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I'd like to see The original of Laura not only as an ebook, but also as a
networked book, the same way I did with my novel of 2006, Santos Dumont
Number 8 <http://www.santosdumontnumero8.com.br/>, for example, integrating
twitter, blog, video, etc (it was an
experiment<http://www.teleread.org/2009/04/08/the-twitterization-of-santos-dumont-numero-8/>,
that now in 2010 is becoming an official on-line project). I believe that
the vocation of a novel in fragments, like The original of Laura, is to
become a networked book. Ebooks are static. Networked books are dynamic (as
Nabokov's prose is).
Best regards,
C. S. Soares
Technologist | Writer | Speaker
Tel: 55.21.91723489
<http://pontolit.com.br/blog>
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On Sun, Jan 3, 2010 at 2:27 PM, Sandy P. Klein <spklein52@hotmail.com>wrote:
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> http://www.dailyfinance.com/story/media/publishers-struggle-with-strategies-on-when-to-release-their-e-b/19295066/
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> Publishers Struggle with Strategies on When to Release Their E-Books SARAH
> WEINMAN <http://www.dailyfinance.com/writers/sarah-weinman/> Posted 2:00
> PM 01/02/10 <http://www.dailyfinance.com/category/technology/>
>
>
> For all their sound and fury, e-book sales accounted for no more than 4% of
> all book sales in 2009. That figure will certainly rise in 2010. With all
> manner of e-readers on the market (or about to hit), the boom of
> reading-related smartphone apps, and Apple (AAPL<http://www.dailyfinance.com/quotes/apple-inc/aapl/nas>)
> appearing to prepare a tablet device<http://blogs.ft.com/techblog/2009/12/exclusive-apple-to-host-event-in-january/>(rumored name:
> iSlate<http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/26/apples-islate-and-other-rumors-that-have-given-its-stock-a-ho/>)
> for its debut on January 26, e-book sales may hit $500 million in the next
> 12 months, Forrester Research projects<http://blogs.forrester.com/consumer_product_strategy/2009/12/ten-ereader-and-ebook-predictions-for-2010.html>
> .
>
> [ ... ]
>
> *Never. *Publishers who lack the right to market digital editions of their
> authors' books may be out of luck -- but they're not going down without a
> fight. Open Road Integrated Media, the digital-book startup founded by
> former HarperCollins CEO Jane Friedman, disagrees<http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/13/business/media/13ebooks.html?scp=2&sq=%22Jane%20Friedman%22&st=cse>with bigger players over who has the right to release e-book versions of
> William Styron's novels (from Random House) and Joseph Heller's Catch-22
> (from Simon & Schuster). Ray Bradbury may remain steadfast in his refusal to
> grant any e-book rights to any of his books -- but Vladimir Nabokov refused
> to allow the publication of his last novel -- and look what happened<http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=90073521>.
> (There's no e-book edition of *The Original of Laura* on the horizon.)
>
> [ ... ]
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>
>
>
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networked book, the same way I did with my novel of 2006, Santos Dumont
Number 8 <http://www.santosdumontnumero8.com.br/>, for example, integrating
twitter, blog, video, etc (it was an
experiment<http://www.teleread.org/2009/04/08/the-twitterization-of-santos-dumont-numero-8/>,
that now in 2010 is becoming an official on-line project). I believe that
the vocation of a novel in fragments, like The original of Laura, is to
become a networked book. Ebooks are static. Networked books are dynamic (as
Nabokov's prose is).
Best regards,
C. S. Soares
Technologist | Writer | Speaker
Tel: 55.21.91723489
<http://pontolit.com.br/blog>
[image: Linkedin] <http://www.linkedin.com/in/cssoares> [image:
Facebook]<http://www.facebook.com/claudiosoares> [image:
Twitter] <http://twitter.com/cssoares> [image:
Wordpress]<http://cssoares.wordpress.com/> [image:
Blog RSS] <http://culturadigital.br/cssoares/>
Latest on my blog: Romance póstumo inventa leitor primordial
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On Sun, Jan 3, 2010 at 2:27 PM, Sandy P. Klein <spklein52@hotmail.com>wrote:
>
> [image: DailyFinance] <http://www.facebook.com/DailyFinance>
>
>
> http://www.dailyfinance.com/story/media/publishers-struggle-with-strategies-on-when-to-release-their-e-b/19295066/
>
> Publishers Struggle with Strategies on When to Release Their E-Books SARAH
> WEINMAN <http://www.dailyfinance.com/writers/sarah-weinman/> Posted 2:00
> PM 01/02/10 <http://www.dailyfinance.com/category/technology/>
>
>
> For all their sound and fury, e-book sales accounted for no more than 4% of
> all book sales in 2009. That figure will certainly rise in 2010. With all
> manner of e-readers on the market (or about to hit), the boom of
> reading-related smartphone apps, and Apple (AAPL<http://www.dailyfinance.com/quotes/apple-inc/aapl/nas>)
> appearing to prepare a tablet device<http://blogs.ft.com/techblog/2009/12/exclusive-apple-to-host-event-in-january/>(rumored name:
> iSlate<http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/26/apples-islate-and-other-rumors-that-have-given-its-stock-a-ho/>)
> for its debut on January 26, e-book sales may hit $500 million in the next
> 12 months, Forrester Research projects<http://blogs.forrester.com/consumer_product_strategy/2009/12/ten-ereader-and-ebook-predictions-for-2010.html>
> .
>
> [ ... ]
>
> *Never. *Publishers who lack the right to market digital editions of their
> authors' books may be out of luck -- but they're not going down without a
> fight. Open Road Integrated Media, the digital-book startup founded by
> former HarperCollins CEO Jane Friedman, disagrees<http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/13/business/media/13ebooks.html?scp=2&sq=%22Jane%20Friedman%22&st=cse>with bigger players over who has the right to release e-book versions of
> William Styron's novels (from Random House) and Joseph Heller's Catch-22
> (from Simon & Schuster). Ray Bradbury may remain steadfast in his refusal to
> grant any e-book rights to any of his books -- but Vladimir Nabokov refused
> to allow the publication of his last novel -- and look what happened<http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=90073521>.
> (There's no e-book edition of *The Original of Laura* on the horizon.)
>
> [ ... ]
>
>
>
>
>
> Search the archive<http://www.google.com/advanced_search?q=site:listserv.ucsb.edu&HL=en> Contact
> the Editors <nabokv-l@utk.edu,nabokv-l@holycross.edu> Visit "Nabokov
> Online Journal" <http://www.nabokovonline.com> Visit Zembla<http://www.libraries.psu.edu/nabokov/zembla.htm> View
> Nabokv-L Policies <http://web.utk.edu/%7Esblackwe/EDNote.htm> Manage
> subscription options <http://listserv.ucsb.edu/>
>
> All private editorial communications, without exception, are read by both
> co-editors.
>
Search archive with Google:
http://www.google.com/advanced_search?q=site:listserv.ucsb.edu&HL=en
Contact the Editors: mailto:nabokv-l@utk.edu,nabokv-l@holycross.edu
Visit Zembla: http://www.libraries.psu.edu/nabokov/zembla.htm
View Nabokv-L policies: http://web.utk.edu/~sblackwe/EDNote.htm
Visit "Nabokov Online Journal:" http://www.nabokovonline.com
Manage subscription options: http://listserv.ucsb.edu/