the non-dystopian future of reading

The non-dystopian future of readingMathias Klang @klang67

To be Honest the future is a dystopia for publishers, booksellers & anyone who attempts to maintain a gatekeeper role. Sorry, but your business model is no longer relevant to our reality.

In scarcity access is everything. In surplus its annoying.

“who told me” becomes more important than “who made it”. Sandra Snan

Reading is an idealized activity

Good reader

Bad reader?

pdf paradox

en formaga att lasa langre samman- hangande texter och att utveckla djupare lasforstaelse…

This is not a book

Pinch & swipe gestures

”It was as if a light had been Nookd in a carved and painted lantern....”

Tolstoj War & Peace

What do we own?

Pushing connectivity

Blog

ger 1

999

Goo

gle

1999

End of communications monopoly

Prosumer

(my apologies, it is a really ugly word)

What we chose to read

Recommendations & reviews

Algorithmic serendipity

How we read

Changing the marketplace

Alternative marketplaces

What does it all mean?

Old stupidity or new intelligence?

Endless personal library

End of culture: can the infinite be shared?

Tailored books: what sells in Nebraska or Sweden

The conservative illusion

Proud to be an algorithmic anomaly

End democracy! Librarians as proud

gatekeepers.

There is no book… there are

still readers

THANKS!

Mathias Klang klang@ituniv.se or @klang67

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