From intertextuality to transphysicality:

the changing nature of the book, reader and writer

Alan DixTalis and University of Birmingham

http://alandix.com/academic/papers/future-books-nordichi-2016/

the paper book … ?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Lavery_Maiss_Auras.jpg

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Eliot#/media/File:George_Eliot_at_30_by_François_D%27Albert_Durade.jpg

author book reader

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Earth_science#/media/File:The_Earth_seen_from_Apollo_17_with_transparent_background.png

real orimaginary

worlds

about

never really!

• serialisation• reader feedback• meddling editors!• intertextuality• non-linear narrative• writerly texts

even in comic books …

going digital?

more of the same?

+ pixels and hyperlinks

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amazon_Kindle

semantic textbook – data meets text

book

MCQsvideos

slides

annotations and community

educational resource as hub: the class and beyond

students as co-creators

Lighthouse Pilot

… back to the physical book?

reports of the death …

digital enhancement?

e.g HCI book search (1997!)

more … ???