The long tale of digital opportunity readily available for every author, musician, songwriter, lyrists, or playwright.

1. … presents “The Long Tale of Being Digital”
for Authors, Musicians, Lyricists, Songwriters, Playwrights, Writers, & Wordsmiths
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2. On one hand there are:
WORDS
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3. & on the other is :
MUSIC
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4. On one hand :
Authors
create
books
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5. On the other :
Songwriters
create songs
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6. What do music & the written
word naturally share?
Storytelling
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7. Storytellers before the printing press
An Irish storyteller travels from town to parish.
He sits at a hearth telling tales to the people
and weaves in a good „ol tune or two.
A native American Indian chief gathers his tribe
To teach them of their ways via a
story, & songs, and dance.
These storytellers, & ones similar in all cultures
worldwide knew the original harmonization
of Story & Song!
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8. 20th Century Storytellers
Authors …
tell their story through words
which are printed in a book.
Songwriters & Lyrists …
tell their story through music
which are recorded onto a CD
Playwrights & Dramatists … writes a story with
songs meant for the stage.
Auditory Storytellers perform at Festivals &
Clubs.
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9. 20th Century Packaging & Distribution
of Story & Song
A CD attached inside the hard copy book cover.
Audio Books are narrated & verbatim to the printed book.
Non-fiction How-To ships with a CD
Example: Italian Recipe book ships with an Italian music to
create atmosphere when cooking or serving.
A Children‟s Book ships with a companion soundtrack
that was originally produced as an animated film.
Example: Disney produces the film, the music, & the story
copyright enabling them to easily
re-purpose and re-package the story.
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10. The Preeminent Long Tale
The endless combinations of story and song already written, or yet to be
written, certainly denote a Long & Preeminent Tale of Being Digital for the
enhanced Book, where both the writers and readers have more fun!
Here at last is where we infuse music into the story … here we
create a-new, the ways of the original storytellers.
The Industry will discover the ultimate reward for Being Digital.
when integration happens at the data level;
in the words; in the content, in the context,
in the meaning; in the emotion, and inside the narrative …
where words & music naturally synergize.
Specifics to the integration become part of the creative writing process.
The Long Tale Bottom Line:
It’s the story itself that matters the most!
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11. The Opportunity the Long Tale offers Storytellers
Musicians & songwriters; grant license to Authors to embed
your copyrighted song files into their book and revenue share.
Contemporary playwrights; adopt the enhanced book medium
as an alternative option to re-package your stage productions.
Photographers & Artists; create a digital book of your art and embed
background music to set a mood, provide more latitude or diversity,
in it‟s expression and in a readers interpretation.
Musicians & songwriters: re-package any portion of your discography
highlighting a song and/or the story behind its‟ lyrics.
Partner with an illustrator or graphics designer to create just the right
visuals resulting in a very unique gift book.
Authors write an autobiography and include the songs that played at that
exact paragraph of their lives, at ___ Place, on ___ Day, with ___
Person.
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12. 21st Century Packaging & Distribution
of Story & Song
Offer your digital e-book directly to your customer as a
download from your website. Retaining 100% of the revenue is
ideal versus paying 60% or more for traditional distribution
services.
Audio Books are narrated and the songs will play at the part of
the chapter it was meant to be heard.
Enhanced e-books embed the music files contextually within the
document allowing the reader to simply read along & then click
Play.
The book has a companion Spotify playlist the author can share.
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13. 21st Century Packaging & Distribution
of Story & Song
Host your e-book in a cloud & sell access.
Reporting on the number of times a particular song file is accessed
provide tracking for royalty payments & satisfies copyright license
laws.
The e-book has a companion Apple iTunes iMix that is promoted
as one product, but the music is sold as a separate download.
A hard copy book includes an address where the reader is sent
online
to download the music files affiliated with the book.
Follow copyright law & everyone benefits. The author is paid for
the writing & the musician is paid for their Music. Naturally if you
are the copyright holder, the integration process is much simpler.
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14. 21st Century Exemplar Integration
of Story & Song
A best-selling author wrote lyrics for each chapter of her new book then
collaborated with a song writer / friend to create the soundtrack.
(Sing You Home / Jodi Picoult)
A playwright from Scotland approached an author about creating a
compilation of songs that expressed the highlights of her novel he dearly loved.
(Outlander , 20th Anniversary Edition, Diana Gabaldon
includes Outlander – The Musical )
The Beatles "Yellow Submarine" was released as a free e-book providing a peek
at the future of full interactivity. This work includes full-color illustrations, animations,
video clips, musical selections from the film and embedded narration.
In Pure Coincidence & the Cosmic Radio, the soundtrack for the autobiography
was determined by the actual life experience. Each song lyric associated with
the story gives the impression it participated in synchronistic fashion;
Fated, on time, and in tune with the spirit of the moment.
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15. Storytellers & Rockers Unite !!
Come Together,
Create & Collaborate,
Combine & Harmonize,
Improvise & Synchronize,
Infuse music into the pure reading experience
As Reading Rocks with Rhythms & Rhymes!
@ Notes „N Time!
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16. Thank you for reviewing
“The Long Tale of Being Digital”
D. Laureen Earnest
Notes „N Time, Inc.
757-504-4777
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