tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5406192860258139647.post8633327320571649552..comments2023-06-07T03:01:34.999-07:00Comments on Informalists: Blog #12 - ebooksCurrent Bloggershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07554379779778360944noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5406192860258139647.post-53364430921398234572007-09-06T09:17:00.000-07:002007-09-06T09:17:00.000-07:00Hate to echo, but I agree: a full-length book I wa...Hate to echo, but I agree: a full-length book I want to carry around. I need to have a physical relationship with it, the temporary marriage to an object.Ana Božičevićhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15963114592979735390noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5406192860258139647.post-50819601934424251562007-09-04T09:28:00.000-07:002007-09-04T09:28:00.000-07:00It seems to me that the technology of the book is ...It seems to me that the technology of the book is still the best technology for the kind of dedicated reading I want. An echapbook, like EG said, is brief enough to allow for a focused read & even a clean print-out. With a whole manuscript, however, I want someone to carry it around, fold the pages over, write on it, spill baby horse blood all over it.<BR/><BR/>The fact of people looking down on ebooks is secondary, in my opinion. Obviously, like all of you, i respect the online space for publishing. But it is only one of the techonologies.Mathias Svalinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14573150995423227684noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5406192860258139647.post-90908161678973075292007-09-04T09:02:00.000-07:002007-09-04T09:02:00.000-07:00I had the same option with the same press (with my...I had the same option with the same press (with my collaborative manuscript) and we decided to pass. Kathy and I have published dillions of poems online (or whatever) and have no problem with online publishing in general, but we don't think it's ideal for a book. You can't really read a whole book on your computer...can you? And having to print it out is less than ideal. In the end, we decided that was kind of a last resort, and found a print publisher instead. <BR/><BR/>Like you, I think it's more feasible for a chapbook -- easier to read online. Plus, you don't have to worry about naysayers thinking your full-length book isn't really a real book for real, because it's "just an e-book." I'd be worried about blowing my wad.Elisahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10270808520581466353noreply@blogger.com