Julianne Hill’s iBook
Julianne Hill’s iBook
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iPad is born
• How nice for other people.
• Need consumer eBooks.
Al Gore invents the iBook
• Not really. But makes a great consumer iBook.
• Works with his pals at Apple on “Our Choice.”
Non-fiction leads the way
•Fact-based storytelling well-suited to tablets.
•The iPad’s amazing resolution changed what we think of as eReaders. Now, 12% of American adults have a tablet
Literary mags goonline
• Digital content possible.
• Creates venue for audio and video essays.
• Maybe iPads aren’t so bad.
Video essays take off
• Northwestern offers class.
• I like it.
• I wonder if I can incorporate video and audio in my thesis.
Game-changing iBook
• Gorgeous images.
• Offers a narrative.
• I’m jealous! I want to do that!
iBook Author born
• Came out in February.
• Consumer friendly version of Gore’s software.
• Allowed me to sketch out what I want to do.
my iBook sketch
• Meeting scheduled with WBGH/Frontline, Institute of the Future of the Book. Trading messages with Moonbot. Want to explore other software options.
• Consider this a sketch, a rough cut, a first draft....