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	Ibsen Martinez, Unproductive Progress: Library of Economics and Liberty
		Gabriel Zaid, a brilliant Mexican poet and essayist, uses the term to address the issue of the public servant's corruption as one of the most demoralizing by-products of Latin American statism.
		Zaid, who holds a degree in Engineering and is now 72, has made a decisive contribution to diminish the monopolies of social and political thought, not only in his own country, but also in the rest of Latin America.
		Zaid contends that "you have to distinguish among progress, a conscience of progress (be it laudatory or critical), a faith in progress (conceived as a result of either divine providence, natural law or historical law) and a will to progress (be it blind or self-critical)."
	www.econlib.org /library/Columns/y2006/Martinezprogress.html (1556 words)

	Amazon.de: So Many Books: Reading and Publishing in an Age of Abundance: Reading Andpublishing in an Age of Abundance: ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Though frustrated by this state of affairs, Zaid takes a philosophical perspective on the state of book publishing today, claiming that the industry doesn't always recognize one of its greatest strengths: its overwhelming diversity.
		Believing that culture is a conversation conducted on many levels around various foci, of which books constitute a vital and crucial number, Zaid reminds readers that books don't have to reach a huge audience to have impact but, rather, must be read by the right readers.
		Zaid also considers our ambivalence regarding books: we want them to be readily available--that is, produced and sold as commodities--but we also hold them sacred.
	www.amazon.de /So-Many-Books-Publishing-Abundance/dp/158988003X (494 words)

	reading \| Just a Gwai Lo (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Gabriel Zaid: “A person comes late to a conversation and believes that he can't follow it, that he needs to be better informed: as if knowledge were something other than conversation itself, as if it were something to be acquired elsewhere first.
		Zaid says that the book has many advantages over TV, music and even the Internet and "e-books": books can be skimmed, read at one's own pace, are cheap, permit greater variety, require no reading device other than the person holding the book, and are portable.
		Zaid also writes about the economics of book publishing, and, probably my favourite section of the book, describes unread books in one's personal library as "unfinished projects".
	www.justagwailo.com /tag/reading (1711 words)

	So Many Books! by Gabriel Zaid - Multiple Book Reviews Book Jacket Summary
		Zaid, who claims to own more than ten thousand books, says he has sometimes thought that a chastity glove for authors who canât contain themselves would be a good idea.
		Gabriel Zaid concludes that it's not so bad, that the success of Amazon.com, for instance, which he calls concentration bolstered by diversity, is proof that there is still room in the industry for all, the small, obscure titles as well as for the blockbuster best-sellers you purchase at Wal-Mart.
		Zaid writes, The great barrier to the free circulation of books is the mass of privileged citizens who have college degrees but never learned to read properly.
	www.bookbrowse.com /reviews/index.cfm?book_number=1503 (1168 words)

	Amazon.ca: So Many Books : Reading and Publishing in an Age of Abundance: Books: Gabriel Zaid,Natasha Wimmer (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Zaid discusses the problems and opportunities faced by readers (and the whole book industry) in a world already full of books and where a new book is published every 30 seconds.
		Gabriel Zaid looks at the economics of the publishing industry, and also the relative merits of books over both older (oral tradition, parchment) and newer (e-books, CD-ROMs) means of storing and exchanging information.
		But most of all, Zaid shows that books are nothing less than the cornerstone of the effort to define, preserve, and expand culture.
	www.amazon.ca /So-Many-Books-Publishing-Abundance/dp/158988003X (1150 words)

	So Many Books
		Zaid realiza un análisis descarnado del mercado editorial en el que se generan miles de novedades que van a dar a las librerías de viejo.
		Gabriel Zaid wirft einen liebevollen Blick auf die wundersame Welt der Bücher und auf alle, die sich in ihr tummeln: Leser, Autoren, Verleger, Buchhändler, Bibliothekare...
		Zaid bejubelt de kleine oplagen die een gesegmenteerd publiek trekken omdat ‘slechts een paar duizend exemplaren, gelezen door de juiste mensen, genoeg zijn om de loop van de conversatie, de grenzen van de literatuur en ons intellectuele leven te veranderen’.
	www.gabrielzaid.com /index.html (3266 words)

	So Many Books by Gabriel Zaid
		GABRIEL ZAID lives in Mexico City with the artist Basia Batorska, her paintings, three cats, and ten thousand books.
		"Gabriel Zaid is a marvelously elegant and playful writer --a cosmopolitan critic with sound judgment and a light touch.
		Zaid makes his points in a vivid, concise way; his text is a compactly designed 144 pages.
	www.sortof.co.uk /So_Many_Books (599 words)

