The future of the book is very important to our work. There was an article in the New York Times, April 4, 2009 about Bradley Inman – the inventor of the “vook” – a multi-stream, multimedia and hybrid publishing solution.
The name for the digital book has been something that we have been thinking about at ACA. The “vook” is a great concept that should be explored further.
Interestingly, the article discusses the portability of books as an advantage for the old format. This is something that has been challenged by Kindle and other e-book readers. “For all the hype and initial success of devices like the Kindle, they threaten to strip traditional books of much of their transportive appeal.”
We believe the “vook” is the beginning of a new trend in content and information. Even though “Tradition-minded readers might resist the notion of stories gussied up with potentially gratuitous video and encumbered with the need for conversations between writer and reader” – we believe 10 years into the future publishing a book will be more interactive then static.
click here for nytimes story
