James Bridle interviewed at TOC 2011
summary
Argues that book guilt — the felt need to finish books — is shrinking purchases and should be fought by encouraging abandon and choice; proposes open Bookmarks as a specification-or-discussion to make highlights and bookmarks portable, archivable and private; frames marginalia and an item's "aura" as the place reading lives once books go digital; lists prototypes and services built: Bookkake, Bkkeepr (attention data), Quietube (an accidental anti‑censorship proxy) and Enhanced Editions (ebook reader with integrated audiobooks).
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