The advent of hypertext and the new art of interaction design signal the dawn of a post-book epoch. The evolution of the bound book has much to teach us about this important moment in publishing history and how to best consider, design, and guide the nascent post-book experience.
We will focus on the User Experience Design opportunities this moment affords. Innovative products and features such as content-rich apps and shared marginalia will be presented, evaluated, and discussed. A case will be made for a rich ecosystem of e-reading solutions. Particular attention will be paid to the ‘armchair apps’ that Exprima Media is developing for publishers and authors.
21. “Whatever they may do, authors do not write
books. Books are not written at all. They are
manufactured by scribes and artisans, by
mechanics and other engineers, and by
printing presses and other machines.”
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22. “Whatever they may do, authors do not write
books. Books are not written at all. They are
manufactured by scribes and artisans, by
mechanics and other engineers, and by
printing presses and other machines.”
Therefore, “there is no comprehension of any
written piece that does not at least in part
depend upon the forms in which it reaches its
reader.”
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25. Content ≠ experience
Text ≠ object
The space between content and experience
is where much meaning is constructed
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26. Content ≠ experience
Text ≠ object
The space between content and experience
is where much meaning is constructed
We are post-book.
Not eBook.
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29. The Post-book Era:
Experiencing multifarious curated content in intentionally designed contexts.
Immersive | Nontrivial
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30. The Post-book Era:
Experiencing multifarious curated content in intentionally designed contexts.
Publisher Provided User Generated
Copy Notation & Commentary
Interactives Highlighting & Marking
Bookmarking
Video
Reading Activity
Audio Social Annotation
Social Activity
Immersive | Nontrivial
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31. The Post-book Era:
Experiencing multifarious curated content in intentionally designed contexts.
“...maintaining and adding value to a trusted body of digital
information for current and future use...” _Digital Curation Centre
Immersive | Nontrivial
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32. The Post-book Era:
Experiencing multifarious curated content in intentionally designed contexts.
Immersive | Nontrivial
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33. The Post-book Era:
Experiencing multifarious curated content in intentionally designed contexts.
“The challenges publishers face is not just being digital; it’s
being demonstrably relevant to the audiences who now turn
first to digital to find content... [We must] create agile,
discoverable, and accessible content.” _Brian O’Leary
Immersive | Nontrivial
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34. The Post-book Era:
Experiencing multifarious curated content in intentionally designed contexts.
Immersive | Nontrivial
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35. The Post-book Era:
Experiencing multifarious curated content in intentionally designed contexts.
Interaction Design (IxD) defines the structure and behavior
of interactive products and services. Interaction Designers
create compelling relationships between people and the
interactive systems they use. _IXDA Website
Immersive | Nontrivial
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36. The Post-book Era:
Experiencing multifarious curated content in intentionally designed contexts.
Immersive | Nontrivial
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Most species will exhibit little net evolutionary change...remaining in an extended state called stasis. When significant evolutionary change occurs, [it occurs as] events of branching speciation.\n
Tim Berners-Lee / WorldWideWeb browser 1990\nonce content was differentiated from container, there’s ‘abundance’\n
Tim Berners-Lee / WorldWideWeb browser 1990\nonce content was differentiated from container, there’s ‘abundance’\n
Tim Berners-Lee / WorldWideWeb browser 1990\nonce content was differentiated from container, there’s ‘abundance’\n
the original ‘hopeful monsters’ of writing: content and container | furniture and mobile\n
the original ‘hopeful monsters’ of writing: content and container | furniture and mobile\n
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digital additions (editions) should pass a two-fold test of utility (The Daly Test):\n\nImmersive: Natural extensions of the work - immersed well/ usefully “at the moment the these curiosities naturally arrive in the course of consuming the text.”\n\nNontrivial: juicy secondary content - primary source material, obscure topics, deep dives into related topics\n
The new container is context\ncommonplace booking\n
The new container is context\n
The new container is context\n
Attention to UX and development best practices.\nTop ereading complaints: orientation, navigation, distraction, menu conflicts, page layout problems\n
The new container is context\n
“Transforming digital text into interactive narrative was one of the first impulses in computing.” _ Liza Daly\nonce content was differentiated from container, there’s ‘abundance’\n\nBrian O’leary: Publishing should be the engine of the new engagement economy\n\npublishers should creare ‘more satisfying work’ | “Let’s start a new industry”.\n\nCookbook guys: publishers need to get customers, not sell books.\n\n