Archive for the ‘The Great eBook Debate’ Category
In July 2012, Isobelle Carmody hosted an online forum called The Great eBook Debate.
It featured a collection of essays from luminaries of all aspects of the book world; authors, journalists, educators at all levels, overseas and indigenous authors and editors, large and independent publishers, illustrators and poets, commenting on the state of the publishing world and the effect the eVolution of books into digital formats has had on their lives, plus what this might pose for the future of reading.
This important and educational debate was a part of Isobelle’s Greylands eBook Launch, and since that event is over, the eVolution Debate is being republished online here, in Isobelle’s blog, including all public comments made during the debate, for all to read (or re-read) and enjoy.
Picture book apps, children and narrative
Beatrix Potter’s The Tale of Peter Rabbit, is a neat little white bound volume which I found fascinating as a child (the series all had spines, like real books!). This universally known story is about four..
Who Slew the Paper Book?
There is no holding back the eBook. When I walk onto a plane, go to a café, look out at my college students before a lecture, they are there to greet me: everyone has an..
The Understory
The books I remember best from my early childhood are my grandfather’s set of encyclopaedias, kept hidden away for preservation and doled out per volume when I asked for them (promising to be very careful)..
Forgotten ones shuffle to centre stage
World famous fantasy author Philip Pullman said it in a way that grabbed my attention immediately, as only a writer can. He was discussing what I will call the ‘e-volution’ taking place in the book..
Judging a Book
Maybe it’s true that you can’t judge a book by its cover, although personally I think you sometimes can. But I’m quite sure it’s true that you can judge a person by their bookshelves: the..
More eBook Discussion
Links of note Here’s our growing list of recommended links and articles and blogs by people on the eVolution of books, such as the brilliant and generous blog by William King which offers his own..
Future trends
These are scary times for writers and publishers. Whereas it’s never been easier to get published, conversely it’s never been harder to sell. This great divide is expanding exponentially. Take a look at the Al..
The New Face of Writing
When we love to read as young people, or even before this, to be read to as children – we love stories which open up imaginative worlds and connect us to places and people we..
Pop-ups, Playaways, and Cruising for Kindles
I can’t resist starting with a book in a different form that I’m totally in love with—namely, my pop-up book of Bram Stoker’s Dracula! When I was in Paris for the Liberator tour, I wandered..
Not Picture Books!
I am all for E book novels and most nonfiction, if that’s what enough people find more convenient to read for whatever reason. The way a piece of writing is read doesn’t change the essential..