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-b.... 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/giessman... Sprechstunde DO 13-14 Uhr:https://sprechstunde.tools.phil.uni-siegen.de/?id=93 https://uni-siegen.webex.com/meet/giessmann https://mastodon.social/@sebgiessmann http://www.sebastiangiessmann.de https://www.mediacoop.uni-siegen.de