death of print sick
“Book sales tracked by the Association of American Publishers
(AAP) for the month of November saw an increase of 8.0 percent for the month; yearly sales were up as well with an increase of 9.0 percent.” The number of books in print has doubled since 1993.
get the grain
Suzy Morgan has kindly provided a
tutorial for Google Book printing
paper based culture
The paper based
literary revolution of the Beats remains a cohesive presence. The manuscript layer is extant; cheap scratch pads, typing paper post cards and school journals. At least we have a witness to this cultural germination. Will this be the last literary movement with a physical archive? from the new
HRHRC site.
cellular book
The incubation niche for the hand-held reader is the cellular phone, or so FotB has long projected. The
Radius awaits service features such as live subsciptions to the newspaper in the city that you are visiting. These subscriptions would auto commense and auto terminate based on the changing location of the phone. And then there are restaurant
guides.
The cellular nature of the connectivity is crucial. Like the structure of chapters in a traditional book, the cellular connectiity lends the adventure of linear story while it also cohesively
builds a personal narrative for the reader.
And then there is the physical possession of a growing conceptual stance in the world. The cellular book becomes a companion.