Transmedia: Storytelling for the Digital Age
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a look at the creative and technical worlds of immersive storytelling
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The Hows and Whys of Metadata for Authors

The Hows and Whys of Metadata for Authors | Transmedia: Storytelling for the Digital Age | Scoop.it
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Sarah Juckes:  "The word metadata sounds potentially confusing but is really very simple. Its direct translation is “data about data.” When we’re talking about books, it simply means all the information about your book that isn’t the story itself" ...

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The next chapter: storytelling embarks on an interactive adventure

The next chapter: storytelling embarks on an interactive adventure | Transmedia: Storytelling for the Digital Age | Scoop.it

David Cornish:  Our hero, Publishing, tumbles forth from the Pit of Paper Projects in a flurry of dust and curses. His tunic is torn, his shield lost, and his future far from certain. Regaining his breath, he rises to his knees and looks about him [...]


Wired.co.uk investigates the attempts of the publishing industry to make the most of new technologies.

The Digital Rocking Chair's insight:

A fabulously in-depth look at how publishing is meeting the challenges of changing audience behaviours.

Asil's curator insight, February 6, 2013 11:42 PM

How can you not love a story that leads with a superhero?

 

readmusync's curator insight, March 24, 2013 6:16 PM

We are also making somekind of attempt, do you want to try it?

 

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How Interactive Ebooks Engage Readers and Enhance Learning

How Interactive Ebooks Engage Readers and Enhance Learning | Transmedia: Storytelling for the Digital Age | Scoop.it
What's the difference between an ebook, an app and an interactive ebook?


DRC:  This article provides an in-depth, but easy to understand answer.  It's well worth a read.

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Why ebooks are a different genre from print

Why ebooks are a different genre from print | Transmedia: Storytelling for the Digital Age | Scoop.it

Stuart Kelly "The differences in format are beginning to change the nature of what we're reading, and how we do it" ...

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An interesting look at the future of reading and our relationship with what we read.

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Watch a novel being written 'live'

Watch a novel being written 'live' | Transmedia: Storytelling for the Digital Age | Scoop.it
Alison Flood: Fantasy author is offering readers the chance to watch her novel taking shape, word by word, on a Google document...
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Penguin, Macmillan and Nosy Crow talk digital books for children

Penguin, Macmillan and Nosy Crow talk digital books for children | Transmedia: Storytelling for the Digital Age | Scoop.it
How publishers can make reading experiences that parents feel 'more positive about than Angry Birds'.


"The key theme: making great book-apps for children is very different from making books: it's a collaborative process requiring animators, coders, musicians and above all storytellers with a feel for interactive narrative."

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