I met with Eric Nelson, my editor at Wiley & Sons, on Friday, and he suggested that we should ask my blog readers what we should name my upcoming book.
The title is set: Darknet. Here are some choices for the subtitle:
Darknet: Hollywood’s War Against Internet Whiz Kids, Gadget Hounds, and Our Mind-Blowing Digital Future
Darknet: Hollywood’s War Against the Digital Generation
Darknet: How Hollywood Is Turning Us All Into Digital Outlaws
Darknet: Hollywood’s War Against Our Inevitable Digital Future
Darknet: We’re All Digital Outlaws Now
Darknet: All Things Fun, Digital, and Totally Illegal
Darknet: How Hollywood Is Locking Down Your Favorite Digital Gizmos
Darknet: Digital Nation vs. Hollywood’s Control Freaks
Darknet: Will Hollywood Usher In the Digital Dark Ages?
Darknet: Hollywood’s War Against Our Digital Destiny
Darknet: Hollywood’s War Against Generation Internet
Darknet: Hollywood’s War Against Geeks, Gadget Hounds and the Digital Generation
Darknet: How the Personal Media Revolution Is Scaring the Bejesus Out of Hollywood
Darknet: Hollywood vs. the Digital Freedom Fighters
Darknet: Hollywood’s Suicidal War On Geeks, Gizmo Freaks, and the iGeneration
Darknet: How Hollywood Is Turning Gadget Lovers Into Digital Outlaws
We agreed that our original subtitle — Darknet: Remixing the Future of
Entertainment — was inadequate because the title didn’t work with the
subtitle.
I know that almost none of you have read the entire manuscript, so what we’re really asking is: Which title (a) successfully conveys the thrust of the book, and (b) is provocative enough to make you want to pick it up at a bookstand?
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alan herrell - the h says
Darknet: Content Containers vs Community Conversation
Darknet: Control vs Creation
Darknet: Digital Fences vs Digital Freedom
Siva Vaidhyanathan says
More on the subtitle later. But please avoid “destiny” or “inevitable” or any other technologically deterministic language.
Great book!
Siva
Lisa S. says
Almost any of these are good. I like the first one you listed.
Denise Howell says
1st choice, “Darknet: Hollywood’s War Against Generation Internet”
Runner up, “Darknet: How the Personal Media Revolution Is Scaring the Bejesus Out of Hollywood”
Collin Brooke says
Darknet: Hollywood’s War for Control of Your Future
alan herrell - the head lemur says
Darknet: Content Containers vs Community Conversation
Darknet: Control vs Creation
Darknet: Digital Fences vs Digital Freedom
Robin says
Ooh, definitely this one: “Darknet: We’re All Digital Outlaws Now.”
Because “Digital Outlaws” is great, and b/c the whole thing avoids subtitle drone (e.g. “A: How B C the D,” or “A: The B That C the D”).
samantha says
nawww … i just asked my husband what a “digital outlaw” was, and he thought it was one of those Internet scam artists.
Go with Darknet: Hollywood’s War Against the Internet Generation or something similar.