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June 2011

This Is Where We Live 4th Estate A world made of books is the perfect metaphor for so many of us who have devoted their lives to the printed word. We see the world through a unique prism… just now it is starting to look a little more like the Matrix.

Books in the Age of the iPad →

onlyaworkingtitle: Fascinating article on the future of the publishing industry, from a rarely-explored perspective. I propose the following to be considered whenever we think of printing a book: The Books We Make embrace their physicality — working in concert with the content to illuminate the narrative. The Books We Make are confident in form and usage of material. The Books We Make...

bgeblog: Impressive use of HTML5 / ePub3 to do interactivity in an ebook, from Walrus

kcho says.: NOOK →

kecho: I caved in. I’ve been battling my desire for an ereader for 8 months and I finally gave in last Thursday. I got the All New Nook isn’t it cute?!?!?! However… Before this - I never bought books. I always borrowed from the library or from friends. Since Thursday, I already bought…

“The classic page format and old school rules of fiction can go jump off a cliff,...”

– Cartoonist Terry Moore from and interview with PopMatters.

“I’m talking with various publishers about digital right now — mostly in a...”

– Warren Ellis on Digital Comics, 6/27/11 (via mattpoststhings)

Lifetime access to up-to-date info;is this the... →

seetheglossary:

“The iPad is not a book. Too many publishers pretend it’s a book. We have gently...”

– Inkling founder and CEO Matt MacInnis to ReadWriteWeb Watch Out, Print Textbooks: Here Comes Inkling | MindShift (via world-shaker)

Prose before hoes: Perhaps we can see in this... →

ed-would: “The smell of books,” he began, as he clung To some crumbling, ragged old thing, “Is unrivalled”, love on his face. Now might I suggest that it may be best To consider the text, not the case? (And that, if it’s odour you’re after, A book might not be the right place.) For no writer ‘round here…

ami with an i: It Depends →

amiwithani: Because I am a giant publishing nerd who enjoys tempests in teapots, last week was basically off the scale in terms of excitement. The New York Times weighed in on whether or not bookstores should be charging for author events, launching a thousand blog freakouts about whether this is elitist…

Libraries making use of QR codes →

“Using QR codes, anyone can access free books, even if they don’t have a library card. But library users can access the library’s OverDrive collection, which also includes audio books and video material.” “QR codes also help people who wish to have more information about a library resource to find additional information online, saving print and paper,”

Why we should read outside and why we need tablets... →

Print or e-ink it doesn’t matter just give your kids a book and kick them outside! Researchers suspect that bright outdoor light helps children’s developing eyes maintain the correct distance between the lens and the retina — which keeps vision in focus. Dim indoor lighting doesn’t seem to provide the same kind of feedback. As a result, when children spend too many hours inside, their...

eyespeakbrasil: The next generation digital books, will be on you ipad, iphone - or android (I hope). Publishing on ebooks is about to happen!

Can E-Books Save Barnes & Noble? →

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Digital Be Damned: Publication Studio Sells 10,000... →

Perhaps the best thing the advent of digital publishing will have achieved is a return of craftsmanship to print publishing. The rise of Books as artifact has been talked about a lot of panels and blocks but mostly as wishful thinking. This is a concrete example of what could be a real trend.

Don’t judge a book by its JPEG →

A post for e-production geeks. The rest of you are excused.