The Future of the Book
January 26, 2012
Frankenstein’s Crowdsourced Monster: hitRECord’s Tiny Book of Tiny Stories 1
by John Davidson
The most remarkable thing about Tiny Stories is the experimental, collaborative process behind its creation and the high quality of work that’s resulted from it. This is not what one would expect from a site where anyone can upload whatever they want and everyone can remix everyone else’s work and use it to make whatever.
December 24, 2011
A Cheat Sheet for All You New Kindle (And Other Ereader) Owners 3
by C. Max Magee
For all those readers unwrapping shiny new devices, here are some links to get you going.
November 29, 2011
Reasons Not to Self-Publish in 2011-2012: A List 156
by Edan Lepucki
You see, Reader, I still don’t plan on self-publishing my first novel, though I don’t deny the positive aspects of that choice.
November 8, 2011
Do it Yourself: Self-Published Authors Take Matters Into Their Own Hands 29
by Edan Lepucki
Self-publishing won’t replace traditional publishing, but it might supplement and influence it.
August 15, 2011
The E-Reader of Sand: The Kindle and the Inner Conflict Between Consumer and Booklover 56
by Mark O'Connell
It occurred to me that Borges would have been thrilled and horrified in equal measure by the Kindle. In fact, in a weird way, he sort of invented it.
June 21, 2011
Cleaning Out the Virtual Attic: On The Road, the Book App 3
by Michael Bourne
In April 1951, when Jack Kerouac fed the first pieces of what would become a 120-foot scroll of paper into his Underwood portable to write the first draft of his novel, On the Road, he was, in one sense, blowing up the typewriter to make his own primitive homemade word processor. Sixty years later, Kerouac’s publisher is, in its own quiet way, blowing up the book to make – what, exactly?
