Comments on: The End of Book Publishing As We Know It

By: Joe Lalonde

Joe Lalonde — Sat, 14 Jan 2012 01:19:00 +0000

I researched and couldn’t find any other information about it either. It looks like it was never released but did scare Steve Jobs when he saw the preview video. – http://mashable.com/2011/11/04/sports-illustrated-steve-jobs/

Could have been a great tablet.

By: Michael Hyatt

Michael Hyatt — Fri, 13 Jan 2012 22:19:00 +0000

Honestly, I don’t know. I haven’t heard a word.

By: Jack Zavada

Jack Zavada — Fri, 13 Jan 2012 22:14:00 +0000

It’s now 2012 and that video was dated 2010. What happened to the SI tablet?

By: Macamaniac007

Macamaniac007 — Thu, 12 Jan 2012 14:23:00 +0000

It’s been interesting reading through the comments and at this stage I have the luxury of being 2 years later than when this was blog post was first written. We can now see that the iPad (and all those other tablets, I’m an Applehead), is here to stay and has changed the publishing and reading landscape. I read books on my iPhone, a lot. It’s very easy to stand in the looooong lines at Walmart and catch up on, sometimes, an entire chapter in a book I’m reading. Riding through the car wash, waiting in the line to pick up my son from school, stuck in traffic (not moving of course), and a host of other situations has changed from just listening to the radio to consuming a whole bunch of text – and video/audio :)

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By: Web design London

Web design London — Fri, 11 Nov 2011 18:53:00 +0000

I am looking forward to buying my first ebook reader, I usually buy 2-3 hard copy books a month, I am excited about what is coming from the ebook standpoint.

By: Swhines

Swhines — Wed, 24 Aug 2011 17:56:00 +0000

Dear Mike: Know you’re busy, man. But I’d like to meet you sometime at Starbucks or something. I’m writing full time now, and my new book is out Sept. 1, Titanic: One Newspaper, Seven Days, and the Truth That Shocked the World. I have an idea about how to add value to online books I’d like to run past you. I wonder if this idea has been tried before.

By: world top tenz

world top tenz — Thu, 21 Jul 2011 18:01:00 +0000

nice intersting post
World Top Tenz

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By: Joshua Hood

Joshua Hood — Tue, 04 Jan 2011 01:41:00 +0000

I’m torn… the purist in me loves the feel, look, and experience of ‘real’ books… but the tech, geeky side of me loves the new technology… Hopefully we can preserve the beauty of the old, while utilizing the possibilities of the new!

Joshua Hood
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By: Michael Hyatt

Michael Hyatt — Thu, 09 Dec 2010 03:51:00 +0000

You make a good point about places like Haiti. However, realistically, they don’t buy many print books either. Unfortunately, unless we consciously try to reach out to those lacking in resources, the digital divide is only going to make poverty worse.

By: Remarkable Peace

Remarkable Peace — Wed, 08 Dec 2010 23:24:00 +0000

I just discovered your blog recently, thanks for the work you put into it.

I know this post is old enough to be petrified, but it was interesting to me as I’m a bit of a bibliophile myself. It would seem obvious that an electronic market is going to open more and more in the future, but I’m wondering how far that reach will go. For example, who in Haiti is going to read off of (let alone own) a Tablet? Or in most parts of Africa? Or rural China? Most of the world’s population does not live at the level where they can afford and productively use many technologies we enjoy in the States. And yet, books can go that distance, and outlast any technology we’ve come up with in the last 200 years (just look at the Dead Sea Scrolls…not that just anyone is picking them up for a browse; but they endured time and change).

That said, Tom-Nel’s primary audience is not rural China or African villages, so in that sense I think your point is well taken. Considering TN’s target population it would seem a good idea to take the lead in investing and opening that market.

Thanks TN, for your work in producing good books!

By: Remarkable Peace

Remarkable Peace — Wed, 08 Dec 2010 23:24:00 +0000

I just discovered your blog recently, thanks for the work you put into it.

Thanks TN, for your work in producing good books!

By: Jeff Goins

Jeff Goins — Mon, 06 Dec 2010 17:10:00 +0000

I didn’t really buy this the first time I read it. A year later, and I totally get it. I don’t own an iPad nor a Kindle, but I downloaded the Kindle app on my iPhone and have been amazed by how much more I read now that I have a library in my pocket. It’s done in smaller doses, however, given the medium, and I think that the mobility of these devices will affect the content itself. More authors will be moving to formats that suit our mobile culture of constant interruption. Seth Godin has been writing like this (in bite-sized, blog-like chunks) for years now. I think more authors will be doing this.

By: Bret Mavrich

Bret Mavrich — Fri, 03 Dec 2010 15:46:00 +0000

You know, I hope that this means there are tons more venues and exciting new markets for good writers. I like your take, that “people are reading more than ever.”

By: Robert

Robert — Sat, 25 Sep 2010 18:27:19 +0000

John, I'd really dig seeing the rest of your list there. It does make me wonder though if the load will be more on the author to key in links, etc., or a "value added" from a growing crew of editors and other facilitators. I suppose it will vary a good bit, but any one chapter could take a week's production work for proper "illustration." I'm afraid I foresee a shift here, with publishers and their growing staffs taking over more of the creative process, and the proceeds, and Writing becoming like Farming in the past century.

By: John O'Keefe

John O'Keefe — Sat, 25 Sep 2010 16:36:01 +0000

What I see happening is a shift from the Gutenberg to the Google, Authors, Editors and Publishers will need to be far more creative and dream past the current norm. They will need to envision a product that is interactive, informative and creative. Creatives will find a new home in the publishing industry, surpassing their current involvement of simply cover design. I know on a personal level I turned down two publishers for my new book because they desired complete creative control over the cover and content. Now, as I look to getting out my next book I am looking more towards the ipad market. Creatives will be the lead in this next step in publishing. Here is a short list of what I envision for my next book:

videos instead of pictures:
foot notes that are linked to other sources:
Audio that will invite people into the discussion:
QR codes that will invite people to download information to other devices:
The ability to comment in real time from the ipad and have it displayed on a site:
The ability to tweet a section of the book in real time;

There are more things I plan on adding – but that is a short list :)

What I have found is that most Publishers lack the ability to see past where they are now; they do not see the future, nor do they see the present. My hope, my prayer, is that they soon come to the realization that in a Conceptual Age creatives will change the way we do things. My worry, my fear, is that many will strive to hold to the Industrial Age and keep doing the same old, same old. But, as you said, if they do they will not survive the reality of a Conceptual Age.

By: Edge

Edge — Sat, 25 Sep 2010 13:26:02 +0000

Good article but the fact that it uses a concept device that will never exist shows the author doesn’t know too much about technology. That being said, the iPad does exist and can do all of that, so ya, times are changing.

By: Rebekah

Rebekah — Tue, 06 Jul 2010 19:27:46 +0000

Dear Mr. Hyatt,

Thank you so much for this information! This is thrilling to me as I am already combining videos and pictures with my pen. I did it a bit with my divorce memoir but am doing it daily with my blog now. I am currently searching in how to perfect my videos as all this high tech gadgetry is a bit foreign, to say the least.

But it is so much fun to do as I love to write and love to worship and the combining of the two on my pages is awesome! Bless you for posting this! It is an encouragement to me and I will look into it further!

Rebekah (pen name)