"With a fair degree of inevitability, the Booker prize is going digital. It has just been announced that extracts from this year’s shortlist will be available over your mobile phone immediately the nominees are announced on September 9. You’ll be able to get the extracts as either audio or text (though, hopefully, not text-speak)." – The Guardian.
The TeleRead take: Wouldn’t it be great if, as a condition for consideration, the Booker required all books to be available in full text as E—for sale on the day the shortlist was announced? This wouldn’t just be good for the publishers. It would make the UK-based rewards more of a global event and elevate Britain’s already-high standing in world literature.
Related: Bethann Patrick’s PW blog item.
