Colin Brush, Senior Copywriter ot Penguin UK has posted about some writer blogs he likes. Among a couple others he cites Neil Gaimon’s blog: Gaiman has been blogging since 2001, when his publisher set up a blog to promote his American Gods book tour. The tour finished, but the blog rolls on and he now … Read moreWriter Blogs
Just came across two new sites that provide top notch information about journalism, newspapers and newsrooms in this age of integrating media: Editors Weblog: “editorial solutions for the newspaper renaissance”. Includes categories such as multimedia convergence, citizen journalism, online strategies, newsroom management, revenue & business models Trends in Newsrooms Looking to find out what editors-in-chief … Read moreConvergence Journalism Links
This blog, Beyond the Tube, looks like it is just an aggregator of press releases to major broadcasters, but that is pretty helpful in itself. Indeed, the latest post is pretty interesting: TV Guide magazine, one of the most popular magazines in the country, with 21 million readers each week, has partnered with NBC and … Read moreBeyond the Tube & My Name is Earl Cross-Media Sniff
The first Book Fair will be held in Second Life this weekend (April 20-22). “The SL Book Fair brings together publishers, book sellers, authors, book developers, and readers to present and share their ideas around the use of books in Second Life.” Over 30 companies and individuals will exhibit, including Bantam Dell, Vision, Snowbooks, Conte Verlag, SL … Read moreSecond Life Book Fair
Joseph Jaffe, a new marketing evangelist that I’ve referred to a few times on this blog is in the process of writing his second book. His first, Life After the 30-Second Spot is about the shift from marketers being able to reach massive consumers through the television, indeed, the 30sec TVC. I’ve got it, it … Read moreBook Writing and Marketing 01
The Villager Girl and the Teenbot is my own short story. It is a transmedia short story told over print and a chatbot on the web. The story juxtaposes a coming-of-age story of a villager girl told as a folktale in print, with the coming-of-age story of a teenage robot told through a chatbot (a … Read moreThe Villager Girl and the Teenbot
I think books are an under-utilised media in cross-media projects. It is understandable to some extent — they take a long time to produce and are really a one-person job, whereas most other forms of entertainment (besides painting) can be/are more collaborative. Another reason why they are not utilised in cross-media works is because they … Read moreBooks into the Mix