1. The non-dystopian future of
reading
Mathias Klang @klang67

2. To be Honest the
future is a dystopia
for publishers,
booksellers & anyone
who attempts to
maintain a
gatekeeper role.
Sorry, but your
business model is no
longer relevant to our
reality.

3. In scarcity access is everything. In
surplus its annoying.
“who told me” becomes
more important than “who
made it”. Sandra Snan

4. Reading is an
idealized activity

5. Good reader

6. Bad reader?

8. en förmåga att läsa
längre samman-
hängande texter och
att utveckla djupare
läsförståelse…
pdf paradox

10. This is not a book

11. Pinch & swipe gestures

12. ”It was as if a light had
been Nookd in a carved
and painted lantern....”
Tolstoj War & Peace

13. What do we own?

14. Pushing connectivity

15. Blogger 1999
Google 1999
End of communications monopoly

16. Prosumer
(my apologies, it is a really ugly word)

17. What we chose to read

18. Recommendations
& reviews

19. Algorithmic serendipity

20. How we read

23. Changing the marketplace

25. Alternative marketplaces

28. What does it
all mean?

29. Old stupidity or
new intelligence?

30. Endless personal library

31. End of culture: can the infinite be shared?

32. Tailored books: what sells in
Nebraska or
Sweden

33. The conservative illusion

34. Proud to be an
algorithmic End democracy!
anomaly Librarians as proud
gatekeepers.

35. There is
no book…
there are
still
readers

36. THANKS!

37. Mathias Klang
klang@ituniv.se or @klang67
www.digital-rights.net
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