Programming is how we talk to the machines that are increasingly woven into our lives. If you aren't a programmer, you're like one of the unlettered people of the Middle Ages who were told what to think by the literate priesthood. We had a Renaissance when more people could read and write; we'll have another one when everyone programs.

There are more than 21 eBook channels already. Authors can’t possibly get to these and do what they do best.

Who has the data has the power.

A book is always a dialogue with other readers and other books.

Anyone who puts a small gloss on a fundamental technology, calls it proprietary, and then tries to keep others from building on it, is a thief.

Data is the next Intel Inside.

The network is opening up some amazing possibilities for us to reinvent content, reinvent collaboration.