What ever happened to the hardcover book? The current methods by which people go about reading their favorite newspaper or the latest New York Times Best Seller can be as easy as "http." From the iPhone, to the iPad, to the Amazon Kindle, an individual can obtain access to multiple libraries via one device. Why buy separate books when you can load any literary work of your choosing to your hand-held device instantly? It is not that books are disliked by avid readers. It is simply a matter of efficiency. In our increasingly busy society, most people do not have time to read a book in its entirety. We barely have time to read up on current events. So little time, that many of us receive our information from tweets and apps on our iPhones.Nonetheless, even the busiest of people must make time to relax. Now, just like a weekly sitcom or television drama, we can catch the latest chapter of our favorite book! Via internet access from any wireless device, one can log onto Subutai and read the latest chapter of Neal Stephenson's The Mongoliad. Subutai allows its users not only to read but to interact with each other and the authors of the novel. Artwork can be posted, along with comments regarding the literature itself. Readers can even contribute a glossary or a background article, as is detailed by Anthony Ha of the New York Times.
So...will literary interfaces take over the niche of traditional books? Only time will tell.
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