Books, Enhanced and Otherwise
At Digital Hollywood 2011 earlier this month, as part of the Transmedia Summit, CCCs Chris Kenneally joined a panel of authors, developers and technologists to discuss The Future of Enhanced Book Experiences. Moderator Lisa Napoli, author of Radio Shangri-La, coaxed predictions from Dani Klein, Author/Actor, Afterbirth stories you wont read in a parenting magazine; Nina Lassam, Marketing Evangelist, Wattpad; Charles Stack, Founder and CEO, Sideways; and Daniel Tibbets, SVP, GoTV Networks and co-founder, Premier Digital Publishing.Transmedia is a nice new word for something thats not so new, said Kenneally, noting that authors have long been multi-taskers, working in a variety of media. As for the future of publishing? Dont count out the good old book, he added. It has a lot of new media potential its non-linear, multi-channel and the book even comes with a built-in search engine (the index).Listen to the podcast here.