the non-dystopian future of reading
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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 [email protected] or @klang67
www.digital-rights.net
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