Comments on: Video: The Future of Reading, from The Agenda, TVO, Ontario http://www.teleread.com/paul-biba/video-the-future-of-reading-from-the-agenda-tvo-ontario/ News & views on e-books, libraries, publishing and related topics Thu, 09 Feb 2012 22:45:41 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Michael Pastore http://www.teleread.com/paul-biba/video-the-future-of-reading-from-the-agenda-tvo-ontario/comment-page-1/#comment-1151187 Michael Pastore Sat, 19 Dec 2009 15:01:13 +0000 http://www.teleread.org/?p=34393#comment-1151187 That video is informative and entertaining. The participants all had slightly different visions of the future of reading, but each one is a bright future. The moderator, despite the fact that he had never heard of "public domain books", did an excellent job of asking the right questions, and including everyone in the discussion. I would like to explore some of these issues in depth: for example, a large part of Bob Stein's future of reading includes "World of Warcraft" -- but is that really "reading", or is that online interactive game playing? ... For me, there is a world of difference. The participants all seemed to agree that, in the future, devices will be far more advanced; and paper books (and "serious" literary novels), may not be abandoned entirely. Instead, they will be a small part of much larger and more complex reading ecosystem, that includes a high degree of interactivity. This video mentions a fascinating 4-part series, Empire of the Word, narrated by Alberto Manguel, author of The History of Reading. It is free to view by Canadians, but it is unavailable online to U.S. residents. Is this the swift and terrible payback for the U.S. customs agents arresting Peter Watts ? Michael Pastore 50 Benefits of Ebooks That video is informative and entertaining. The participants all had slightly different visions of the future of reading, but each one is a bright future. The moderator, despite the fact that he had never heard of “public domain books”, did an excellent job of asking the right questions, and including everyone in the discussion.

I would like to explore some of these issues in depth: for example, a large part of Bob Stein’s future of reading includes “World of Warcraft” — but is that really “reading”, or is that online interactive game playing? … For me, there is a world of difference.

The participants all seemed to agree that, in the future, devices will be far more advanced; and paper books (and “serious” literary novels), may not be abandoned entirely. Instead, they will be a small part of much larger and more complex reading ecosystem, that includes a high degree of interactivity.

This video mentions a fascinating 4-part series, Empire of the Word, narrated by Alberto Manguel, author of The History of Reading. It is free to view by Canadians, but it is unavailable online to U.S. residents.

Is this the swift and terrible payback for the U.S. customs agents arresting Peter Watts ?

Michael Pastore
50 Benefits of Ebooks

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