new genres and made for web novels

http://www.eastgate.com/catalog/PatchworkGirl.html
This is a link to one example of a hypertext novel created specifically for reading on the web. There are a multitude of new genre possibilities when considering what you can include in a "novel." sound, images, video clips, reader influlenced plot line and story development...

this is my third post

death to books as we know them

print/paper books are static in form. For novels this may be OK, but for other content they become outdated the moment new information about the topic is discovered. E-books can constantly be updated, corrected, and reintroduced to the readership. This type of communication is natural to humans. You can't respond to the author of a print text. You can only respond to the text itself; in this case, a static, nonliving object. When working with e-text/e-books, the author can be directly contacted and is given the opportunity to respond and engage with their reader in a natural conversational manner. Technology is only now catching up with our natural tendencies when communicating. Socrates hated the idea of a permanent scroll because language and the ideas they create are constantly in flux. He believed long ago that books would kill the essence of language. What do you think?

and we're off

keep your minds open for what may happen in the future. speaking about the evolution of books and technology from a static viewpoint will shut all the doors of possibility for you. think on those things you can't imagine fully and fill in the blanks with your own ideas and perceptions.