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A mobile phone novel read via a T-shirt
textually.org — ... 's new sci-fi book is available to read online for free and according to New Scientist, it's not just a traditional print novel, but comes with a swathe of pictures, video and audio. ...

Scan this book 2.0
MAKE Magazine — ... New Scientist reports that Alexander Besher's new multimedia sci-fi novel, Manga Man, is not only available to read online, you can have it published to your mobile phone by scanning a QR code on a promotional t-shirt. More unusually (at least by Western standards) is that the book is being published direct to mobile phones. Reading novels on mobiles hasn't really taken off over here, but it's all the rage in Japan, where the novels are sent in installments as text messages. Besher has come up with the sly idea of getting T-shirts ...

Manga Man: a multimedia novel readable by mobile phone, via t-shirt
Boing Boing Gadgets — ... my attention was the bit about scanning a barcode on a T-shirt to be able to read it... Besher has come up with the sly idea of getting T-shirts printed with a QR code, which when scanned directs people to the website for the novel. I look forward to increasing sophistication in the cell phone delivery of fiction. Some genius is going to figure out how to do the first literary iPhone ARG one of these days, and he's going to make a million bucks. A mobile phone novel read via a t-shirt [New Scientist via MAKE] ...

Sci-Fi Writer Wears His Book on His Shirt
Wired: Gadget Lab — ... the QR Code linking to his book printed on it. Unfortunately, this marketing method has yet to take off in the United States, since not many smartphone owners use QR Code reading software. Until then, Besher is probably better off wearing this shirt and walking around Japan.    Have an iPhone? Why not reader Besher's book? Download the free app NeoReader [iTunes], tap the "Scan" button and snap a photo of the code at the top of the page. A mobile phone novel read via a T-shirt [NewScientist via BBG] ...