The book of the future

The book of the future

In the continuing discussion about the future of books, Infotainment Rules points us to Galleycat’s discovery of a Library Journal interview with Ben Vershbow of The Institute for the Future of the , where he’s working on a project called Sophie:

This summer, it will release the first version of Sophie, an “all-purpose tool” for creating multimedia texts. Like the institute itself, Sophie’s mission is both simple and complex: to help authors easily create books that use any medium…. It’s a key goal, because the future of the lies in the hands of authors first. Give them the tools they need to deliver dynamic, digital books, and dynamic digital books will flourish.

(Via BuzzMachine.)




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