3.Sep.2010 | Rachel Balik
Innovation Starts with the Author
In an article for the Huffington Post today, Sammy Perlmutter wrote about the box set of Lynd Ward’s six novels in wood-cut that’s being published by the Library of America.
Perlmutter wonders if the box set is “a desperate effort, perhaps, to reassert the durability of the printed page in the era of the eBook.” But he also suggests that this “brick” contains lessons for authors looking to innovate.
Ward’s books are filled with images–they do not contain words. In this genre, a reader is interpreting images and piecing together a narrative. As Perlmutter says, the reader is “interacting” with the book. Authors looking to succeed in the future will need to follow this model of interactivity.
We couldn’t agree more. That’s why we’re committed to making Vook a platform that enables authors to think outside the box.
You can view Vooks in “read”, “watch” or “mixed view.” You can make it a social experience using share features, a research experience by clicking hyperlinked text, and you can consume the content in any order you want. While reading a Vook, readers engage with the content–and its author.
In his article, Perlmutter asks, “Are eBooks changing the way we read stories, or are they merely changing the way we receive them?”
At Vook, we feel we’re doing the former. Let us know if you agree.
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