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Storytelling 2.0: Metamorphosis of the storybook

By Amanda Gefter

10 November 2010

As stories migrate from print to screen, new possibilities are transforming the art of telling a story and ourselves with it, says Amanda Gefter

STORIES have become synonymous with books so it is easy to forget that books are just one technology for storytelling. With digital technologies ubiquitous and growing more sophisticated will the book simply fade away? It’s hard to say, but storytelling is certainly undergoing a dramatic makeover, with so-called electronic literature paving the way. Over the next six pages, writers, scientists and artists consider the future of the story.

You might think electronic literature comes in the…

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