Publishing in an age of change:
a collaborative project by
Meanjin, Overland
and if:book.
Publishing in an Age of Change is a collaboration between three of Australia’s leading literary incubators: Meanjin, Overland and if:book, that seeks to drive rather than simply react to the debate surrounding the digitization of communication.
Since 2010 Meanland has hosted and published events and articles that tackle the impact of digital media, shifting intellectual property rights and economic change on publishers, writers and readers. In that time we’ve heard from some of the foremost thinkers and writers working in this field including: McKenzie Wark, Chris Meade, Cory Doctorow and Kate Eltham.
In 2012 we’ll continue that trend, as we hear from voices such as Christy Dena, Lisa Dempster and Simon Groth. We’re interested in what you think too.
Find us on Twitter.
–John Weldon Meanland Coordinator
What do we mean when we call a piece of writing 'digital'? Is any text published online digital, must it feature hyperlinks, should it incorporate multimedia? Is enhanced the same as digital? And what is electronic media? The problem with these words is that they are applied so generally that they are rendered almost useless. …read more »
Have you ever read a story where you wished you could actually be inside it? See the landscape for yourself, see how the light falls, how the air smells, how the noise overwhelms you, and see exactly how tall that building was that Spiderman just scaled. …read more »
is there such a thing as too much free press? Is it possible to have a citizenship overstimulated by information, saturated to excess by a panoply of voices, opinions, and publications of varying levels of respectability and value? …read more »
Many people who are capable computer users and who also enjoy literature have never imagined that something like interactive fiction could be part of their literary and computing life …read more »
When books and reading are networked, words can connect with each other. As the web becomes the world, the publishing of the future needs to find ways to build on that to find ways to connect us with ourselves. …read more »
Conversations about new media, new publishing models and the future of the book are happening all over the place. People are developing new theories of creativity and rediscovering others - which is great. But what do we call these new non-traditional works? …read more »
Meanland's first video blog post sees Lisa Dempster, Director of the Emerging Writers' Festival, discuss how an arts organisation might best become an online digital hub for the community it serves and why this is an essential audience-building tool. …read more »
'Agile' methodology transforms publishing processes major ways. By embracing effective changes to workflow, publishers will find meaningful ways of building relationships with readers. Is your publishing model agile? …read more »
Transmedia doesn’t really mean you create stories and games that are expanded across media. No. Transmedia means you work in any damn medium you want. It means your work is not defined by a medium. It means you can be a painter one day, a novelist another, and a game designer on the next. …read more »
With a glut of 4,568 emails, many of which are links emailed from my twitter account for deeper reading, I try to focus on the task at hand. After six months you’d think I’d have lost the fascination. But what I’m learning is too great to ignore. After eight years as a stay-at-home mum, I’m hungering for conversations reminiscent of those had in London when I worked for a woman who played a leading role in shifting attitudes on disability. On Twitter are shares I have not before been privy to in such abundance. The buzz comes from journalists, writers, scientists, visual artists, digital natives and others sharing literature, publishing, innovations, climate change, equality and more. It’s huge. I am gorging. …read more »