http://booktwo.org/notebook/everything-broken-everything-burned-or-not/ The future of Literature Fri, 16 Mar 2012 16:06:55 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 http://booktwo.org/notebook/everything-broken-everything-burned-or-not/comment-page-1/#comment-66933 Midweek Miscellany | The Casual Optimist Wed, 27 Jan 2010 01:44:36 +0000 http://booktwo.org/?p=1102#comment-66933 [...] Back to Basics — Booktwo.org’s James Bridle on the Apple tablet (what else?): I’ve spent several years urging publishers to get on board with new technologies and try new things, but equally I hope there’s space for a lot of publishers to get back to concentrating on what they do best: acquiring, editing, producing and publishing books… [W]e should probably stop scrambling to get on the latest bandwagon (vanilla Books-as-Apps, I’m looking at you), and concentrate on the basics: ebook production, metadata, integrated marketing, quality and consideration. There is a lot to be done, but this or that device will never be the be-all-and-end-all of the future of publishing. [...] [...] Back to Basics — Booktwo.org’s James Bridle on the Apple tablet (what else?): I’ve spent several years urging publishers to get on board with new technologies and try new things, but equally I hope there’s space for a lot of publishers to get back to concentrating on what they do best: acquiring, editing, producing and publishing books… [W]e should probably stop scrambling to get on the latest bandwagon (vanilla Books-as-Apps, I’m looking at you), and concentrate on the basics: ebook production, metadata, integrated marketing, quality and consideration. There is a lot to be done, but this or that device will never be the be-all-and-end-all of the future of publishing. [...]

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