Writing for the Kindle

While I'm on the subject of reading and writing on screen (ok, I guess I always am), this line from Adam Langer, author of The Thieves of Manhattan, in the Wall Street Journal is interesting:

I kind of wanted to write a book that would read well on a Kindle. Not long, rambling, contemplative chapters but very focused. I’m being slightly facetious when I say that. But I wanted something to capture attention, be fast, move like a fast-paced rock and roll album or a really fun 85-minute film.

I still don't buy the argument that reading an e-book is a different experience, but assuming it is, does a writer need to tailor his work for the format?

(via the New York Observer)

Matt Wood

Matt Wood is a book review editor for TriQuarterly, and a writer and social media specialist for the University of Chicago Medicine. He graduated from the Master of Arts in Creative Writing program at Northwestern University in 2007, where his final thesis, "Through an Unlocked Door," won the Distinguished Thesis Award.

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