1: Has anyone actually seen one of these things? What is it, just a reader reading, or still images and an audio track, or what?
2: A couple of years ago "video blogging" or "video podcasting" was all the rage. All the cool kids were doing it and talking about it. I kept wondering when they found the time to actually watch video podcasts and started to suspect that what was really going on mostly was people just playing them in the background and listening to the audio. Video (if there's actually any reason to have the video) requires a different kind of attention. If it's just audio, we can at least pretend we're able to listen to that and do something else at the same time. With video, we're either watching the video or we're doing something else -- the pretense of multi-tasking is much harder to sustain. On Fri, Feb 19, 2010 at 8:44 AM, Pat Rapp <[email protected]> wrote: > Interesting article in the Seattle Times. > > > http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/entertainment/2011028691_apusbooksannerice.html > > > > > > > > [image: > http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/art/ui/logo_200w.gif]<http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/home/> > > Wednesday, February 10, 2010 - Page updated at 08:38 AM > > Permission to reprint or copy this article or photo, other than personal > use, must be obtained from The Seattle Times. Call 206-464-3113 or e-mail > [email protected] with your request. > > *Vampire author Anne Rice set to release video book * > > By HILLEL ITALIE > > AP National Writer > > Anne Rice is giving the video book a try. > > The author of "Interview With a Vampire," "The Vampire Lestat" and many > other favorites has agreed to terms with the video book company Vook on a > multimedia edition of "The Master of Rampling Gate," a vampire story > published in Redbook magazine in 1984 and set in an England mansion in the > 19th century. > > "Vook represents a very exciting combination of new technological elements, > that I think is long overdo in publishing," Rice said in a statement > released Wednesday by Vook. "I'm excited that `The Master of Rampling Gate' > is going to have new life in this form, and cannot wait to see the finished > product. I'm not sure that my mind can conceive of all the possibilities of > this new form. I'm learning. And it feels good." > > Opinions are still mixed among publishers and authors about video books, or > vooks, with some calling them a gimmick and others saying new formats are > needed for the Internet age. The product integrates text, video and social > networking. > > Vook, based in Alameda, Calif., has been producing video books for Simon & > Schuster and the HarperCollins imprint HarperStudio and also making works > out of public domain texts. Vook founder Bradley Inman says "The Sherlock > Holmes Experience," based on two stories by Conan Doyle, has been downloaded > thousands of times. > > The Rice project begins "a strategic publishing relationship" with Rice's > literary agency, Janklow & Nesbit Associates, according to Vook. No other > specific writers were identified, but clients at Janklow & Nesbit include > David McCullough, Edward P. Jones and the late Michael Crichton. > > "They (Vook) came in about two months ago and showed us some of their > wares. I think it's very interesting and I think the publishing world needs > to really start looking for new ways to find readers," said Lynn Nesbit of > Janklow & Nesbit, who said other writers at the agency expressed strong > interest in video books, although she declined to provide names. > > The Rice video book, which includes an author interview, will be released > March 1 and can be purchased through the iPhone, iPod touch and other > digital devices. The list price is $6.99. > > Copyright © The Seattle Times Company > > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "R-SPEC: The Rochester Speculative Literature Association" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]<r-spec%[email protected]> > . > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/r-spec?hl=en. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "R-SPEC: The Rochester Speculative Literature Association" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/r-spec?hl=en.
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