Still in beta is Bookriff—it was not presented in the Book Fair programming, but the company principal Mark Scott was meeting with publishers to establish partnerships and I stopped by to talk to him. Effectively Bookriff allows publishers to upload chunks of content, most likely chapters and short stories, to a database. A users can then search the site for interesting chunks and create her own anthology which can then be submitted automatically to a print on demand facility. So it is a make-your-own-book service, perfect for travel books where you only need to buy those chapters you want for your itinerary, permitting the creation of custom readers for academic coursework, allowing non-profits to create premium products. (Publishers set their own licensing fees…)
Personanondata (aka Michael Cairns) is about the academic, scholarly and professional publishing industry. Here I offer my opinion, analysis, annual predictions and news stories about the industry (and sometimes other things that interest me). My focus is on the application of technology within the industry as it transitions from a business dominated by print to one dependent on digital content creation and delivery.
Sunday, October 18, 2009
Bookriff and Chunks.
Richard Nash on the Frankfurt Blog notes a new product that enables chunking of content:
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