Blogs and authors’ egos–that’s the topic of a New York Times piece this morning, and TeleRead shows up at the top of a list of Harry Potter mentions.
Me, I’m looking ahead to the time when readers will be able to annotate books in public, so they’re more like blogs–with embedded feedback. You’ll be able to tell the men from the boys, or the women from the girls, based on the freedom that writers give their readers to make comments. The better writers will tolerate robust debate, at least from the qualified, while the mediocre will censor heavily. Meanwhile you can enjoy The Annotated New York Times.
The link to the article seems to be broken. It leads to a page that says the following:
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OK, Branko. I fixed the link by logging out as a NYT site customer and reentering the site as the freebie-lover I normally am. Your note demonstrated the glories of interactivity. Had this been a book, you’d have set readers straight! That’s good, and the smarter authors will welcome this. In the case of annotated books, readers will be looking at the whole package, not just the original texts; and comments will add value, as yours did. – David