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Times Emit: Apt’s links for November 30th through September 3rd — Thu, 04 Sep 2008 17:06:39 +0000

[...] thedigitalist.net » Short Fiction in the Age of the Ebook – Second of two pieces about tailoring short content for mobile devices [...]

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Links for 22nd August 2008 | Velcro City Tourist Board — Sat, 23 Aug 2008 00:01:35 +0000

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By: Caxtonian

Caxtonian — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 10:46:36 +0000

Another reason springs to mind, the perceived value of text changes when it is in electronic media. In the bricks and trees world we tend to include the physical size of the product to the value of the product. That size in narrative works is realted to the amount of text, but it isn’t easy to convey that in electronic media. To get across the value of 34 volume of the Grove Dictionary of Art in an online form was hard to do when most would only experience it via an 800×600 screen an additional functionality was included to help get a sense of scale into the project. At this stage in our adoption of electronic text perhaps we are cautious about spending money on something we may not get full value from – the ebook isn’t even going to look nice on our shelves. Until people fully buy into to the idea of longer narratives on screen being good value the shorter versions where the relation between text length and attention is more predictable, then short stories may have a window to become culturally significant again…

By: Matt’s Bookosphere 8/19/08 « Enter the Octopus

Matt’s Bookosphere 8/19/08 « Enter the Octopus — Wed, 20 Aug 2008 03:22:12 +0000

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By: Sara

Sara — Tue, 19 Aug 2008 14:58:22 +0000

Nice! I've been buying all my ebooks from BooksOnBoard - the exchange is not QUITE as favorable for me, but their prices are still really good.

By: Alphabet Soup 19-Aug-08 « Electric Alphabet

Alphabet Soup 19-Aug-08 « Electric Alphabet — Tue, 19 Aug 2008 14:35:49 +0000

[...] Short Fiction in the Age of the EBook – The Digitalist Gary Gibson muses on a possible digital renaissance for short stories. As a short fiction writer and reader this gives me warm fuzzies. [...]