We're going to see new forms of storytelling emerge from this canvas. This is an opportunity to redefine modes of conversation between reader and content. And that's one hell of an opportunity if making content is your thing.
via craigmod.com
(photo courtesy of Craig Mod)
This is a very well thought out essay (with gorgeous pictures) about the future of book design in the age of the iPad.
Book designer and author Craig Mod brings up some fascinating concepts such as the differences between Formless and Definite Content and how the one page at a time tablet screen will allow a different type of interface feeling that the 2 page spread of a physical book.
He also gives examples of finely constructed books, made to last, that can form a new model for books in a more high brow mode after we no longer need to publish disposable paperbacks meant for one reading and not made to last. Personally I think textbooks that get new editions every two years are a perfect type of book to phase out into eBooks. Who wants to buy a a $85 Mesothelioma textbook that weighs 10 pounds and you will never look at again after the class is over.
It's a good article - check it out.
