Comments on: Book-as-Blog: Encouraging Reading by Posting a Chapter at a Time http://manas.tungare.name/blog/book-as-blog-encouraging-reading-by-presenting-a-chapter-at-a-time/ Thu, 15 Jul 2010 00:40:31 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: Pradnya Provokes » On Reading Books v/s Reading Blogs http://manas.tungare.name/blog/book-as-blog-encouraging-reading-by-presenting-a-chapter-at-a-time/comment-page-1/#comment-8767 Pradnya Provokes » On Reading Books v/s Reading Blogs Sun, 20 Sep 2009 05:34:03 +0000 http://manas.tungare.name/blog/?p=236#comment-8767 [...] has an excellent post about “Book-as-Blog“, where he makes the case for splitting books into chapters or even smaller units, and [...] [...] has an excellent post about “Book-as-Blog“, where he makes the case for splitting books into chapters or even smaller units, and [...]

]]> By: Uma http://manas.tungare.name/blog/book-as-blog-encouraging-reading-by-presenting-a-chapter-at-a-time/comment-page-1/#comment-8635 Uma Wed, 07 Jan 2009 03:53:53 +0000 http://manas.tungare.name/blog/?p=236#comment-8635 Blog book: the Opposite of Book-As-a-Blog<br><br>It's been there for a while, but thought of it in relation to your post, when I read this - <a href="http://in.reuters.com/article/topNews/idINIndia-37219920081229?sp=true" rel="nofollow">http://in.reuters.com/article/topNews/idINIndia...</a>. See question "What is your opinion on blog books?<br>". Blog book: the Opposite of Book-As-a-Blog

It's been there for a while, but thought of it in relation to your post, when I read this – http://in.reuters.com/article/topNews/idINIndia.... See question “What is your opinion on blog books?
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]]> By: Pradnya http://manas.tungare.name/blog/book-as-blog-encouraging-reading-by-presenting-a-chapter-at-a-time/comment-page-1/#comment-8631 Pradnya Mon, 22 Dec 2008 18:30:34 +0000 http://manas.tungare.name/blog/?p=236#comment-8631 Excellent post. Very fitting indeed. I like the idea a lot, as it seems to be the only way to get us online junkies back to the book readers' club. Excellent post. Very fitting indeed. I like the idea a lot, as it seems to be the only way to get us online junkies back to the book readers’ club.

]]> By: Uma http://manas.tungare.name/blog/book-as-blog-encouraging-reading-by-presenting-a-chapter-at-a-time/comment-page-1/#comment-8629 Uma Thu, 18 Dec 2008 04:33:06 +0000 http://manas.tungare.name/blog/?p=236#comment-8629 Manas, this is an interesting discussion point. Sure, as a business idea this may work, considering the number of people who read online. Then it seems that the goal in reading a book is just to access its contents. For me, the beauty of a book is that it takes me away from being online and from the computer, among other things. I love to flip pages of a real book, unraveling and reflecting on the world created by the author (even in non-fiction books). I can take it along wherever I go, read it lying down on the bed/sofa, enjoy it on a park bench with coffee and cake, enjoy the different shapes and sizes that it comes in, and (very important for me) be able to choose whether to read a bit or the entire thing. Agreed that you can all this with a computer but the experience is just not comparable (to me). Also to think about are the implications this will have on authors. Will they write the book as they reveal it, blog entry by blog entry, (possibly) acting upon comments by readers (this does happen in different versions of a book, but that time frame is much slower, allowing the reader and writer to reflect upon what they have read more deliberately). It almost reminds me of a show with episodes being revealed one by one (not that there is something wrong with it but the purpose is different). I have had access to electronic versions of books several times, but almost always I have got the book, if I really wanted to read it. Call me old-fashioned but I think some things are left as-is to be enjoyed most. Just my $$!! Manas, this is an interesting discussion point. Sure, as a business idea this may work, considering the number of people who read online. Then it seems that the goal in reading a book is just to access its contents. For me, the beauty of a book is that it takes me away from being online and from the computer, among other things. I love to flip pages of a real book, unraveling and reflecting on the world created by the author (even in non-fiction books). I can take it along wherever I go, read it lying down on the bed/sofa, enjoy it on a park bench with coffee and cake, enjoy the different shapes and sizes that it comes in, and (very important for me) be able to choose whether to read a bit or the entire thing. Agreed that you can all this with a computer but the experience is just not comparable (to me).

Also to think about are the implications this will have on authors. Will they write the book as they reveal it, blog entry by blog entry, (possibly) acting upon comments by readers (this does happen in different versions of a book, but that time frame is much slower, allowing the reader and writer to reflect upon what they have read more deliberately). It almost reminds me of a show with episodes being revealed one by one (not that there is something wrong with it but the purpose is different).

I have had access to electronic versions of books several times, but almost always I have got the book, if I really wanted to read it. Call me old-fashioned but I think some things are left as-is to be enjoyed most.

Just my $$!!

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