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attention: we are now entering the last 24 hours of the free promotion for Brian The Book: grab your FREE Copy now!
also available in: United States Germany United Kingdom Spain Italy France
Posted April 22, 2012 at 8:39am in book books book design library amazon amazon kindle indie publishing publishing free free download freebies Kindle
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Brace Yourselves: The Reading Machines Are Coming…
As promised, the brand new “Brian The Book” is now available for the next 48 hours as a free download, no strings attached! Tell your friends!
Posted April 19, 2012 at 8:29am in books book book cover library reading book design book trailers indie publishing publishing picture books children's literature comics
this is the trailer for the upcoming “Brian The Book” - a picture book about books in the age of “reading machines” more info: www.smore.com/brian-the-book
stay tuned for more and free downloads through twitter
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5 Reasons Why Books Aren’t Dying Out
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1. The Book Is An Information Service
2. The Book Is The Original App
3. Novels are Analog Virtual Reality
4. Books Are Boundlessly Customizable
5. The Form is Shifting, The Idea Is Staying
(img: by Frederic della Faille)
What Is A Book?
In 1969, the author Idries Shah retold the ancient legend of a man with a big book that contained only very little writing and people who were very upset that it contained so little. The re-telling of this story (which is more than 700 years old) occupied around nine pages with ca 1500 words. Mr. Shah put these nine pages in print, added 300 blank (!) pages to give it the impression of being a big book, and to top it off put it in a gold-embossed cover.
