How writers can help create a new narrative form

November 17 Comments Off on How writers can help create a new narrative form Category: Amplify, Feed

At this stage in the evolution of lit apps (if I can call them that), everyone who is not a writer shares the same aim: to work out how to make money from screen-based text.Clipped from www.theliteraryplatform.comSo far, so simple. The first and until now most successful literary adaptation has been the apping of T.S.Eliot’s […]

A Documentary About the Massive Material Infrastructure of the Internet.

November 10 Comments Off on A Documentary About the Massive Material Infrastructure of the Internet. Category: Amplify, Feed

Check out this video “Bundled, Buried & Behind Closed Doors,” a Documentary About the Massive Material Infrastructure of the Internet.Clipped from vimeo.com
Lower Manhattan’s 60 Hudson Street is one of the world’s most concentrated hubs of Internet connectivity. This short […]

The Clockwork Watch, A Transmedia Steampunk Love Story

November 10 Comments Off on The Clockwork Watch, A Transmedia Steampunk Love Story Category: Amplify, Feed

Clipped from laughingsquid.comThe Clockwork Watch is a steampunk love story set in Victorian England that will take a number of forms, from graphic novels to live performance to a feature film. The first installment is a graphic novel, The Arrival, which sets the stage for the series with a tale about eerily life-like clockwork servants. […]

Amazon Embraces HTML5 for New Ebooks

October 27 Comments Off on Amazon Embraces HTML5 for New Ebooks Category: Amplify, Feed

Clipped from mashable.comAmazon is gearing up to introduce a new, HTML5-based ebook format called Kindle Format 8, the company announced Friday.KF8 is an improvement over the current Mobi 7 standard, with new features that allow publishers to create richer formats and add more advanced design elements. The emphasis on visuals will play well on tablets […]