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The publishing loop

Posted by Daisy Ware-Jarrett on Aug 21, 2014 10:19:16 AM

As digital publishing continues to grow and monopolise print, why are traditional processes becoming fashionable again?

We've all seen the loop before, maybe even been part of it. After the success of a new technology the preceding tech becomes fashionable again. This is happening right now with typewriters and touch screens.

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Topics: modified typewriter, steampunk, Technology, traditional publishing, typewriter, usb typewriter, Blog, digital publishing, hanx writer, industrial revolution, modern rebellion, page lizard, publishing, tom hanks app

Digital Innovation meetup

Posted by Esther Kezia Harding on Aug 20, 2014 11:18:12 AM

The Digital Innovation meetup (kindly hosted by Innovation Enterprise) was a causal evening of networking, questions and talks, hosted in Google's tech start-up incubator 'Campus'.

We had a great time meeting a wide range of interesting people, from designers of wearable medical devices to social media gurus.

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Topics: 2014, modern, technology, twitter, android, app, apple, Blog, content, creative, design, digipub, digital, digital age, digital publishing, Event, events, future, Innovation, interactive, media, new, page lizard, publications, publishing, review

Continuous scroll – the new way to keep your digital readers?

Posted by Esther Kezia Harding on Aug 19, 2014 9:20:37 AM

Social media has undoubtedly brought the world closer together. You probably take it for granted how easy it is to send holiday photos and mundane messages across the world to your long-lost Auntie in Albuquerque…

Indeed, websites like Facebook and Twitter have reshaped the way we find and absorb information and news, with most of us now logging-on to find out what is actually going on in the world, not just in our friendship groups.

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Topics: kindle, NBCNews.com, Technology, technology, Time.com, websites, apps, Blog, continuousl scroll, digital publishing, ebook, future, interactive, ipad, issues, journal, LATimes.com, magazine, media, new, publications, publishing, publishing technology, tech

Mega-phones: the impact of growing screen sizes on Digital Publishing

Posted by Esther Kezia Harding on Aug 13, 2014 5:26:03 PM

The internet has been awash with photographs of a leaked prototype of the iPhone 6. Although the iPhone is by no means the first larger-screened phone on the market, it highlights a trend that will provide exciting challenges for digital publishers...

Whether these pictures are genuine or not, it is no secret that Apple's iPhone screens will be having a growth spurt. About time too: the iphone is lagging behind the screen sizes of its competitors (as pointed out in Samsung's cheeky advert about screen envy- click here to watch).

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Topics: kindle, laptop, online, pdf, phablet, tablet, Technology, technology, windows, android, apple, bigger, Blog, content, digital, digital age, digital publishing, future, futureproof, hybrid, interactive, ios, ipad, issues, magazine, page lizard, phone, publications, publishing, screen

Gamebooks: Print vs. digital

Posted by Daisy Ware-Jarrett on Aug 12, 2014 2:26:31 PM

Gamebook seems like a concept created before its time; prior to the days of interactivity and user power the internet and digital media now offer, rarely did audiences get a say in mass-produced media; publishing in particular.

Below I take a look at how gamebooks have changed as technology catches up with interactivity and ask, which is the better platform for this unique medium, print or digital?

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Topics: print gamebook, Blog, childrens, choose your own adventure, Comment, digital gamebook, digital publishing, dredd, fiction, gamebook, games, interactive, novel, publishing

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