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

[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
https://www.uni-siegen.de/phil/medienwissenschaft/personal/lehrende/giessmann_sebastian

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