Rob Jacklin on 2009-09-11
Love the distinction made between publishing and reading! Well put!
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matt morainlook at how others have tagged and highlighted: what does this say about the way the public views the future of print and reading?
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Books have a centuries-old tradition of annotation and commentary, ranging from the Talmud and scholarly criticism to book clubs and marginalia
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Rob JacklinWe need to stop thinking about the future of publishing and think instead about the future of reading.
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But only if publishers adopt Wark's perspective and provide new ways for people to encounter the written word
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We need to stop thinking about the future of publishing and think instead about the future of reading.
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matt morain on 2009-10-12
Well put indeed.
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Book nerds are now working on XML-like markup languages that would allow for really terrific linking and mashups. Imagine a world where there's a URL for every chapter and paragraph in a book—every sentence, even.
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Lisa SpiroKey sentence (influenced by IF Book):
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Martin LindnerI'm not suggesting that books need always be social. One of the chief pleasures of a book is mental solitude, that deep, quiet focus on an author's thoughts—and your own. That's not going away. But books have been held hostage offline for far too long. Ta
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Lyn Parker"We need to stop thinking about the future of publishing and think instead about the future of reading."
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Travis MillmanFuture of reading
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Bob SteigerwaldBooks are the last bastion of the old business model—the only major medium that still hasn't embraced the digital age. Publishers and author advocates have generally refused to put books online for fear the content will be Napsterized. And you can understand their terror, because the publishing industry is in big financial trouble, rife with layoffs and restructurings. Literary pundits are fretting: Can books survive in this Facebooked, ADD, multichannel universe?
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We need to stop thinking about the future of publishing and think instead about the future of reading.
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Will RichardsonEvery other form of media that's gone digital has been transformed by its audience. Whenever a newspaper story or TV clip or blog post or white paper goes online, readers and viewers begin commenting about it on blogs, snipping their favorite sections, passing them along. The only reason the same thing doesn't happen to books is that they're locked into ink on paper.
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Every other form of media that's gone digital has been transformed by its audience. Whenever a newspaper story or TV clip or blog post or white paper goes online, readers and viewers begin commenting about it on blogs, snipping their favorite sections, passing them along. The only reason the same thing doesn't happen to books is that they're locked into ink on paper.
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Books are the last bastion of the old business model—the only major medium that still hasn't embraced the digital age. Publishers and author advocates have generally refused to put books online for fear the content will be Napsterized.
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Andrew WetzelDigital books creating communities of readers & learners!
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Stein believes that if books were set free digitally
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Marcus Goodyear on 2009-06-05
I'm leaving this comment with Diigo and looking at other comments other Diigo users have already posted. This idea of "professional readers" is already here. It just hasn't been standardized or widely adopted yet.
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Release them, and you release the crowd
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susan carter morgan on 2009-06-03
And build a community of learners..
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This would massively improve what bibliophiles call book discovery.
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I'm not suggesting that books need always be social. One of the chief pleasures of a book is mental solitude, that deep, quiet focus on an author's thoughts—and your own. That's not going away. But books have been held hostage offline for far too long. Taking them digital will unlock their real hidden value: the readers.
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Jorge Acosta"Stop thinking about the future of publishing and think instead about the future of reading"
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Alan LevineBooks are the last bastion of the old business model—the only major medium that still hasn't embraced the digital age. Publishers and author advocates have generally refused to put books online for fear the content will be Napsterized. And you can underst
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John TurnerBooks are the last bastion of the old business model—the only major medium that still hasn't embraced the digital age. Publishers and author advocates have generally refused to put books online for fear the content will be Napsterized.
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We need to stop thinking about the future of publishing and think instead about the future of reading.
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Books are the last bastion of the old business model—the only major medium that still hasn't embraced the digital age. Publishers and author advocates have generally refused to put books online for fear the content will be Napsterized. And you can understand their terror, because the publishing industry is in big financial trouble, rife with layoffs and restructurings. Literary pundits are fretting: Can books survive in this Facebooked, ADD, multichannel universe?
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The few authors who have experimented with giving away digital copies (mostly in sci-fi) have found that they end up selling more print copies, because their books are discovered by more people.
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Bjørn Helge Græsli on 2009-05-28
This, of course, is an essential point if it turns out to be true also if more books were made available digitally.
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Bill SelakArticle to read for apu ed tech classes
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We need to stop thinking about the future of publishing and think instead about
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Karen Mitchell on 2009-05-28
I really like this editorial, especially this statement.
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Marc VermutHow to maintain the relevance and value of books in a digital age
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