Electric Literature

How I Learned To Stop Worrying And Love Digital Publishing

Benjamin Samuel | Posted 05.07.2012

Read More: Online Literary Magazines, Ereaders, Recommended Reading, Digital Lit Mags, Electric Lit, Kickstarter, Electric Literature, Print vs Digital, Ebooks, Books News
Benjamin Samuel

I love books. But I also love what digital technologies can do for publishers, writers, and readers.

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Innovations In Reading Prize Winners Announced

nationalbook.org | Posted 07.05.2011

Read More: Yarn, Electric Literature, My Own Book, Innovations in Reading, Innovations in Reading Prize, Innovations in Reading Prize Winners, Literary Prizes, Kore Press, Books News

Each year, the National Book Foundation awards a number of prizes of up to $2,500 each to individuals and institutions—or partnerships between the t...

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Audio Walking Tours With Contemporary Literature As Your Guide

fsgworkinprogress.com | Posted 06.15.2011

Read More: The Hours, Jonathan Franzen, Michael Cunningham, Americana, Paul Auster, Freedom, Electric Literature, Audio Walking Tour, Do Delillo, New York, Sunset Park, Books News

There’s a passage in Don DeLillo’s Americana where he describes walking down a busy sidewalk among a throng of New Yorkers. He captured this feeli...

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WATCH: Book Or Bullet Proof Vest?

The Huffington Post | Sammy Perlmutter | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Ereaders, Video, Franzen, Kindle, Electric Lit, Can a Book Save Your Life?, Shooting Books, Electric Literature, Amazon Kindle, Jonathan Franzen, Book Save Your Life, Ebooks, Books News

"Can a book save your life?" Asked Tom Shillue, spokesperson for the online literary sensation Electric Literature, in a new promotional video release...

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5 Wonderfully Weird Book Videos

Andy Hunter | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Slidepollajax, Book Promotion, Vook, Youtube, Book Videos, Vooks, Electric Literature, Ebooks, Books, Ipad, Book Trailers, Books News
Andy Hunter

We love it when a book video gets weird, and we thought it was time to celebrate our top 5.

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Book Video From Electric Literature Animates Just One Sentence (VIDEO)

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Short Stories, Matt Sumell, Book Video, Book Videos, Books, Electric Literature, Little Things, New Media, Book Trailers, Video, Books News

Electric Literature, an online literary magazine devoted to helping short stories thrive in a culture of new media, has made a new book video for one ...

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Finishing Not-Quite-First

Todd Zuniga | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Opium App, Mcsweeneys, Opium Magazine, iPhone Apps, Opium, Book Apps, Digital Literature, Iphone, Electric Literature, Books, Books News
Todd Zuniga

The thrill of following our app's rise (and eventual slide -- after day four we slipped from the top 100) gave me the chance to seriously eyeball the Books section and really look at what was in there.

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Transcend and Include: Fictionaut and the Future of the Literary Magazine

Jurgen Fauth | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Fictionaut, Fictionaut.com, Publishing, Literary Magazines, Fiction, Electric Literature, Barrelhouse, Prairie Schooner, Flatmancrooked, Digital Revolution, Book Publishing, Future of Publishing, Books, Literary Journals, Online Magazines, Books News
Jurgen Fauth

It may be more productive to consider the changes roiling the publishing industry evolutionary rather than revolutionary.

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