Facebook Declares the End of Books

Salvatore Pane bio ↓ · August 26th, 2010 · filed under books

Ok, guys. We had a good run, but that whole book thing is done and over according to Facebook.

They’re suing a website called Teachbook.com, an online community for teachers, because it offers social networking AND has book in its title. Despite the fact that Facebook took its name from the now archaic practice of colleges handing out physical facebooks to incoming freshmen classes, CEO Mark Zuckerberg refuses to allow the word “book” to be co-opted by anyone other than him. How about we call them Paper Reading Devices?

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Salvatore Pane is a writer based in Pittsburgh, PA. His fiction has been nominated for the Pushcart Prize and has appeared, or is forthcoming, in Quick Fiction, Weave, We Are Champion, Corium Magazine and others. His debut graphic novel, The Black List, will see publication later this year from Arcana Comics. He blogs at www.salvatore-pane.com. More from this author →

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