http://inpropriapersona.com/are-books-electronic-or-not-becoming-fringe-media/ Law + tech + history, from a JD/PhD graduate student in the history of science. Sat, 19 May 2012 17:25:23 +0000 hourly 1 /are-books-electronic-or-not-becoming-fringe-media/#comment-135 Richard Stacy Sun, 21 Feb 2010 21:48:00 +0000 http://www.inpropriapersona.com/?p=2057#comment-135 You are right – it is too early to write off books. What we are realising is that a book is primarily a means of distribution – not a type of content. We can also now see that some types of content fit well with the means of book distribution (i.e. long form, narrative content) and others do not (non-fiction, reference information etc). The type of content that less well adapted to the form of distribution that is a book will therefore flee to other digital homes and also change in the process as it is freed from the need to conform to the rules that attached to books as means of distribution.More on this here – Books, iPads and Chickens <i>This comment was originally posted on <a href="http://socialmediatoday.com/SMC/176556#13139" rel="nofollow">Social Media Today</a></i> You are right – it is too early to write off books. What we are realising is that a book is primarily a means of distribution – not a type of content. We can also now see that some types of content fit well with the means of book distribution (i.e. long form, narrative content) and others do not (non-fiction, reference information etc). The type of content that less well adapted to the form of distribution that is a book will therefore flee to other digital homes and also change in the process as it is freed from the need to conform to the rules that attached to books as means of distribution.More on this here – Books, iPads and Chickens
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]]> /are-books-electronic-or-not-becoming-fringe-media/#comment-136 jimmilles Sun, 21 Feb 2010 11:22:38 +0000 http://www.inpropriapersona.com/?p=2057#comment-136 Sharing: Are books — electronic or not — becoming “fringe media”? <a href="http://bit.ly/czkH8u" rel="nofollow">http://bit.ly/czkH8u</a> <i>This comment was originally posted on <a href="http://twitter.com/jimmilles/statuses/9438758280" rel="nofollow">Twitter</a></i> Sharing: Are books — electronic or not — becoming “fringe media”? http://bit.ly/czkH8u
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