What remains is the book

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Theses: Doctorates and Masters Theses
2014
WWhhaatt rreemmaaiinnss iiss tthhee bbooookk:: TThhee iiddeeaa ooff tthhee bbooookk iinn aanndd aarroouunndd
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Andy Simionato
Edith Cowan University
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Simionato, A. (2014). What remains is the book: The idea of the book in and around electronic space.
https://ro.ecu.edu.au/theses/1477
This Thesis is posted at Research Online.
https://ro.ecu.edu.au/theses/1477
Edith Cowan University
Research Online
Theses: Doctorates and Masters Theses
2014
What remains is the book: The idea of the book in
and around electronic space
Andy Simionato
Edith Cowan University
Recommended Citation
Simionato, A. (2014).What remains is the book: The idea of the book in and around electronic space. Retrieved from http://ro.ecu.edu.au/
theses/1477
This Thesis is posted at Research Online.
http://ro.ecu.edu.au/theses/1477
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What
remains
is the
book
Andy Simionato

What remains is the book
All photographs courtesy of the artist.
I certify that this thesis does not, to the best of
my knowledge and belief:
i. incorporate without acknowledgment any
material previously submitted for a degree
or diploma in any institution of higher
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except where due reference is made in the
text of this thesis; or
iii. contain any defamatory material.
This research was made with the support of the
ECU Research Scholarship program.
Supervisors: Dr Stuart Medley & Dr Cat Hope.
Dedicated to Indigo, Jasper & Karen.
What remains is the book
The idea of the book
in and around electronic space
Andy Simionato
Thesis submitted for the
Degree of Doctor of Philosophy,
School of Communications and Arts,
Edith Cowan University, Western Australia
June 1st, 2014

Contents
7 Bookending
33 Chapter I
What is the matter of the book?
Funeral Arrangements
61 Chapter II
Where are the boundaries of the book?
Worldbook
101 Chapter III
Who (or what) decides the book?
Athrowofthedicewillneverabolishchance.com
141 Chapter IV
What is the book for?
A Jagged Orbit and Silent Readings
187 Chapter V
The Situational Library
213 What remains is the book
223 Acknowledgments
229 References
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