Drum rolls, please! In the next 24 hours, electronic book review will be debuting a completely new website design developed by Colin Robinson! With clean lines and bright colors, the new layout will streamline the journal while retaining all the aspects of electronic book review we know and love. As with all debut performances, there may be a few quirks to work out. So, if you spot anything amiss, please send us a tip!
The sun had already set in Atlanta, Georgia when the attendees of the Digital Arts and Culture '99 conference descended on the towering Sheraton Colony Square Hotel. It was Friday—the last day of a three-day conference packed full of discussions and demonstrations of art at the cutting edge of technology—and the conference banquet offered a final chance to unwind before traveling home.
In "The Praxis of the Procedural Model in Digital Literature, Part 2: Applications", Philippe Bootz applies his procedural model to different conceptions of digital literary reading, outlines the role of semiotics in the model, and discusses the ramifications of his findings for the preservation of digital literature.
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Frame 1 Darkness. The outline of THE BARKER barely visible.
(Chime. Stage. Click. Lights. Trusty table. Belligerent briefcase. Flurry of paper, paraphernalia, and archontic impulse. The Barker springs. Upright, feet.) BARKER: ELECTRONIC BOOK REVIEW is here to bring you—
(The tick-tick-tick of a counter climbing up as messages are sent. The ding of an inbox visible to only one person. The looming crumple of an email automatically sent to 'Trash'. A digital veil rises, allowing the brief imitation of contact to be made. Here, THE BARKER stands, center stage.) BARKER: This month, in electronic book review:
(A click as an unopened email is opened. A virtual curtain rises. The Barker stands alone at center stage, but we are aware of a larger editorial team working in the wings.)
Winter or summer, rain or shine, night or day, you can rely on the electronic book review to deliver cutting edge academia straight to your inbox! I'm TEGAN PYKE—ebr's latest co-editor and PhD researcher in Digital Culture at the University of Bergen—and I'm here to give you the inside scoop! Join us this month for—
Following last month's essays about the impact of generative AI on digital writing come two articles that further address the evolving states of creativity in a rapidly changing digital world.
We are excited this month to present three pieces that contribute to a richer understanding of the evolution and current state of electronic literature, and highlights the diversity of e-lit, including works outside the English language.
Ahead of 2023, we wish you happy holidays with loved ones!
In this November issue we're excited to present a book review, an essay, and an interview that explore how language can provoke, challenge, and dissent, and how these capacities are propelled by the affordances of digital media.
ebr is back after a summer break. We hope that your summers were fruitful, and that we may have had the pleasure of seeing some of you—in person, or as a virtual self--at the ELO 2022 conference in Como, Italy.
For this last month of 2021, ebr publishes a highly engaged riPOSTe by Deena Larsen and an exciting new essay by Bruce Clarke.
After a few months' break, we are delighted to be back.