The title of this Coilhouse post is “Survival of the Bravest” and I applaud it. A précis: “I dream of a publishing industry reborn, emerging from the ashes of poverty burned clean, pruned back and more beautiful than ever. I dream of a Darwinian rebirth, where only the most audacious and gorgeous of publications will survive; a rebirth only possible in the internet age where every niche market can find its products with the tap and a click of a search field and mouse.”

A fond festishization of the book as object, and the more beautiful and baroque the better.

And – because it’s not either/or; we possess both technologies, why not use both to best advantage? – pop the text onto our Kindle, or download it, when all we want is the text.  See Galleycat for a “spirited discussion” on publishing and new media.

The story is “the book,” pixels or paper.  Let’s have it every way possible, shall we?