Stuff worth reading

Tor founder Tom Doherty on publishing without DRM
I feel less sorry for Hachette, but it still sucks to be one of their authors

Mind the gap: Incomes, college majors, gender, and higher ed reform.
“the next time you see someone arguing that only fools major in art history, remind them that the real thing holding back most English majors in the workplace isn’t their degree but systemic discrimination against their sex in the American economy.”