The book has stayed pretty much the same for over 500 years: a bunch of paper pages between covers. It's been both finite and easily grasped. But our digitally-connected world is forcing us to re-imagine what books could be.

Participants in the program:

Bob Stein, founder and co-director of The Institute For the Future of the Book, New York.

James Bridle, writer, publisher, editor, technologist, London.

Hugh McGuire, founder of pressbooks and libravox, co-editor of Book: A Futurist's Manifesto, Montreal.

Kylie Mirmohamadi, professor of English, La Trobe University, Melbourne.

Sue Martin, professor of English, La Trobe University, Melbourne.


Related Websites:

Bob Stein's Institute For The Future of The Book

Socialbook or socialbook at livemargin

James Bridle's website

A Ship Adrift website

Kylie Mirmohamadi on e-books for Institute For the Future of the Book, Australia

Webpage for Books: A Futurist Manifesto on Hugh McGuire's Press books website