Kindlegraph and Autopen
E van Jacobs, the creator of Kindlegraph recently posted the following on a blog: In my opinion, [it is] the connection between authors and readers that is the important thing and the signed book is simply a memento of that connection. The move toward digital books doesn’t [mean] that these connections will no longer exist or no longer be important. On the contrary, I believe that authors and readers have even more opportunities to connect. I created Kindlegraph as an acknowledgment of the power of personal connections even while people become more anonymous because of technology It is interesting to see his perspective, even though I still remain critical of Kindlegraph . For those who are uninformed, Kindlegraph is a means by which Kindle readers can request a personalized inscription for e-books. The concept is that an author will fill out a form and the software will generate a file that can be stored on the reader’s device. But what the reader actually receives is a message wr...