Julianne Hill’s iBook

Julianne Hill’s iBook

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iPad is born

• How nice for other people.

• Need consumer eBooks.

Al Gore invents the iBook

• Not really. But makes a great consumer iBook.

• Works with his pals at Apple on “Our Choice.”

Non-fiction leads the way

•Fact-based storytelling well-suited to tablets.

•The iPad’s amazing resolution changed what we think of as eReaders. Now, 12% of American adults have a tablet

Literary mags goonline

• Digital content possible.

• Creates venue for audio and video essays.

• Maybe iPads aren’t so bad.

Video essays take off

• Northwestern offers class.

• I like it.

• I wonder if I can incorporate video and audio in my thesis.

Video essay at fests

• Can my thesis be multimedia?

Game-changing iBook

• Gorgeous images.

• Offers a narrative.

• I’m jealous! I want to do that!

iBook Author born

• Came out in February.

• Consumer friendly version of Gore’s software.

• Allowed me to sketch out what I want to do.

my iBook sketch

• Meeting scheduled with WBGH/Frontline, Institute of the Future of the Book. Trading messages with Moonbot. Want to explore other software options.

• Consider this a sketch, a rough cut, a first draft....