The Future of the Book

Annie Mole - london-underground.blogspot.com

Billy Abbott - cowfish.org.uk/blog/

Chris Meade - www.futureofthebook.org.uk

The Future of Reading?

http://london-underground.blogspot.com/2008/11/future-of-books-on-tube.html

The Death of the Book?

http://business.timesonline.co.uk/tol/business/columnists/article3359899.ece

The Death of Reading?School librarian surplus to requirements

“A library without a librarian is like the internet without search engines”http://www.guardian.co.uk/education/2008/nov/23/philip-pullman-school-library

Consuming BooksDoes the device matter?

Entertainment on the moveBooks v Movies v Gaming

Join the debate at the Reading Agency – Will the narrative of gaming ever replace books?http://www.readingagency.org.uk/new-thinking/forum/2008/11/will-the-narrative-of-gaming-ever-replace-books.html

The Future of the Book?“Books ain’t dead”

Looking for a good author - video

http://blog.gardeviance.org/2008/10/looking-for-good-author.html

The Future of the Book?

“There will always be the novel, but that novel may not always be a book.” – Paul Cornell

The Future of Writing?

http://nlabnetworks.typepad.com/digital_livings

Websites becoming physical books

www.ryman-novel.com

Twitter “books”?

http://twitter.com/140story

Everyone can be an author

Collaborative Books

This Book Will Be Famous

http://no-mans-blog.com/2008/11/21/this-book-will-be-famous-i-hope/

So what’s next?

Now Read on…….

Networks & Organisations• www.futureofthebook.org.uk• www.futureofthebook.org/blog• www.bookfutures.blogspot.com – London think & do tank• www.yearofreading.org.uk• Wikireadia – add to the debate• www.readingagency.org.uk• The Death of Reading – Geek Dinner 10th December 2008 Further Reading• nlabnetworks.typepad.com/digital_livings - Chris’s report on digital authoring

Many thanks to Nicole Mathieson for her notes from this session• www.girlygeekdom.blogspot.com/2008/11/amplified-2008-future-of-book.ht

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