parabook
“No technological innovation has more sharply raised the issue of the
potential and the limits of the book than the development of digital
textuality. While the eschatological promises of the late 1980s and
early 1990s may seem risible in retrospect, writing and reading digital
texts have become thoroughly normalized practices for much of the
western world, so that few books today are untouched by digital
processes. It remains to be seen whether this digitization will be the
destroyer of the book or the infinite extender of its limits.” anonymous
oprah reader
“Oprah has long been known as an avid reader with a keen eye for a good book. Authors whose books have been chosen for her book club have, over the years, enjoyed immense popularity. Thirty-five out of the sixty-seven books featured in Oprah’s Book Club are now available for our favorite reading device.”
The Kindle Reader
The Kindle is the ultimate fulfillment device. It is particularly suited to on-line retail of print books, but it works for any consumer product. The Oprah
endorsement will play-out both in context with her advocacy for reading, and also in her promotion of enclave fulfillment.
Will there be a Martha Stewart “print” backlash?
zine-ing
Catch up with the fast moving underworld of zines at the
ZineMachine. Zinesters are steam punkers and real squares, living in little cardboard art factories and wandering streets lit by flickering screens. Their adventure comics tell the story. New noir.
(The Zine Machine is a Sack Shop vending machine dedicated to zines, books, and minicomics. Run by students for students.)
“Let’s go back to that weird kid with the helmet to get our lemonade.”
Uptown Girl Comics
” Also, we have great news from the University of Iowa Library! The Special
Collections Department has taken an interest in the Zine Machine and would
like to create a permanent archive for all zines that have been in the
machine. “
Jessica White
and we are in
Zine World