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How Novels Came to Terms With the Internet  is an excellent witty synopsis critique. nike air max 2017 pas cher But I feel it was mistitled, it should have been: How the Internet imposed Terms on the Novel. Chaussure Adidas Pas Cher Because the novel as depicted in that article (erudite and lengthy) is not going to survive the move toward blurb. goedkope Nike Air Max 90 Case in point, today Kindle launched a new blurb series (endorsed by TED)  called Singles. Nike Air Huarache Dames Not only are these e-books singles (i.e. fjallraven kanken young and implictly sexually available) they are also brief (i.e. AJ 12 OVO not overweight): “Typically between 5,000 and 30,000 words, each Kindle Single is intended to allow a single killer idea–well researched, well argued and well illustrated–to be expressed at its natural length.” Natural length is shrinking. Nike Air Max Dames Goedkoop These are the terms the internet imposes on the novel: become the e-book and kill us quickly with yr killer idea before we clik clik clik away.

Another note: compare the mobile version (of the guardian article) with the web version. nike tn pas cher Mobile is sleek minimalist scroll terrain; web is chunky, with superfluous ads floating in the sidebar. sac fjallraven pas cher If I were a novelist, I’d publish to phones; and while proofing, i’d be prone to cut a lot.

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