Comments on: More on books http://www.buzzmachine.com/2006/05/26/more-on-books/ by Jeff Jarvis Fri, 09 Jan 2009 03:20:26 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: writers with blogs at poetbloggs http://www.buzzmachine.com/2006/05/26/more-on-books/#comment-234148 writers with blogs at poetbloggs Wed, 13 Dec 2006 17:09:50 +0000 http://www.buzzmachine.com/?p=1571#comment-234148 [...] In relation to the previous post, and as a result of Jeff Jarvis‘ discussion, a quick look across the Irish blogosphere shows up quite a few Irish writers using blogs to write about both work, life and everything else. Have blogs and email replaced the traditional literary letters? (NYT seems to think so) How much are writers willing to collaborate with audiences online? [...] [...] In relation to the previous post, and as a result of Jeff Jarvis‘ discussion, a quick look across the Irish blogosphere shows up quite a few Irish writers using blogs to write about both work, life and everything else. Have blogs and email replaced the traditional literary letters? (NYT seems to think so) How much are writers willing to collaborate with audiences online? [...]

]]> By: poetbloggs » Blog Archive » readers: writers with blogs http://www.buzzmachine.com/2006/05/26/more-on-books/#comment-61057 poetbloggs » Blog Archive » readers: writers with blogs Thu, 01 Jun 2006 09:11:23 +0000 http://www.buzzmachine.com/?p=1571#comment-61057 [...] The ability, through email, to so easily correspond with an author I found quite remarkable. In its way it added to the reading experience." Beatrice, via Buzzmachine [...] [...] The ability, through email, to so easily correspond with an author I found quite remarkable. In its way it added to the reading experience." Beatrice, via Buzzmachine [...]

]]> By: Baetrice http://www.buzzmachine.com/2006/05/26/more-on-books/#comment-59596 Baetrice Tue, 30 May 2006 18:56:08 +0000 http://www.buzzmachine.com/?p=1571#comment-59596 poetbloggs comments "How much are writers willing to collaborate with audiences online?" On a related note, I've read several books recently on a topic I've never read on before because of a personal experience that entered my life. A couple of the books really helped me to understand a perspective that was completely alien to me. I then took the opportunity to write those couple of authors and explain to them how their words had affected me. In both cases the authors wrote back and it was a really nice interchange. The ability, through email, to so easily correspond with an author I found quite remarkable. In its way it added to the reading experience. poetbloggs comments “How much are writers willing to collaborate with audiences online?” On a related note, I’ve read several books recently on a topic I’ve never read on before because of a personal experience that entered my life. A couple of the books really helped me to understand a perspective that was completely alien to me. I then took the opportunity to write those couple of authors and explain to them how their words had affected me. In both cases the authors wrote back and it was a really nice interchange.

The ability, through email, to so easily correspond with an author I found quite remarkable. In its way it added to the reading experience.

]]> By: poetbloggs » Blog Archive » writers with blogs http://www.buzzmachine.com/2006/05/26/more-on-books/#comment-59517 poetbloggs » Blog Archive » writers with blogs Tue, 30 May 2006 16:43:52 +0000 http://www.buzzmachine.com/?p=1571#comment-59517 [...] In relation to my previous post, and as a result of Jeff Jarvis' discussion, a quick look across the Irish blogosphere shows up quite a few Irish writers using blogs to write about both work, life and everything else. Have blogs and email replaced the traditional literary letters? (NYT seems to think so) How much are writers willing to collaborate with audiences online? [...] [...] In relation to my previous post, and as a result of Jeff Jarvis' discussion, a quick look across the Irish blogosphere shows up quite a few Irish writers using blogs to write about both work, life and everything else. Have blogs and email replaced the traditional literary letters? (NYT seems to think so) How much are writers willing to collaborate with audiences online? [...]

]]> By: infotainment rules » Blog Archive » the future of books is already here http://www.buzzmachine.com/2006/05/26/more-on-books/#comment-59511 infotainment rules » Blog Archive » the future of books is already here Tue, 30 May 2006 16:34:17 +0000 http://www.buzzmachine.com/?p=1571#comment-59511 [...] Echoing what Jeff Jarvis has been saying at BuzzMachine, GalleyCat’s Ron Hogan highlights the fact that “moving online will transform the relationship that books have to their readers and to each other.” [...] [...] Echoing what Jeff Jarvis has been saying at BuzzMachine, GalleyCat’s Ron Hogan highlights the fact that “moving online will transform the relationship that books have to their readers and to each other.” [...]

]]> By: Avo http://www.buzzmachine.com/2006/05/26/more-on-books/#comment-59431 Avo Tue, 30 May 2006 14:10:59 +0000 http://www.buzzmachine.com/?p=1571#comment-59431 I came here due to Andrew Sullivan's plug. I find it fascinating that much of the discussion is in a light-gray type that I find too painful to read. The web will be die from graphic silliness while books, in crisp black-on-white, wait patiently on the shelves. I came here due to Andrew Sullivan’s plug. I find it fascinating that much of the discussion is in a light-gray type that I find too painful to read. The web will be die from graphic silliness while books, in crisp black-on-white, wait patiently on the shelves.

]]> By: Eoin Purcell’s Blog » Blog Archive » Still breathing. Books in the digital age http://www.buzzmachine.com/2006/05/26/more-on-books/#comment-56967 Eoin Purcell’s Blog » Blog Archive » Still breathing. Books in the digital age Sat, 27 May 2006 15:52:06 +0000 http://www.buzzmachine.com/?p=1571#comment-56967 [...] Jeff Jarvis of Buzzmachine sure knows how to kick off a conversation online. His post The book is dead. Long live the book raised numerous commenters and responders. He followed that up with a round up of the response call More on books. [...] [...] Jeff Jarvis of Buzzmachine sure knows how to kick off a conversation online. His post The book is dead. Long live the book raised numerous commenters and responders. He followed that up with a round up of the response call More on books. [...]

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