Writing Machines Book

This is a fascinating book, all about how the materiality of the written word makes a difference for the reader, and about the importance of materiality as well as text. Needless to say, right up my alley. The author doesn't just write these points, she also worked with a designer to make the book feel more like an experience than a "regular" book and to emphasize her points. At times I felt that Hayles thought her ideas were more original than they were (though there were a few acknowledgments of the work of bibliographers and book historians), but she writes well and engagingly about her topic.