The publication of the open access edition of The Best of Technology Writing 2007, edited by Steven Levy, published by digitalculturebooks imprint, a collaborative imprint of the University of Michigan Press and Library. We are also seeking nominations for next year's Best of Technology Writing at our website.
For immediate release
November 19, 2007
Contact: Shana Kimball (kimballs@umich.edu)
http://www.digitalculture.org/
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The University of Michigan Press and the University of Michigan Library is pleased to announce the publication of The Best of Technology Writing 2007 and the opening of nominations for The Best of Technology Writing 2008. The Best of Technology Writing series is published by digitalculturebooks, a collaborative imprint of the University of Michigan Press and Library. Online editions of these books are available for free at our website, http://www.digitalculture.org, and print editions are available for purchase from fine bookstores everywhere.
Together the essays in The Best of Technology Writing 2007 capture the versatility and verve of technology writing today. Solicited through an open online nominating process, these pieces explore a wide range of intriguing topics—from "crowdsourcing" to the online habits of urban moms to the digital future of movie production. The Best of Technology Writing 2007 will appeal to anyone who enjoys stellar writing.
Taking our cue from the open source movement, these essays in Best of Tech were selected through an open, online nominating process. The nominations were then reviewed by a small panel of judges, and the final selections were made by this year's Guest Editor, Steven Levy. Steven Levy is a Senior Editor at Newsweek, where he writes the biweekly column "The Technologist." One of the most acclaimed and versatile technology writers in the country, Levy has written six books, including The Perfect Thing (about Apple's iPod) and Hackers, which PC Magazine's readers voted the best sci-tech book written in the last twenty years. He has written for many publications, including the New Yorker, the New York Times Magazine, Rolling Stone, and Wired.
We are pleased to announce that the guest editor for the Best of Technology Writing 2008 will be Clive Thompson. It will be published in Fall 2008 by digitalculturebooks, and available in print and online. Clive Thompson writes about technology and culture for the New York Times Magazine, Wired, New York Magazine, and other publications. He also runs the tech-culture blog collision detection.
To nominate an article, essay, or blog posting for The Best of Technology Writing 2008, please visit us at http://www.digitalculture.org/ . We will be accepting nominations through January 2, 2008.