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E-Books

At the end of the day it’s about story.

It doesn’t matter if it’s on the printed page, in an e-book, on an iPad or even on the back of a cereal packet – it’s a writer’s job to be read. And the corollary is that it’s a reader’s job to read.

Debates about page versus screen, shallow versus deep, these are distractions. So are the future versus the past, adapting versus stagnating.

Story is how we make sense of the world. We’re hardwired that way.

 

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Book Burning

June 8, 2010

From xkcd…

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If George Orwell had the iPad

April 13, 2010

Dear Authors, Your Next Book Should be an App, Not an iBook is a great call to action from writer and media entrepreneur Cody Brown, who reflects on the way writers can and should adapt their creative practice to new platforms (because audiences sure as heck will) If you, as an author, see the iPad as a place [...]

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The 3 Big Themes of O’Reilly Tools of Change

February 26, 2010

Snow flurries in New York have forced me indoors and given me a chance to catch up on my notes from the 2010 O’Reilly Tools of Change for Publishing conference, which concluded yesterday after three turbo-charged days of conversation and ideas. I’ll post detailed accounts of individual sessions, some of which are still pinging around [...]

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TOC2010: From the front lines of digital publishing

February 22, 2010

So, um, haven’t posted to the blog for a while. Shut up, is why! Okay, I’ve been a bit busy working behind the curtain towards the launch of if:book Australia (coming soon!) But, look over here! Shiny thing! Digital publishing conference! O’Reilly Tools of Change for Publishing, in fact! I’ll be tweeting TOC 2010 over the [...]

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