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# The future of the book is online
- URL: https://werd.io/the-future-of-the-book-is-online/
- Published: 2006-02-18T11:34:00.000Z
- Updated: 2025-06-12T11:01:25.000Z
- Author: Ben Werdmuller
- Tags: General, #ben-684a32da145d7d001be71dae, #Migrated-1749693130536, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2025-06-11 21:52

[The Institute for the Future of the Book](http://www.futureofthebook.org/) has lots of interesting things, not least the coolest banner image I think I've ever seen.

Further in, you'll see [Next/Text](http://www.futureofthebook.org/next/text/), a blog that asks itself what happens when textbooks go digital and "seeks to encourage the creation of born-digital learning materials that enhance, expand, and ultimately replace the printed textbook. The work presented here offers multiple visions of what might be possible."

There's also a conference presentation, [Sorting the Pile: Making Sense of A Networked Archive](http://www.kairosnews.org/node/4328), which is largely Flickr-based but looks very interesting.

Blogged without comment for my own further reading.