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'Darknet': Name this book
I met with Eric Nelson, my editor at Wiley & Sons, on Friday, and he suggested that we should ask my blog readers what we should name my upcoming book.
The title is set: Darknet. Here are some choices for the subtitle:
Darknet: Hollywood's War Against Internet Whiz Kids, Gadget Hounds, and Our Mind-Blowing Digital Future
Darknet: Hollywood's War Against the Digital Generation
Darknet: How Hollywood Is Turning Us All Into Digital Outlaws
Darknet: Hollywood's War Against Our Inevitable Digital Future
Darknet: We're All Digital Outlaws Now
Darknet: All Things Fun, Digital, and Totally Illegal
Darknet: How Hollywood Is Locking Down Your Favorite Digital Gizmos
Darknet: Digital Nation vs. Hollywood's Control Freaks
Darknet: Will Hollywood Usher In the Digital Dark Ages?
Darknet: Hollywood's War Against Our Digital Destiny
Darknet: Hollywood's War Against Generation Internet
Darknet: Hollywood's War Against Geeks, Gadget Hounds and the Digital Generation
Darknet: How the Personal Media Revolution Is Scaring the Bejesus Out of Hollywood
Darknet: Hollywood vs. the Digital Freedom Fighters
Darknet: Hollywood's Suicidal War On Geeks, Gizmo Freaks, and the iGeneration
Darknet: How Hollywood Is Turning Gadget Lovers Into Digital Outlaws
We agreed that our original subtitle -- Darknet: Remixing the Future of Entertainment -- was inadequate because the title didn't work with the subtitle.
I know that almost none of you have read the entire manuscript, so what we're really asking is: Which title (a) successfully conveys the thrust of the book, and (b) is provocative enough to make you want to pick it up at a bookstand?
November 22, 2004 at 10:27 AM in Books | Permalink
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More on the subtitle later. But please avoid "destiny" or "inevitable" or any other technologically deterministic language.
Great book!
Siva
Posted by: Siva Vaidhyanathan at Nov 22, 2004 11:48:19 AM
Almost any of these are good. I like the first one you listed.
Posted by: Lisa S. at Nov 22, 2004 1:38:08 PM
1st choice, "Darknet: Hollywood's War Against Generation Internet"
Runner up, "Darknet: How the Personal Media Revolution Is Scaring the Bejesus Out of Hollywood"
Posted by: Denise Howell at Nov 22, 2004 2:24:00 PM
Darknet: Hollywood's War for Control of Your Future
Posted by: Collin Brooke at Nov 22, 2004 3:28:15 PM
Darknet: Content Containers vs Community Conversation
Darknet: Control vs Creation
Darknet: Digital Fences vs Digital Freedom
Posted by: alan herrell - the head lemur at Nov 22, 2004 4:28:13 PM
Ooh, definitely this one: "Darknet: We're All Digital Outlaws Now."
Because "Digital Outlaws" is great, and b/c the whole thing avoids subtitle drone (e.g. "A: How B C the D," or "A: The B That C the D").
Posted by: Robin at Nov 22, 2004 9:39:50 PM
nawww ... i just asked my husband what a "digital outlaw" was, and he thought it was one of those Internet scam artists.
Go with Darknet: Hollywood's War Against the Internet Generation or something similar.
Posted by: samantha at Nov 23, 2004 2:15:59 AM
