Authorized Fan Culture & The Kindle

Resurrecting the Book

16th November 2013

Simon Rowberrys.rowberry.13@unimail.winchester.ac.uk

@sprowberry

The Problem:Whither e-book provenance & marginalia evidence?

Kindle Infrastructure(a working model)

N.B. Goodreads will be added soon

Traces of reception

• Over 1 million highlights• Mass reading habits• Highlights idiosyncratic practices• Where is the individual?

Authorized Fan Culture & The Kindle

Resurrecting the Book

16th November 2013

Simon Rowberrys.rowberry.13@unimail.winchester.ac.uk

@sprowberry