41 - A book in a different format than your usual: physical, audio, eBook

[L Y N N]

A book in a different format than your usual: physical, audio, eBook

I mostly read physical hold-in-my-hand books, so it'll be an eBook or audiobook for me!

No listopia for this one!

[Laura Ruth]

I'm going to stretch it to include a graphic novel.

[Bluebelle-the-Inquisitive (Catherine)]

Laura Ruth wrote: "I'm going to stretch it to include a graphic novel."

That's not a stretch. Graphic is a different format, think about how many classics have been adapted into those.

[Bluebelle-the-Inquisitive (Catherine)]

I already use all three not infrequently. I will probably use a physical format.

[Erica]

The majority of the books I read are borrowed from the library or other people so I’ll just read a book I own for this one.

[Ruth]

I read via all the above to varying degrees, so I'll have to think about this one. Maybe read a physical copy of a book I'd normally ebook or audiobook or something, since my preference tends to depend a bit on type of book.

[Michele]

My library's catalog counts large print as a separate format. Maybe I'll read one of those.

[Jen W.]

I pretty much read in all these formats regularly, including graphic novels. Probably audio is the one I use the least, so I'll read an audiobook for this.

[Sasha]

I read about equally in all three of those formats, so I wasn't sure what to do with this at first. I thought I might read a web-based short story like Juice Like Wounds, but that didn't feel very inspiring - it's not so different from an e-book.

Then I thought of books that play with the physical definition of what a "book" is, and I came up with a few possibilities:

Building Stories - the story's told through a collection of pamphlets, scraps of paper, etc, that come in a box and can be read in any order.
Griffin & Sabine - each page has an envelope with a physical letter or postcard.
Facsímil - the story is told through a series of SAT-style quizzes that you, the reader, have to take.

I love all of these ideas so much, I might have to try and read them all!

[Aimee]

Someone on Facebook mentioned using an interactive book for this prompt if you’re someone (like me) who regularly reads via digital, print, and audio. Two interactive books waiting on my shelf are Journal 29 (a “book game”) and Frequently Happy by David Larbi (52 poems with accompanying journaling prompts)

[Marisa]

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