Comments on: My story about the next 150 years of bookselling: The Right Book http://boingboing.net/2008/06/26/my-story-about-the-n.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Sun, 19 May 2013 18:41:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: CJ http://boingboing.net/2008/06/26/my-story-about-the-n.html#comment-220182 CJ Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-220182 Looks like a good story, but unless I'm missing something the only way to read it is on a horrible flash-based site - which takes ages to load each page (I'm on a slow connection, yes) and loads one page at a time (if my boss is monitoring my internet useage, I'd rather load one or two big pages than 50 small ones). Looks like a good story, but unless I’m missing something the only way to read it is on a horrible flash-based site – which takes ages to load each page (I’m on a slow connection, yes) and loads one page at a time (if my boss is monitoring my internet useage, I’d rather load one or two big pages than 50 small ones).

]]> By: Robotech_Master http://boingboing.net/2008/06/26/my-story-about-the-n.html#comment-220202 Robotech_Master Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-220202 An interesting story. In a way, it kind of reminds me of Christopher Morley's <i>Parnassus on Wheels</i> or <i>The Haunted Bookshop</i> (find 'em on Gutenberg), except in the opposite direction. An interesting story. In a way, it kind of reminds me of Christopher Morley’s Parnassus on Wheels or The Haunted Bookshop (find ‘em on Gutenberg), except in the opposite direction.

]]> By: guernican http://boingboing.net/2008/06/26/my-story-about-the-n.html#comment-220212 guernican Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-220212 I can never quite get over Cory's British-to-American prose switches. I can never quite get over Cory’s British-to-American prose switches.

]]> By: the_boy http://boingboing.net/2008/06/26/my-story-about-the-n.html#comment-220738 the_boy Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-220738 So, I liked the reader, but looking past that, the content is great. I always thought the new zines would be the best cut-and-pasted from the web and left hiding around schools, *spoiler warning* so the handcrafted books from a social-networking-cum-lj-fanfic-wank makes perfect sense to me So, I liked the reader, but looking past that, the content is great. I always thought the new zines would be the best cut-and-pasted from the web and left hiding around schools, *spoiler warning* so the handcrafted books from a social-networking-cum-lj-fanfic-wank makes perfect sense to me

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2008/06/26/my-story-about-the-n.html#comment-220760 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-220760 Use <a href="http://cde.cerosmedia.com/downloadPDF.php?id=3040&pages=98968,98969,98971">this link</a> to get a 3 page, 1.89MB PDF containing only Cory's story. It's still an indirect link to a PDF, but at least there's no Flash. A rather neat dynamic PDF generator, actually. Use this link to get a 3 page, 1.89MB PDF containing only Cory’s story.

It’s still an indirect link to a PDF, but at least there’s no Flash. A rather neat dynamic PDF generator, actually.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2008/06/26/my-story-about-the-n.html#comment-221017 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-221017 Dear all, It's Anna here from The Bookseller. We have now put Cory's story online here: http://www.thebookseller.com/blogs/61920-the-story-so-far----and-beyond.html Hope this helps those who prefer a straight-forward text version. Kind regards, Anna Richardson The Bookseller Dear all,

It’s Anna here from The Bookseller. We have now put Cory’s story online here:

http://www.thebookseller.com/blogs/61920-the-story-so-far—-and-beyond.html

Hope this helps those who prefer a straight-forward text version.

Kind regards,
Anna Richardson
The Bookseller

]]> By: BubbleDragon http://boingboing.net/2008/06/26/my-story-about-the-n.html#comment-220252 BubbleDragon Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-220252 Thoroughly enjoyable. Thank you! #1 - You can click the PDF icon and wait for it to load, the select pages 116, 117, and 119. Thoroughly enjoyable. Thank you!

#1 – You can click the PDF icon and wait for it to load, the select pages 116, 117, and 119.

