The Future of the Book Annie Mole - london-underground.blogspot.com Billy Abbott - cowfish.org.uk/blog / Chris Meade - www.futureofthebook.org.uk

The Future of Reading? http://london-underground.blogspot.com/2008/11/future-of-books-on-tube.html

The Death of the Book? http://business.timesonline.co.uk/tol/business/columnists/article3359899.ece

The Death of Reading? School librarian surplus to requirements “ A library without a librarian is like the internet without search engines” http://www.guardian.co.uk/education/2008/nov/23/philip-pullman-school-library

Consuming Books Does the device matter?

Entertainment on the move Books v Movies v Gaming Join the debate at the Reading Agency – Will the narrative of gaming ever replace books? http://www.readingagency.org.uk/new-thinking/forum/2008/11/will-the-narrative-of-gaming-ever-replace-books.html

The Future of the Book? “Books ain’t dead” Looking for a good author - video http://blog.gardeviance.org/2008/10/looking-for-good-author.html

Looking for a good author - video

The Future of the Book? “There will always be the novel, but that novel may not always be a book.” – Paul Cornell

The Future of Writing? http://nlabnetworks.typepad.com/digital_livings

Websites becoming physical books www.ryman-novel.com

Twitter “books”? http://twitter.com/140story

Everyone can be an author

Collaborative Books This Book Will Be Famous http://no-mans-blog.com/2008/11/21/this-book-will-be-famous-i-hope/

This Book Will Be Famous

So what’s next?

Now Read on……. Networks & Organisations www.futureofthebook.org.uk www.futureofthebook.org/blog www.bookfutures.blogspot.com – London think & do tank www.yearofreading.org.uk Wikireadia – add to the debate www.readingagency.org.uk The Death of Reading – Geek Dinner 10 th December 2008 Further Reading nlabnetworks.typepad.com/digital_livings - Chris’s report on digital authoring Many thanks to Nicole Mathieson for her notes from this session www.girlygeekdom.blogspot.com/2008/11/amplified-2008-future-of-book.html

Networks & Organisations

www.futureofthebook.org.uk

www.futureofthebook.org/blog

www.bookfutures.blogspot.com – London think & do tank

www.yearofreading.org.uk

Wikireadia – add to the debate

www.readingagency.org.uk

The Death of Reading – Geek Dinner 10 th December 2008

Further Reading

nlabnetworks.typepad.com/digital_livings - Chris’s report on digital authoring

Many thanks to Nicole Mathieson for her notes from this session

www.girlygeekdom.blogspot.com/2008/11/amplified-2008-future-of-book.html