For a creative response to what it means to ‘own’ a digital book, and to ponder further on radical shifts in writing and authorship, take a look at A Universe Explodes, by Tea Uglow (Visual Editions). Every ‘owner’ of the ebook must replace two words with one, on every single page of the book, before passing it on. It’s the first digital book that disintegrates as it is read…a brain melter.