I've been reading about how the bestselling author won't release any Harry Potter books as e-books; as her (rarely used) Twitter says: she prefers 'pen and paper'.
This rejection of new technology seems to be in keeping with my thoughts, but other famous authors disagree.
Poet Laureate, Carol Ann Duffy, compares texts to poems:
"The poem is a form of texting...it's the original text"
read the full article here
She explains that poetry is now more accessible than ever because of its brevity; we are used to sitting in front of a computer screen in front of Twitter or Facebook and communicating in short statements. Poetry is a way of saying more with less, perfecting a feeling, like texting.
Perhaps there could be a study-guide system which uses texts to reinforce key facts to students of the 'Facebook generation'. I tried this out to see what it would look like
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