Earlier this month, William Gibson held a reading for his latest book, the sci-fi thriller Spook Country. Don't feel bad if you didn't hear about it, though. The reading was held in the cyberspace community known as Second Life. Once the domain of Korean teenagers and Scandinavian bachelors, the virtual world of Second Life has become the new frontier for advertisers and marketers alike. Penguin's venture is one of the first book events there, but it will hardly be the last.Those of us who are still perfecting our First Lives can watch video of the event:
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