Taking eBooks to the Next Level Socially
Kevin Rose (click to watch 6 min. video)
Once again my good friend Gary passed along this great video from Kevin Rose, founder of digg.com, wefollow.com, co-founder of revision3.com, and pownce.com. In this piece Kevin outlines some thoughtful ways of making the act of reading an eBook a richer and more social experience. By simply enabling the reader to access a deeper level of information about characters and items in the book, the level of engagement and enjoyment increases. Additionally, adding functionalities that allow readers to connect with, annotate, and lend their eBook would not only deepen the connection to the title, but it would ultimately widen the audience benefiting both the author and Publisher.
It is these kinds of advancements that get me and my colleagues at WOWIO excited about this incredible new space. Are these earth shattering ideas? No, in fact they’re small steps forward, but so few publishers are taking active steps to make their eBooks more that just an electronic version of the print version. I know resources are limited and that this kind of tagging is no small job, but it would be wonderful to see publishers choosing a title or two to push a bit further. It could be as easy as imbedding a video in the PDF, any movement in this direction is great. We at WOWIO have one publisher (Scott Christian Sava of Blue Dream Studios) who has animated cells in his comic book The Dreamland Chronicles 28. Check it out!
Published by Blue Dream Studios
Our goal at WOWIO is to celebrate and push this new medium as much as we can. If you have titles you’d like to push a bit further down the digital path, let us know!
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