For the early adopters out there, Follow for Now is now available on Amazon’s digital reader, The Kindle. Now you can get all forty-three interviews, all the pictures, all the goodness, in Amazon’s digital format.

The interviews in this book are bite-size and in-depth by design, so the portability of The Kindle fits its style. The Kindle now sports sixteen shades of gray for clean, clear text and crisper images, and it’s really small and portable. You can check out sample interviews from the book before you decide, but if you’re super impatient, you can get your interview fix in less than a minute.

Follow for Now started off as a digital creation, so maybe this format is its proper home.

Anyway, if you’ve made the jump from atoms to bits with your books, now you can add Follow for Now to your collection.

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My friend and colleague Mike Schandorf required Follow for Now for his Writing for New Media class this semester at the University of Illinois at Chicago. He snapped this shot of the stack of copies in their bookstore. I’m stoked.

Many thanks, Schandorf. See you soonly.

I am very stoked to have my work in MonkeyWrench. As their website says, “MonkeyWrench Books is more than just a bookstore. It is a library and educational resource. It is a place for meetings, film screenings, talks, benefits and book readings. It is also a relaxed space to network and make connections over a cup of organic coffee or tea.” They’re located at 110 E. North Loop here in Austin, Texas.

Follow for Now is also available from the following fine places:

• Powell’s in Portland, OR.
• Reading Frenzy in Portland, OR.
• Skylight in Los Angeles, CA.
• Last Gasp in San Francisco, CA.

If you are near any of these stores, support the independent: Buy my book there. If not, it’s also available at Amazon and at its own site.

Thank you,

-Roy Christopher

Spanning over seven years, Follow for Now includes interviews with such luminaries as Bruce Sterling, Douglas Rushkoff, DJ Spooky, Philip K. Dick, Aesop Rock, Erik Davis, Howard Bloom, David X. Cohen, Richard Saul Wurman, N. Katherine Hayles, Manuel De Landa, Rudy Rucker, Milemarker, Steve Aylett, Doug Stanhope, Paul Roberts, Shepard Fairey, Tod Swank, dälek, Eric Zimmerman, Steven Johnson, Mark Dery, Geert Lovink, Brenda Laurel, and many, many more (click here for the full Table of Contents). It includes interviews by John Brockman, Erik Davis, Mark Dery, Paul D. Miller, and myself, among others.

Published through my own Well-Red Bear imprint, Follow for Now is an eclectic, independently-minded snapshot of the intellectual landscape at the beginning of the twenty-first century. It also includes an extensive bibliography, a full index, and weighs in at nearly 400 pages. Click here to look inside on Amazon.

Follow for Now is also available from Powell’s and several other fine retail outlets across the country. You can also join the Facebook Group or find out more.

Thanks for reading,

-Roy Christopher

Today, I droplifted a copy of Follow for Now at the Books-A-Million in Dothan, Alabama. It’s right in the middle of the top shelf of the “Social Science” section. If you’re in Dothan, and you’d like to confuse a few retail workers with your purchase, go by and pick it up.