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Essay: Books in the Age of the iPad

Craig Mod: “With the iPad we finally have a platform for consuming rich-content in digital form. What does that mean? To understand just why the iPad is so exciting we need to think about how we got here. I want to look at where printed books stand in respect to digital publishing, why we historically haven’t read long-form text on screens and how the iPad is wedging itself in the middle of everything. In doing so I think we can find the line in the sand to define when content should be printed or digitized. This is a conversation for books-makers, web-heads, content-creators, authors and designers. For people who love beautifully made things. And for the storytellers who are willing to take risks and want to consider the most appropriate shape and media for their yarns.”
See also:

  • Baltimore Sun, A closer look at Apple’s iPad and iBooks, inclusive of a link to a YouTube video that is instructional on many levels – the emphasis on touching media directly (drawing on paper with pen or markers) moving toward using intermediary devices, mitigating both the sensory and intelligent functions?
  • WSJ: An E-Reader for Kids
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