http://booktwo.org/notebook/bookcubes/ The future of Literature Thu, 09 Feb 2012 18:00:52 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://booktwo.org/notebook/bookcubes/comment-page-1/#comment-67254 Jamey Graham Tue, 01 Jun 2010 05:58:12 +0000 http://booktwo.org/?p=1249#comment-67254 Love the post. Regarding the last point you made about the metadata associated with a book. I think the idea is brilliant and doable today even in physical books. Point a mobile device at the printed page and view the metadata on the device--a histogram of "effort" put forth by the author would be interesting indeed. This represents the best of both worlds in my opinion: as a reader I get the affordances of the paper book while at the same time accessing online material related to the pages I am looking at. Seems like a great way to bridge the gap between the physical, offline world and the digital, online world. And here's an example of some early work along these lines: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gwt59057-l4&feature=player_embedded Love the post. Regarding the last point you made about the metadata associated with a book. I think the idea is brilliant and doable today even in physical books. Point a mobile device at the printed page and view the metadata on the device–a histogram of “effort” put forth by the author would be interesting indeed. This represents the best of both worlds in my opinion: as a reader I get the affordances of the paper book while at the same time accessing online material related to the pages I am looking at. Seems like a great way to bridge the gap between the physical, offline world and the digital, online world. And here’s an example of some early work along these lines:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gwt59057-l4&feature=player_embedded

]]> http://booktwo.org/notebook/bookcubes/comment-page-1/#comment-67222 Kathy Page Thu, 29 Apr 2010 01:57:59 +0000 http://booktwo.org/?p=1249#comment-67222 We do after al hanker after the tangible, physical object. So why...? We do after al hanker after the tangible, physical object. So why…?

]]> http://booktwo.org/notebook/bookcubes/comment-page-1/#comment-67218 What Publishers Today Can Learn from Allen Lane: Fearlessness Wed, 28 Apr 2010 07:01:51 +0000 http://booktwo.org/?p=1249#comment-67218 [...] SEE: Bridle’s experiments with book “souvenirs” [...] [...] SEE: Bridle’s experiments with book “souvenirs” [...]

]]> http://booktwo.org/notebook/bookcubes/comment-page-1/#comment-67169 Linked: James Bridle on souvenirs and ‘Bookcubes’ – Novelr - Making People Read Thu, 15 Apr 2010 15:42:30 +0000 http://booktwo.org/?p=1249#comment-67169 [...] James Bridle of booktwo plays with the idea that books – digital or otherwise – can be m.... Alright, I’ll admit it: the only reason I’m linking to this is because the Bookleteer book cubes are just so cool. Category: Linked List [...] [...] James Bridle of booktwo plays with the idea that books – digital or otherwise – can be m…. Alright, I’ll admit it: the only reason I’m linking to this is because the Bookleteer book cubes are just so cool. Category: Linked List [...]

]]> http://booktwo.org/notebook/bookcubes/comment-page-1/#comment-67165 Tom Thu, 15 Apr 2010 10:03:48 +0000 http://booktwo.org/?p=1249#comment-67165 Worst thing about iBooks? The fake pages before and after the page you're currently looking at don't change - you're permanently half-way through the book. Worst thing about iBooks? The fake pages before and after the page you’re currently looking at don’t change – you’re permanently half-way through the book.

]]> http://booktwo.org/notebook/bookcubes/comment-page-1/#comment-67164 James Bridle : residency part 1 Thu, 15 Apr 2010 09:28:24 +0000 http://booktwo.org/?p=1249#comment-67164 [...] used Bookleteer’s Storycube API to make physical souvenirs of ebooks, as described in my post on Bookcubes. In this post I’ll run through the code used to manipulate Bkkeepr data and send it to the [...] [...] used Bookleteer’s Storycube API to make physical souvenirs of ebooks, as described in my post on Bookcubes. In this post I’ll run through the code used to manipulate Bkkeepr data and send it to the [...]

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