Mark Bernstein has written/ or edited a number of books on or related to Tinderbox, and Storyspace. All are published by Eastgate Systems. Some of the books are only obtainable as e-books:
- The Tinderbox Way. 2006. This discusses the some of the design philosophy behind Tinderbox. It has been updated several times and is currently in its third edition. Print and ebook version, see: https://www.eastgate.com/Tinderbox/TinderboxWay.html.
- Thinking in Tinderbox. 2025. The focus of this book is the remarkable practice of using things — paper, notecards, but especially computer software such as Tinderbox — to assist thinking. The author is also interested, in turn, in the ways that ideas in art, literature, and philosophical thought shape the systems we use. See: https://eastgate.com/Tinderbox/ThinkingWithTinderbox.html.
- Getting Started With Hypertext Narrative. 2015. Published, in PDF form as part of Storyspace v3 app (https://www.eastgate.com/storyspace/).
Books on hypertext more generally:
- Reading Hypertext. 2009. Various authors, edited by Mark Bernstein and Diane Greco. A collection of articles/essays relating to research and criticism of hypertext. See: https://www.eastgate.com/catalog/ReadingHypertext.html.
- A Festival of Narrative Automata. 2017. A e-booklet produced to accompany Mark Bernstein's workshop "Festival Of Narrative Automata: Critical Theory for Fun" at the 28th ACM Hypertext Conference at Charles University, Prague CZ (2017).
- Interwingled. 2019. A book produced alongside Mark Bernstein's 48-hour Hypertext Challenge and panel session at the 30th ACM Hypertext Conference at Hof University, Hof, DE (2019). Limited availability.
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