Transforming the book industry: how Seth Godin is "poking the box".
Mr. Riccioli transformed the book into an MP3 file using software called GhostReader, which scans texts and reads them aloud.
Sirk, by contrast, transformed the book radically, leaving only the barest outline and a handful of nodal points (plus a few others borrowed from Stahl's film).
And so Kureishi, having failed to turn his story to psychological or philosophical account, ultimately transforms the book into a thriller, complete with chase scenes.
Transforming the book's narrator — Holly Golightly's quiet, no doubt gay friend — into a leading-man love interest (the butch, bare-chested George Peppard) should have made for a fiasco.
Sam proved such a popular character that his appearance in chapter 10 transformed the book from a near financial failure into a publishing phenomenon, increasing its sales from 500 a month to upwards of 40,000 and helping to make its author a household name.
- and buys it, and spends a lifetime transforming the book into an artwork.
Before I speculate about what 2015 holds for authors, publishers and readers, let's reflect for a moment about how self publishing has transformed the book publishing landscape.
