A manifesto for new formats

"Our love of the print book is problematic," writes Bath Spa University's Rosie Maynard, "causing people left, right and centre to declare ‘THE BOOK IS DEAD’ or some variation thereof." A couple of years ago, everyone in what I call "the industry! the industry!" passed around a ridiculous video in which stop-frame animation gave us a whole bookshop's inventory dancing on the shelves after hours. "The magic of books!" all our weepy colleagues called it. Really? The magic is that they tap-dance around stores at night? Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'

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Bantam buys Geek Manifesto

Written By: Charlotte Williams Publication Date: Mon, 28/03/2011 - 08:31 Bantam Press has acquired a title about how it's hip to be square, The Geek Manifesto by the science editor for the Times. Susanna Wadeson bought UK and Commonwealth rights to the title by Mark Henderson through Georgina... Continue reading at The Bookseller

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