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title: 'The Contract'
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date: '2008-08-26T07:49:50-04:00'
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permalink: /the-contract/
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tags:
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- mediacommons
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- 'planned obsolescence'
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- publishing
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- writing
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If you’re a Facebook status watcher and a friend of mine, you may have seen the recent update in which I announced that I have a contract. It’s an advance contract for [Planned Obsolescence: Publishing, Technology, and the Future of the Academy](/planned-obsolescence-the-proposal), which will, if all goes according to plan, be released in commentable draft form here and at [MediaCommons](http://mediacommons.futureofthebook.org), revised, and then published simultaneously in electronic form by MediaCommons and in print by [NYU Press](http://www.nyupress.org/).
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It’s phenomenal news, of course, and enormously exciting. As a friend of mine pointed out to me, though, all good news in academia comes with more work attached, a pricetag of sorts. This one’s a bit daunting: the entire thing is due in just about a year.
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I’ve got my work cut out for me, needless to say, but it promises to be an exciting year. More about the project here, of course, as the process becomes clearer…
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