Is this the future of the digital book?

17 April 2009 | 7:57 - By Stefano Boscutti

Bradley Inman wants to create great fiction, dramatic online video and compelling Twitter stream - and then roll them all into a multimedia hybrid that is tailored to the rapidly growing number of digital reading devices.

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Mr. Inman, a successful Silicon Valley entrepreneur, calls this digital amalgam a "Vook"  and the fledgling company he has created with that name just might represent a possible future for the beleaguered book industry. There has been a flurry of optimism and activity around the once-derided idea that people might read books on a digital screen. Just this year, new electronic reading devices have emerged from Amazon, Samsung and Fujitsu, while mobile phones like iPhone from Apple have flowered seemingly overnight into acceptable reading devices for many bookworms. Once upon a pixel, eh. Click the second link to sign up for the beta site.

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/04/05/business/05stream.html
http://www.vook.tv/

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New New Media looks at how our mediascape is exploding to bits. How the latest technology and the internet are changing the way we live, work and play. How the latest media is shaping us all.

Stefano Boscutti is an executive creative director and strategist. He's like a better looking version of Todd Sampson. He also has an abiding faith that stories and wordplay (and not powerpoint presentations) will change the world.

 
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