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Jason Boog

June 28, 2006

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Ben Vershbow concluded The Great John Updike Web Publishing Debate in an essay called The Least Interesting Conversation in the World Continues.

He thought (as I thought) that The New York Times has extended an unhelpful conversation about web publishing between novelist John Updike and journalist Kevin Kelly.

Check out these comments from a few If:Book readers. They are discussing our futures, after all! Start with Chris Boese's comparison between Updike's sermon and my favorite Plato text.

Mo! writes a YouTube-threaded, half-serious, half-mocking rant that actually uses the phrase "Moses of suburbia" effectively.

Eddie Tejada chimes in with a defense of Updike, arguing that there is a certain "honest" sadness in losing our connection to paper.

Renee, from the publisher Shen's Books, reminds us that this publishing shift is happening and will continue to happening--no matter what we think about it.

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