The Future of the Book

May 31, 2011

Kindle-Proof Your Book in Seven Easy Steps! 27

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For the Luddite writer who wants to put her royalties where her mouth is, I offer the choicest trade secrets…plus a Top 10 list of eBook-resistant texts.

May 26, 2011

Publish or Perish: The Short Story 26

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I find that when someone asserts that a thing (the story), or an idea (God), is not dead, they usually mean that a nostalgic version of the thing has lapsed and not been replaced by something comparably satisfying.

April 4, 2011

Double Fold, Double Jeopardy 18

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A decade after Nicholson Baker’s provocative book, are American libraries still trashing perfectly collectible books?

March 14, 2011

The Chameleon Machine 8

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Digital readers and paper books have little in common. But both objects have considerable merit, and this is why I think we should combine the two.

December 24, 2010

A Special Note for All You New Kindle (And Other Ereader) Owners 7

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For all those readers unwrapping shiny new devices, here are some links to get you going.

October 29, 2010

Report from the Future of Reading: The Books in Browsers Conference 8

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It’s only through seizing the social reading moment, so to speak, that the publishers can hope to wrestle some measure of control back from the tech companies that have come to dominate their industry.