Today is not about a book in the technical sense. It is about an essay about books. And what makes this essay remarkable is the fact it was written collaboratively in three days by a group of educators, journalists and writers during the Frankfurt Book Fair, the largest worldwide book event. The best feature is that anyone is able to participate. You just need to create an account on the Sprint Beyond the Book project and your comments will be reviewed and published.
The project is made of three books, with the first one being the only one fully completed and edited so far. The goal: bring people together to discuss about the Future of Publishing. How will we consume books in the future? On which device? How will we discover books? This essay has the merit to raise burning questions around the use of our data by Amazon, Kobo and other websites. The e-commerce platforms have built huge database about what we read, how we read it (speed...). Is everyone happy with the idea that somewhere in the cloud are stored the fact you enjoyed the latest Fifty Shades of Grey or you spent a lot of time annotating How to build a nuclear bomb?
The essay if free and accessible online: http://sprintbeyondthebook.com.
The project is made of three books, with the first one being the only one fully completed and edited so far. The goal: bring people together to discuss about the Future of Publishing. How will we consume books in the future? On which device? How will we discover books? This essay has the merit to raise burning questions around the use of our data by Amazon, Kobo and other websites. The e-commerce platforms have built huge database about what we read, how we read it (speed...). Is everyone happy with the idea that somewhere in the cloud are stored the fact you enjoyed the latest Fifty Shades of Grey or you spent a lot of time annotating How to build a nuclear bomb?
The essay if free and accessible online: http://sprintbeyondthebook.com.