I don't really know much about eBooks, and Amazon's Kindle and other things seemed ridiculously specific to me. But this post on the Institute for the Future of the Book's blog, is as mindblowing as the poster says.
"* He then choreographed a series of demonstrations. Raj Kumar from Internet Archive demonstrated how the BookServer technology can deliver books to the OLPC (One Laptop per Child) XO laptop, wirelessly. There are 1 million of these machines in the hands of underprivileged children around the world, and today they just got access to 1.6 million new books."
And as a commenter posts:
"Bookserver is definitely NOT limited to public domain books — the intent is to make it possible for anyone to download ANY book (PD, out-of-print, in-print) to ANY device."
That's pretty wow!
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10.10.09
OK, this is basically it...
...it being my dissertation, PhD, and desired workplace!
Looking for the altermodern in literature, Mark? Why, yes, I am actually! Well, try this for size:
"One major consequence of the shift to digital is the addition of graphical, audio, and video elements to the written word. More profound, however, is the book's reinvention in a networked environment. Unlike the printed book, the networked book is not bound by time or space. It is an evolving entity within an ecology of readers, authors and texts. Unlike the printed book, the networked book is never finished: it is always a work in progress."
Oh yes, that would seem to be it, then, wouldn't it?
Looking for the altermodern in literature, Mark? Why, yes, I am actually! Well, try this for size:
"One major consequence of the shift to digital is the addition of graphical, audio, and video elements to the written word. More profound, however, is the book's reinvention in a networked environment. Unlike the printed book, the networked book is not bound by time or space. It is an evolving entity within an ecology of readers, authors and texts. Unlike the printed book, the networked book is never finished: it is always a work in progress."
Oh yes, that would seem to be it, then, wouldn't it?
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- I am writing a PhD at the University of Glasgow entitled "The Poetics of Time in Contemporary Literature". My writing has been published in Type Review, Dancehall, Puffin Review and TheState. I review books for Gutter and The List. I am also an editor and reviewer at the Glasgow Review of Books.