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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 Digital Rocking Chair
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Cheryl Reif: "[...] we're taking a look at this "new" buzzword in the writing industry, transmedia storytelling--what it is, how it works, and how you can use transmedia storytelling techniques to reach more readers and provide readers with a deeper, richer story experience."
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Transmedia Storytelling Blog Series: 
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![Beyond the mirror [an interview with Cornelia Funke #Transmedia] | Transmedia: Storytelling for the Digital Age | Scoop.it](https://img.scoop.it/-jPPTSCWGkahBmGqapjivzl72eJkfbmt4t8yenImKBVvK0kTmF0xjctABnaLJIm9)
Renowned fantasy author Cornelia Funke talks with Transmedia NZ's Fiona Milburn about working with Guillermo del Toro's Mirada Studios on extending her MirrorWorld series beyond the printed page.
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Cornelia Funke: "This world is visible for my fans now. I can invite all MirrorWorlders to see and touch and go through the Mirror."
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Sarah Salovaara: 'With the 24-hour news cycle and a tech-friendly public that is increasingly immune to putting up its feet and paging through a periodical front to back, The Times has found a way to fully utilize the electronic format, giving it a slight edge over its “archaic” counterpart.'
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Publishers still can’t quite work out what to do with the transmedia form, but they are trying. Some pioneers are slowly building a secret world of new literature.
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Whilst some of the examples listed in this article are transmedia stories, it's really an article about "new media writing." Having said that, it's still well worth reading. There's also a survey: Have You Ever Bought and Read a Transmedia Book? Tags: Storytelling, Publishing, New Media, Transmedia
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Erik Wecks: "I would argue that despite the distribution of storytelling across a variety of media platforms, in most transmedia stories one type of media carries the backbone of the storytelling. In this post, I want to talk about the potential for novels — long form fiction, based in text — to serve as the backbone for a transmedia experience" ...
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Pinwheel: "The phrase was very popular, especially in the digital zone, at BookExpoAmerica this year. I wondered why I hadn't heard the term used more often? Apparently, I wasn't the only one" ...
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As the “Big Six” publishers decide how they’re going to publish and sell their normal text-based ebooks, some smaller publishers are moving on with ebook innovation. One such company, Chafie Press, has create its first “transmedia” novel...
[Read more on this @scoopit http://bit.ly/u7JIFq and view the multi-media assets associated with the original PR at: http://www.multivu.com/mnr/53515-chafie-creative-group-immersedition-consumer-transmedia-ebook-app-fiction]
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New transmedia publishing company Chafie Creative Group is trying to breathe life into fiction novels with a new iPad app called Immersedition, which will showcase the written word and storytelling while enhancing it with an array of interactive...
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For all of you A.D.D. readers out there that hate looking at pages of black ink without pictures, thank the iPad for bringing pictures back to print...
[A look at transmedia trends in publishing.]
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In this post, I will outline some technology driven changes that are going to revolutionize the publishing business and provide enormous opportunities to Transmedia storytellers.
[Simon Pulman follows up on his article "Novels as the Driving [Transmedia] Platform" @scoopit http://bit.ly/vnrXGx]
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Random House editorial director and transmedia producer Tricia Pasternak discusses digital books, why much transmedia is genre, and when a book is more than just a book.
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"What is the true value of a book? The printed story, or the world it allows us to enter? Could a dead and buried publishing industry be reborn through transmedia experiences?"
[Part I can be found @scoopit http://bit.ly/u6siQS ]
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"Books are amazing in the way that they can create a whole world using nothing but words. That being said, there is also something to be said for transmedia storytelling" ...
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A great reading list from Angela J. (12th grade).
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Liat Clark: "After more than 100 years, the Mills & Boon franchise is crafting itself a digital future through a dedicated ereader app and now a desktop and social media storytelling platform, The Chatsfield" ...
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Karen Snyder: "Transmedia Story Stream, the Zynga of ebooks, is a revolutionary platform which blends Facebook video game mechanics with ebooks to allow authors to build, distribute and engage fans in multi-media story worlds" ...
Henrik Safegaard - Cloneartist's curator insight,
January 19, 2014 11:55 AM
Transmedia Story Stream, the Zynga of ebooks, is a revolutionary platform which blends Facebook video game mechanics with ebooks to allow authors to build, distribute and engage fans in multi-media story worlds. Instead of downloading a static, dead ePub, readers can log onto story worlds that are alive with fans and friendship and earn rewards while reading. Don’t just read a book – play it! Click to read more.
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Randy Astle: "Transmedia by definition requires producers to work in more than one medium; the fun, most of the time, is in devising ways to carry a narrative (or narrative world) across different platforms" ...
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Randy Astle takes a look at two literary projects whose digital publishing strategies "can be extrapolated to film and transmedia projects for producers who aren’t interested in writing the next great American novel".
Henrik Safegaard - Cloneartist's curator insight,
March 5, 2013 2:16 AM
Interesting - Click the headline for the full story.
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Jeremy Greenfield: "We spoke with Scholastic VP, editorial director and publisher David Levithan about the success of the Hunger Games as an e-book and what's new in transmedia."
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A few things transmedia is not:Transmedia is not covering your book with photos, illustrations, comic strips, wigs, makeup and heels. That’s called cross dressing. Uh . . . I mean...
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The future of books and publishing will change fundamentally in the coming years. We will see a rise in books that are a mixture of tweets, videos, Facebook updates, blog posts and pictures...
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Spain's Javier Celaya outlines a strategy for publishers and authors to approach the opportunities afforded by the emerging transmedia marketplace.
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Once upon a time, reading was as simple and straightforward as decoding words on a page. No more. Digital age technologies have made such an impact on the way we interact with content that the old definitions of reading and books no longer apply.
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This is the buzzword here in San Francisco at Storyworld. Hmm. Think it would be STORY since this is Storyworld. But no, it’s transmedia, which no one seems to really understand is my impression ...
Bob Mayer has an interesting take on Transmedia, not one I necessarily agree with, but his reservations are really just the challenges that Transmedia Storytelling needs to overcome. [Sorry, this post appears to have been taken down ... will let you know if it reactivates.]
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The universe of a story can't be contained by a single medium – a book, a film, a video game. It lives on another plain, sprawling in every direction. The future of storytelling will be about finding more ways to step within.
[Part I can be found @scoopit http://bit.ly/u6siQS and Part II @scoopit http://bit.ly/sPEEoX ]
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Jacob Devaney: "Digital technology is democratizing publishing while leveling the playing field for content creators. At the same time, a cooperative model is also emerging for other aspects of publishing that includes marketing and distribution...."