July 5th, 2011
Kindle Killer?
With electronic media gaining more traction every day, it’s great to see that old world publishing isn’t going quietly into the night and continues to innovate.
One would have thought that innovation in the book world was near impossible, with no significant changes between the printing press invention and the advent of the eReader, however, more and more are starting to take notice of the flip-back book.
This Dutch invention takes a standard novel and shrinks it to about 12 x 8cms and orients the book sideways compared to the traditional binding, making these flip-backs perfect commuting reads.
Titles are still sparse but the price is predicted to give you change from a redback when they hit stores before Christmas.
That does raise a good question though — with Angus & Robertson, and Borders now out of business — who is left to sell this huge change in book format? Maybe we’ll just have to use Amazon…
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