[SIGCIS-Members] The Connectivity of Things: Network Cultures since 1832 [book announcement]

[Sebastian Gießmann]

Dear SIGCIS,

my book's open access is now live. Feel free to download and read "The 
Connectivity of Things" via 
https://doi.org/10.7551/mitpress/12547.001.0001 ... Please support the 
open access fund and/or think about ordering a copy in print.

All the best,
Sebastian

Am 15.10.24 um 14:39 schrieb Sebastian Gießmann:
> Dear members of SIGCIS,
>
> when Henri de Saint-Simon was broke, he handwrote and manually copied 
> his treatises so that they might see some distribution. I always think 
> of this early 19th century story when I reach out to say that there's 
> a new book out there. As historians of technology you might enjoy 
> reading "The Connectivity of Things: Network Cultures since 1832," 
> which comes out today with MIT Press. I always wanted to find out 
> about why the Internet is considered a network of networks. The book 
> itself is a /longue durée/ cultural-technical answer to that question.
>
> While this is hopefully going to see open access soon, the actual 
> printed book is a real beauty! I do continue with the Saint-Simonian 
> business just a bit: If you indulge in reading "Connectivity" on 
> paper, there's a 30 percent discount _only today_ on Barnes and Noble. 
> Please use PUBDAY30 as a discount code on 
> https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/763375/the-connectivity-of-things-by-sebastian-giessmann/. 
> MIT Press has some more information on the discount code business: 
> https://mitpress.mit.edu/discount-codes/.
>
> Btw, there's a 20 percent discount if you use READMIT20 on any other 
> day. All of this certainly works with a US address - hopefully, people 
> in Canada might also profit from it. In my humble East German yet 
> Gutenbergian ways, this kind of book promotion still feels a bit 
> awkward. But who would not like to save some money? Feel free to share 
> this information as you like.
>
> All the best from Cologne,
> Sebastian
>

-- 
AOR Dr. Sebastian Gießmann
Reader | Media Theory

Out now: The Connectivity of Things: Network Cultures since 1832
https://doi.org/10.7551/mitpress/12547.001.0001

http://www.sebastiangiessmann.de
https://www.mediacoop.uni-siegen.de

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