1984 Redux: The long-term materiality of

the Kindle infrastructure

Simon RowberryUniversity of Stirling

sr56@stir.ac.uk @sprowberry

An ebook is not an object

The Kindle as Platform

Proprietary file formats

Conversion is not a solution

Whispernet

Email from Amazon

Preservation?

But what about self-published titles

What needs to be preserved?

Parikka & Hertz’s Zombie Media

1984 Redux: The long-term materiality of

the Kindle infrastructure

Simon RowberryUniversity of Stirling

sr56@stir.ac.uk @sprowberry