I mentioned it before, but Sunday evening sees the first book signing in a virtual world. Author Cory Doctorow will be signing copies of "Someone Comes to Town. Someone Leaves Town." in the online "game" Second Life.
While this isn't the first time an author has placed a John Hancock using virtual methods (Doctorow's fellow countrywoman Margaret Atwood did it for her last excellent novel, Oryx and Crake), it is the first time a virtual version of an author (Cory in avatar form) will sign virtual versions of the book (released for free download from 1 July), which people can then read in virtuality.
Cool.
