Unlike the printed book, the networked book is never finished: it is always a work in progress.Īs such, the Institute is deeply concerned with the surrounding forces that will shape the network environment and the conditions of culture: network neutrality, copyright and privacy. It is an evolving entity within an ecology of readers, authors and texts. Unlike the printed book, the networked book is not bound by time or space. Lessig actually makes a tribute to Wikipedia in his book by stating “to Wikipedia: the one surprise that teaches more than everything here.” McKenzie Wark’s book is only readable online but Lessig’s finished book is actually available as a download for free! Although I am still a big fan of the old fashioned book made of trees, I am also a huge fan of the networked book: Lawrence Lessig’s new book Code Version 2.0 (a follow up on Code and Other Laws of Cyberspace) is partly written through a collaborative Wiki. The Institute for the Future of the Book is concerned with issues around “the book’s reinvention in a networked environment.” (( IFB )) Readers are discussing and participating in the writing process and the networked book is born. McKenzie Wark is working on GAM3R 7H30RY which will be published by Harvard University Press in April 2007, and it will contain contributions from readers of his site. Writing a book online and facilitating a discussion around it seems to be very popular these days.
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