What is a book and what isn’t? Are books an accident of history? How do books shrink space and crunch time? And what on Earth is a zimboe? Read our authors’ ruminations on the evolving concept of the book to find out:

• Jane Friedman, “Book as Fluke: A Thought Experiment”
• Dan Gillmor, “What Is a Book? Discuss”
• Lee Konstantinou, “Building Worlds Out of Books”
• Charlie Stross, “Do Zimboes Dream of Electric Sheep?”

Learn more about our project and share your vision for the future of the book at SprintBeyondtheBook.com!