Thread: E-books are more than a publishing platform—they’re a *whole new literary Form
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Old 12-05-2011, 02:31 PM   #6
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Originally Posted by Catlady View Post
I thought the "whole new literary form" meant multimedia books--interactive content, video and audio, etc. How are books with fewer pages a "whole new literary form"?

There is absolutely nothing new about this. It is merely a minor tweak (moving to electronic distribution) on the chapbook (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chapbook), something thats been with us for a very long time.
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