[-empyre-] empyre Digest, Vol 111, Issue 8

[adamhyde]

On 03/01/2014 04:34 AM, Ethel Baraona Pohl wrote:
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> Interesting point by Silvio:
> "The other, and that's the one I'm most confident in, is that EPUB 
> gets its value not too much from its design, but from the context in 
> which it is produced."
>
> The way we worked with the contributors on this ePub was very dynamic, 
> allowing them to add their own content to Booki.cc [now off-line and 
> substituted by http://booktype-demo.sourcefabric.org/], this allow 
> contributors from different countries to work in the same platform in 
> real time. A very fruitful experience!

just a quick note - www.booki.cc is still online, just not always well 
maintained as I have too much other things to do. If anyone would like 
to take it over and run it as a community there is huge potential there...

adam




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> e.
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> On Sat, Mar 1, 2014 at 12:47 PM, Silvio Lorusso 
> <silviolorusso at gmail.com <mailto:silviolorusso at gmail.com>> wrote:
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>         > But how does great epub design look like? I didn't see much
>         of it yet except to actually start 'think icon'. Could you
>         bring up some examples here?
>
>
>     Hello,
>
>     this question is often on my mind too, so here's my take. An
>     interesting signal to me is the fact that it's pretty hard to
>     discover case-studies of self-aware -- or medium-specific --
>     EPUBs. Here some examples:
>
>     - Corrupt.epub [aka KindleGlitcher], Benjamin Gaulon (2012)
>     http://p-dpa.tumblr.com/post/40511034787/benjamin-gaulon-corrupt-epub-aka-kindleglitcher
>     - Bookcases, Nicolas Frespech (2011-2012)
>     http://p-dpa.tumblr.com/post/74382656338/bookcases-nicolas-frespech-2011-2012-tags
>     - boem paukenslag, Megan Hoogenboom (2010)
>     http://p-dpa.tumblr.com/post/40594142602/boem-paukenslag-megan-hoogenboom-2010
>     - Book Becomes Book, Chris Gibson (2011)
>     http://p-dpa.tumblr.com/post/75241561548/book-becomes-book-chris-gibson-2011-book
>
>     My guess is that self-awareness can express the 'maturity' of the
>     medium/carrier and its autonomy. We know that there are endless
>     examples of self-aware physical books. In fact, according to
>     Johanna Drucker, artists' books are always conscious of their own
>     being. Why this is not happening with EPUB?
>
>     One possibility is that the format didn't yet get to a stability,
>     therefore to a recognisable, iconic form. The other, and that's
>     the one I'm most confident in, is that EPUB gets its value not too
>     much from its design, but from the context in which it is
>     produced. In this sense, a plain-text EPUB derived from an
>     interesting, unexpected source or process, can be way more
>     interesting than a Fixed-Layout EPUB3 that embeds, sometimes in a
>     clumsy way, multimedia and interactivity. So I'm starting to think
>     that the question about design is secondary.
>
>     If it's not about design, what should the designer do? I believe
>     that the editorial designer today should explore the possibilities
>     that lie in between the pletora of formats and carriers available,
>     acting like a choreographer or a director.
>
>     Another possible approach to tackle EPUB is to consider it not a
>     final product, but a kind of accessible source. TRAUMAWIEN is
>     doing this with the Literary Trojan Horse and also within the
>     Digital Publishing Toolkit some experiments were made, such as the
>     EPUB Trailer Generator: a proof of concept developed during the
>     "Free Libraries for Every Soul" Hackaton
>     (http://digitalpublishingtoolkit.org/2013/11/free-library-for-every-soul-hackaton-first-report/).
>
>     Best,
>
>     Silvio
>
>
>
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