The concept of a “book” will change under the pressure of iPad-type devices, just as concepts of what constitutes a magazine or a newspaper are already changing. This doesn’t mean that paper publications will go away. But it does mean that print publishers who wish to thrive in the new environment will not just have to learn new tricks but will also have to tool up. In particular, they will have to add serious in-house technological competencies to their publishing skills.
Publishers take note: the iPad is altering the very concept of a ‘book’ | Technology | The Observer
This is more or less what I’ve been saying on this blog for the past few months. We’re not just writing books anymore, we need to think about all the other things that the iPad and friends can add to the… experience.
It’s not necessarily a new way of writing, but a new way of thinking about what we create.
