Awesome essay on the iPad and how it will impact book publishing. Great illustrations, great thinking, and it makes me want to see what this guy does with the iPad in the coming months.

In printed books, the two-page spread was our canvas. It’s easy to think similarly about the iPad. Let’s not. The canvas of the iPad must be considered in a way that acknowledge the physical boundaries of the device, while also embracing the effective limitlessness of space just beyond those edges.

We’re going to see new forms of storytelling emerge from this canvas. This is an opportunity to redefine modes of conversation between reader and content. And that’s one hell of an opportunity if making content is your thing.

This kind of interface revolution has happened with the web, mobile, the iPhone, and will happen again with the iPad, and it’s always exciting.