audio books, it’s a brave new world of listening (and reading) out there. Is print dead? You decide (with some help maybe, from Michael!).

Here is a list of cites from the podcast (in PDF format).

In this podcast, Infopeople’s book guy Michael Cart offers a light-hearted salute to the American short story in his latest podcast – at least, he says, that’s his story and he’s stickin’ to it! The book he mentions that he recently had published is How Beautiful the Ordinary: Twelve Stories of Identity. Check it out!

Here is a list of cites mentioned in this podcast.

In his first podcast of the new year, Infoeople’s resident book reviewer, Michael Cart, muses on the recent death of the venerable review journal “Kirkus Reviews” and worries a bit about the continuing migration of print to digital forms. Happy New Year, indeed!

Cites from this podcast are here (in PDF format).

Side note: since Michael recorded this podcast, there are indications that Kirkus Reviews may yet survive. Stay tuned!

In a rare holiday humor Infopeople’s book guy Michael Cart wallows in sentimentality in this podcast, singing the praises of Dickens’ immortal A CHRISTMAS CAROL and the enduring delights of reading aloud. Can you guess how many copies he has? 17!

Cites from this podcast are here (in PDF format).

In his latest podcast, Infopeople’s resident book maven Michael Cart speculates about what the book of the future will look like (hint: maybe a lot like the book of the past — long past, as in the Victorian Age).

Here is a list of cites from the podcast in PDF format.

In his latest podcast, Infopeople’s book guy Michael Cart asks “Does the Brain Like E-Books?” He answers that question and others about reading online (or is that even reading?)!

Cites from this podcast are here in PDF format.

In this podcast, Infopeople’s book guy Michael Cart waxes enthusiastic about the comics and charts their gradual evolution from a single panel newspaper feature to today’s sophisticated graphic novels.

A list of cites from this podcast are here (in PDF format).

In this podcast, Infopeople’s resident book maven Michael Cart talks about books, book reviews, and Dan Brown’s new and breathlessly awaited (by some but not by him!) novel The Lost Symbol. Oh, what does it all mean?! Favorite quote: “plot makes perverts of us all.”

Citations from this podcast are here.

In his latest podcast, Infopeople’s book guy Michael Cart muses about the current condition of pop-culture, Dan Brown, “Twilight,” old-time radio, and makes a case (sort of) for Tarzan of the Apes being the greatest literary pop culture icon of them all. Does he try to do Tarzan’s savage war cry, too? Take a listen.

Here is a list of cites mentioned in the podcast.