]]> By: Agent 86 http://boingboing.net/2008/06/26/my-story-about-the-n.html#comment-221561 Agent 86 Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-221561 I chuckled. Learning to bind my down books, and learning some minor photoshop skills, and buying a laser printer are now all on my to-do list. I chuckled. Learning to bind my down books, and learning some minor photoshop skills, and buying a laser printer are now all on my to-do list.

]]> By: nghtchld http://boingboing.net/2008/06/26/my-story-about-the-n.html#comment-220283 nghtchld Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-220283 Ironic? that a story about 'future' books, in a book sellers magazine is on a site which is about as unbookish and unusable as they can make it? Great story though, the kind of teaser that makes you want a novellete about the same chrs instead :) Ironic? that a story about ‘future’ books, in a book sellers magazine is on a site which is about as unbookish and unusable as they can make it? Great story though, the kind of teaser that makes you want a novellete about the same chrs instead :)

]]> By: tp1024 http://boingboing.net/2008/06/26/my-story-about-the-n.html#comment-220290 tp1024 Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-220290 Wow, this must have been the absolutely least enjoyable way to read anything ever. And I don't quite get how anyone could like pu'er tea. But the story's good, that's all that counts. Cory: please coer^h^h^convince them to publish it as a plain text somewhere. This reader is ridiculous. Wow, this must have been the absolutely least enjoyable way to read anything ever. And I don’t quite get how anyone could like pu’er tea.

But the story’s good, that’s all that counts.

Cory: please coer^h^h^convince them to publish it as a plain text somewhere. This reader is ridiculous.

]]> By: kleer001 http://boingboing.net/2008/06/26/my-story-about-the-n.html#comment-221074 kleer001 Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-221074 I roll back into my shared feeds quite often and when I saw that little link for the text version of the story my heart skipped a beat, a chill ran up my back and I was flush with a small type of love. There is very little to compare with the feeling of being listened to, to know that you were heard and accounted for in any medium. Three cheers for theBookseller.com and those that listen and act. This is what is must have felt like to be in that first generation of those in the free colonies. I roll back into my shared feeds quite often and when I saw that little link for the text version of the story my heart skipped a beat, a chill ran up my back and I was flush with a small type of love.

There is very little to compare with the feeling of being listened to, to know that you were heard and accounted for in any medium.

Three cheers for theBookseller.com and those that listen and act.

This is what is must have felt like to be in that first generation of those in the free colonies.

]]> By: kleer001 http://boingboing.net/2008/06/26/my-story-about-the-n.html#comment-220313 kleer001 Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-220313 U.S. Patent 2,026,329 It's awesome. I think it's even in the public domain at this point. U.S. Patent 2,026,329
It’s awesome. I think it’s even in the public domain at this point.

]]> By: Pteryxx http://boingboing.net/2008/06/26/my-story-about-the-n.html#comment-220328 Pteryxx Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-220328 Agreed... I gave up rather than trying to load that lame flash abomination. Another reader lost to content-provider paranoia. Agreed… I gave up rather than trying to load that lame flash abomination. Another reader lost to content-provider paranoia.

]]> By: Takuan http://boingboing.net/2008/06/26/my-story-about-the-n.html#comment-220332 Takuan Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-220332 i didn't like it until I figured it out, then it was fine after a minute. i didn’t like it until I figured it out, then it was fine after a minute.

]]> By: nex http://boingboing.net/2008/06/26/my-story-about-the-n.html#comment-220627 nex Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-220627 Maybe if I'd have the large screen connected and wouldn't need to use the extremely badly implemented zoom function, that interface would be bearable, but on my small notebook it's so bad it hurts. I hope some time I'll come across the story in a sane format ... as it is I won't read it :-( Maybe if I’d have the large screen connected and wouldn’t need to use the extremely badly implemented zoom function, that interface would be bearable, but on my small notebook it’s so bad it hurts. I hope some time I’ll come across the story in a sane format … as it is I won’t read it :-(

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