Sorry for the mess

I’m going to some digital publishing event tonight, so I googled the one speaker I hadn’t heard of and discovered if:book, a “a small think-and-do tank investigating the evolution of intellectual discourse as it shifts from printed pages to networked screens.” Which, if you peer through the pretentious language, means that they are interested in how publishing is changing in the digital age. Well, as it happens, so am I. I’ll report back tomorrow on what topics came up, and how many times the words “two point oh” were said with no good reason.

But I digress. What I really wanted to post was a link to one of if:book’s upcoming projects, a “world-wide, interactive reading group for Doris Lessing’s The Golden Notebook.” Basically, the deal is that they are going to put the whole book online, have a bunch of people read it, have a few people annotate it, then have a forum for discussion. Sounds fun, and I’ve been meaning to read The Golden Notebook for a while anyway. It’ll be interesting to see how many people take part, and how it will work. Join in!

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