Vook anyone?

LynKay · Mar 3, 2010

Anne Rice posted wanting feedback on her Vook. I was a bit confused so I searched online.

clicky here

I would like to know what you guys think about this innovation. ;D

xxmagicboxersxx · Mar 3, 2010

It looks incredibly interesting, I must say.

CACTUSWENDY · Mar 3, 2010

Interesting concept. I would need to hear more about this to fully understand how it works. Thanks for the link.

LynKay · Mar 3, 2010

You are very welcome! I think it's awesome. Of course I love books that are printed, but I think it's awesome to have something as interactive as that. I just wonder how much input does the writer of the book has, when it comes to making the videos.

shaldna · Mar 4, 2010

Not sure I like it. It looks a bit like one of those powerpoint presentations the health and safety guys give us at work.

frimble3 · Mar 4, 2010

I wonder whether all that clicking and linking would take a reader out of the story?
It would be great for non-fiction, though, craft and cooking demonstrations, and military histories with the actual troop movements.
Or big historical tomes, instead of appendices. "Here we are, moving along the map of the Roman Empire".
But for most novels, it seems more of a distraction.

shaldna · Mar 4, 2010

frimble3 said:
I wonder whether all that clicking and linking would take a reader out of the story?
It would be great for non-fiction, though, craft and cooking demonstrations, and military histories with the actual troop movements.
Or big historical tomes, instead of appendices. "Here we are, moving along the map of the Roman Empire".
But for most novels, it seems more of a distraction.

i agree.

personally i don't think i would like it for fiction. i prefer to use my imagination, after all, that's what reading is about, right?

DrZoidberg · Mar 4, 2010

Once it's on Android I'll sign up

Vook anyone?

LynKay

Hanging out through Space and Time

xxmagicboxersxx

CACTUSWENDY

An old, sappy, and happy one.

LynKay

Hanging out through Space and Time

shaldna

The cake is a lie. But still cake.

frimble3

Heckuva good sport

shaldna

The cake is a lie. But still cake.

DrZoidberg

aka TomOfSweden