If You're Curious About These Questions...
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- Have you ever wondered why most ebooks still feel like static copies of paper books, and what untapped powers they're actually hiding?
- What if you could design a reading experience that doesn't just replicate the page, but fundamentally changes how we absorb information in a digital world?
- Are you curious about the secret to why some digital books feel clunky and frustrating, while others manage to reinvent the art of storytelling?
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Key Takeaways from Breaking The Page
- Discover why ebooks shouldn't be mere replicas of printed books, and how creating digital-specific covers and navigation tools can dramatically improve the reading experience.
- Understand why non-fiction titles benefit most from the digital format, where authors can use multimedia and strategic formatting to break up dense chunks of text.
- Find out how publishers can bridge the physical and digital worlds by pairing ebooks with tangible companions, like shelf prints or magnets, to help you showcase your digital library.
- Learn how ebooks can be intelligently designed to support three distinct types of reading—skimming, grokking, and mastering—using innovative formats like virtual card stacks.
- Explore the future of digital libraries through interactive reading dashboards that organize content into intuitive topic clusters and bite-sized modules for immediate, targeted learning.
Breaking The Page — Full Chapter Overview
Chapter 1: Recommendation
Chapter 2: Ebooks can enhance the reading experience in certain genres.
Chapter 3: Ebooks shouldn’t be simple replicas of printed books.
Chapter 4: Ebooks can dramatically improve reading experiences and incorporate many other types of media.
Chapter 5: Ebooks require new types of libraries that help customers locate exactly what they want quickly.
Chapter 6: Rather than promoting sharing with others, ebooks should help people share with themselves.
Breaking The Page Summary & Overview
Breaking The Page (2014) explores the new possibilities ebooks offer to readers. Throughout these blinks, you’ll learn about the differences between traditional books and ebooks, and why we need to rethink what a book is in order to make the most of the powers of the digital wor(l)d.
Who Should Listen to Breaking The Page?
- Publishers, editors and authors
- People interested in the future of writing and publishing
- Anyone who has felt dissatisfied after reading an ebook
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