Change or burst: The rise of burst culture and the decline of print

The emergence of what British writer Warren Ellis calls a "burst culture" may help speed along print's decline, that is unless several factors regarding the medium are analyzed, most specifically compression and form. Contrasted with the digital medium, it is important for print to evolve by not mirroring what works in digital publishing - most specifically, creating more compressed experiences - but by creating experiences that cannot be replicated in other mediums, digital or otherwise. Efforts like House of Leaves and other works of literature are creating unique experiences in print that are helping to break the literary traditions that have kept the medium stagnant for decades.