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Margin Walking How Annotation Technology Reinvents & Renews the Book

Margin Walking How Annotation Technology Reinvents & Renews the Book. Seth Kaufman, Copia Interactive Joe Wikert, O’Reilly Media, Inc. A Bad Reputation. “Having to read footnotes resembles having to go downstairs to answer the door while in the midst of making love.” -John Barrymore*

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Margin Walking How Annotation Technology Reinvents & Renews the Book

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  1. Margin WalkingHow Annotation Technology Reinvents & Renews the Book • Seth Kaufman, Copia Interactive • Joe Wikert, O’Reilly Media, Inc.

  2. A Bad Reputation “Having to read footnotes resembles having to go downstairs to answer the door while in the midst of making love.” -John Barrymore* *As sanitized by Noel Coward

  3. Groundbreaking Fiction* *Warning: These books contain lots of footnotes.

  4. A Short List of Uses for Shared Annotations • Conversation Among Readers • Study Groups • Book Clubs • Author’s Cuts • New Content/Author Updates • Guest Commentary • Corrections* • Reader-Author Interaction (with no email’s exchanged) • Fan Fiction • Sweepstakes • Special Offers * A term relating to the far-fetched idea that a publisher, editor or writer would ever make a mistake in a printed book.

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