Brahmanto Anindito | Warung Fiksi

Keniscayaan E-Book

Read an e-book via notebook

Di penghujung 2006, Rachmania Arunita meluncurkan Lost in Love. Mendistribusikan melalui bluetooth ponsel, Nia menyebutnya e-book. “Ya hitung-hitung bikin gebrakan, sekaligus menggalang budaya membaca dan menulis,” katanya waktu itu. Media e-book dipilihnya untuk menghindari kerepotan dan membengkaknya biaya produksi-distribusi seperti yang pernah dia alami saat memasarkan Eiffel I’m in Love. Sayang, kalangan pembaca adem ayem saja menyambutnya. Novel digital memang belum populer. Tapi, siapa berani menyangkal, kita sedang menuju ke sana.

Barelang Bridge, the Icon of Batam

Don’t say you’ve ever traveled to Batam if you did not visit Jembatan Barelang (Bridge) yet. We call this bridge Barelang because it connects Batam Island (BA), Rempang island (RE), Galang island (LANG), and others small islands in the path. “Hey, why don’t you bring me there this afternoon?” I asked my friend who had been living in Nagoya (Batam Island) for one year.

Jualan Komik ala Wisnoe Lee

Komik fisik Gibug

Di jajaran komikus Indonesia, Wisnoe Lee (nama KTP-nya Wisnu Karyono) sudah punya nama. Entah mana yang lebih kondang, dia atau karyanya, Gibug n Oncom (GnO). Tapi menarik menyimak bagaimana kiat Wisnu membesarkan nama Gibug. Anda barangkali bisa menirunya.

Going to Kebumen, Don’t Forget the Caves and Beaches

Karang Bolong beach

Kebumen, I hadn’t known whether this regency exists, before. But a friend who had been following a lecture in Yogyakarta then invited me to his wedding in the small city. Done with writing tasks, I went to Kebumen by train. The town, surprisingly, has many tourism sites. But the most famous of all are the caves and beaches. Here I wrap them up for you.