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How are people reading? (Publish or Panic)

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2006 09 Mar

Thanks to Joe Reiss for pointing out this article “Publish or Panic” found in the March 13th, 2006, edition of U.S. News and World Report. Find the article on their website.

The article discusses how readers are moving to new formats for books. They are reading them online, with special readers, and on the portable devices they already carry. New technology is making the electronic book more attractive. It also talks about how the publishing industry is responding to these changes.

This is a good read. It has a lot to think about and ties closely with discussions held recently by the LiLI Advisory Board, SPLAT, and many others regarding the future of libraries. Read this. Then comment on it here. We’d love to know what you think.

From the article:

Another answer is that readers have gone screen-happy and wireless: “People are reading more than ever–screen-based reading, on mobile phone, BlackBerrys, computer screens, reading blogs, and gathering information on the Web,” asserts Keith Titan, vice president for new media at Random House. “As a publishing industry we need to provide products that meet the needs of this digital, Internet-savvy generation.”

    Memo Cordova's picture

    RE: How are people reading? (Publish or Panic)

    On the upside, there are other ways for people to change the tables, sort of speak, on reading preferences. There is a website (http://www.blogbinders.com/) that will print your blog musings into a bound book. There’s a charge, of course, but the idea of publishing your own book from an online format is just too cool.

    Blogger has another approach: make your blog into a novel, complete with chapters, page numbers, and other options to make your work appear like a book. See more at: http://help.blogger.com/bin/answer.py?answer=1065

    It’s all about options.

    Memo Cordova
    Reference Librarian
    Albertsons Library

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    Submitted by Memo Cordova (not verified) on Sat, 03/11/2006 - 11:46am.
    Memo Cordova's picture

    In Addition ...

    As an aside to my earlier comment, I just came across the Lulu Blooker Blog (yeah, you read it right) via the Library Stuff blog:

    http://lulublookerprize.typepad.com/lulu_blooker_blog/2006/03/the_shortl...

    Memo

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    Submitted by Memo Cordova (not verified) on Sat, 03/11/2006 - 2:16pm.