	So Many Books by Gabriel Zaid (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Naturally, much of what Mexican poet and essayist Gabriel Zaid has to say in this often witty and always elegantly turned meditation about the ever-rising tide of books - one is published every 30 seconds - will have those same editors shouting hosannas as they read.
		As Zaid makes plain, repeated predictions of the book's demise have proved to be not only premature, but grossly wrong: "About 100 million children are born each year - far fewer than the number of books printed!"
		For there is yet another level, which is "to grasp a book all at once, in its entirety." Unfortunately, this skill, Zaid notes, is possessed by very few.
	www.pauldrybooks.com /complete_catalog/so_many_books/inquirer.htm (723 words)

	Lycos - Offers for 'so gabriel', price comparison, special offers, shopping
		So is generally regarded as a peak in Gabriel's recording career, notable both for its solid set of songs and lush yet musically sound production.
		For Gabriel, who'd put his music in theatrical contexts ever since his ...
		In So Many Books, author Gabriel Zaid offers his observations on the literary condition: a highly original analysis of the predicament that readers, authors, publishers, booksellers, librarians and teachers find themselves ...
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	So Many Books - Reading and Publishing in an Age of Abundance - by Gabriel Zaid - Paul Dry Books - In stock and ready ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
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		"Gabriel Zaid is a marvelously elegant and playful writer -- a cosmopolitan critic with sound judgment and a light touch.
		In So Many Books, Gabriel Zaid offers his observations on the literary condition: a highly original analysis of the predicament that readers, authors, publishers, booksellers, librarians, and teachers find themselves in today--when there are simply more books than any of us can contemplate.
	www.pauldrybooks.com /complete_catalog/so_many_books/index.html (478 words)

	Amazon.com: So Many Books: Books: Gabriel Zaid,Natasha Wimmer (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
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		Gabriel Zaid's "So Many Books" is a stimulating and
		Zaid does a great job of separating romantic ideas of "immortal words" and how books and writers "ought" to be appreciated from what makes a book truly worthwhile.
	www.amazon.com /So-Many-Books-Gabriel-Zaid/dp/0954221788 (1988 words)

	Letras Libres - "Consfusiones sobre el mercado del libro" por Gabriel Zaid
		Como siempre, Zaid, es claro, directo, fundado en lo que escribe.
		A mayores tirajes -como lo dice Zaid- menos costos, por ende precios + accesibles.
		Como es usual, Zaid aporta nuevos enfoques a las discusiones en las que ya parecían haberse agotado los argumentos.
	www.letraslibres.com /index.php?art=11300 (2027 words)

	Gabriel Zaid. Vida y obra. Bibliography, biography and works (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab-6.cs.princeton.edu) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Canal 11, Hoy en la Cultura, "Gabriel Zaid; 60 años" (homenaje), 14, 15 y 16 XI 94
		Canal 2, Para Gente Grande, "Gabriel Zaid: 60 años" (homenaje), 4 XII 94
		Humberto Beck, Gabriel Zaid: lectura y conversación, Jus, 2004
	www.colegionacional.org.mx.cob-web.org:8888 /Zaid.htm (5240 words)

	Gabriel Zaid - A biography of Gabriel Zaid.
		Gabriel Zaid - A biography of Gabriel Zaid.
		A profile of Gabriel Zaid: Gabriel Zaid's biography
		plus multiple book reviews and one or more book excerpts by Zaid.
	www.bookbrowse.com /biographies/index.cfm?author_number=1078 (370 words)

	Letras Libres - "La lectura como fracaso del sistema educativo" por Gabriel Zaid (via CobWeb/3.1 ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Letras Libres - "La lectura como fracaso del sistema educativo" por Gabriel Zaid (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab-6.cs.princeton.edu)
		Gabriel Zaid analiza en este ensayo la última encuesta sobre los hábitos de lectura en México, cuyos resultados son descorazonadores por partida doble: porque revela el vasto océano de nuestra ignorancia y porque demuestra taxativamente cómo los nuevos universitarios no leen.
		Antología General, de Gabriel Zaid, por Fernando García Ramírez - Libros - Julio 2005
	www.letraslibres.com.cob-web.org:8888 /index.php?art=11611 (1728 words)

	So many books : reading and publishing i… door Gabriel Zaid \| LibraryThing
		So many books : reading and publishing i… door Gabriel Zaid
		Meer dan zeven miljoen boeken bij leden in het schap.
		A fantastic look at the publishing business and what it means for writing.
	www.librarything.nl /catalog/9556 (744 words)

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	So viele B?cher - Erstaunliches, Kurioses und Nachdenkliches rund ums Lesen - Gabriel Zaid - Adobe Reader PDF eBook
		So viele B?cher - Erstaunliches, Kurioses und Nachdenkliches rund ums Lesen - Gabriel Zaid - Adobe Reader PDF eBook
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