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Innovation, interactivity and customisation: the future of digital publishing

Posted by Daisy Ware-Jarrett on Aug 29, 2014 9:47:40 AM

Lori Colbeck's innovative idea to get readers involved in the writing process has me thinking about the future of digital publishing, its audience and innovation.

Colbeck will be launching www.booksfromscratch.com, a site that will allow authors to contribute chapters to a story, which site visitors will then vote on to dictate the narrative of the final book.

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Topics: interactivity, Technology, the future of digital publishing, Blog, books form scracth, colbeck, customisation, digital publishing, Innovation, lori colbeck, page lizard, publishing

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

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

Digital publishing and wearable tech

Posted by Daisy Ware-Jarrett on Jul 17, 2014 2:38:16 PM

As computers change and adapt, it’s important to keep asking ourselves how this will affect digital publishing.

Tech is getting smaller by the year and moving closer to our skin, or rather we are pulling it closer. From human-detached desktops, to more mobile laptops/notebooks; and most recently transitioning into our pockets in the form a mobile phones - we have now reached a stage where technology is wearable and resides on the surface of our skin. The next step doesn’t bear thinking about; microchips and internal tech turning humans part-cyborg.

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Topics: stream, Technology, technology, video, wearable, android, Blog, content, digital publishing, electroics, future, glass, google glass, how will it affect, live, publishing, smart watched

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