Re: See the future now.....

**D* G* <g*@gmail.com>**

Yeah, Time is working on their own hardware as is Hearst (and maybe one
other I forget) for multimedia magazine and newspaper delivery.   I note
there's a ton of negative commentary roiling around about both but hey...

Mike Shatzkin (one of the publishing pundits I read) just posted one
response to this.  BTW, the software he suggests using for ebook creation
got royally panned in user-reviews.
http://www.idealog.com/blog/are-enhanced-ebooks-the-cd-rom-era-all-over-again

In any case, Jeff we'll all look forward to you sorting this out and forming
a new publication. :-)

On Wed, Jan 13, 2010 at 4:48 PM, Jeff Lowenfels <jeff.lowenfels@gmail.com>wrote:

> I think this is worth all checking out and passing on. IMHO, It is a
> glimpse of our not to distance future…perhaps even 2nd quarter this year:
>
> http://thewonderfactory.com/   CLICK ON THE COVER OF THE SPORTS
> ILLUSTRATED AND WATCH THE VIDEO.
>
> Think of the implications to our industry. What garden publisher is capable
> of doing these kinds of things, none the less thinking about them as part of
> their future.
>
> Are we ready? Should we be forming collaborative teams of writers,
> photographers and videographers to take on assignments?  How about redoing
> books so they fit this new, expanded format? And about video….time to give
> that art a new look. Still photography may even take a back seat to motion.
> Etc, etc, etc.
>
> This is the future for garden writers, of that I am sure.
>
> Teaming with microbes,
>
> Jeff
>
>
>
-- 
Doug Green
Editor-in-Chief,
SGF Publishing
http://www.simplegiftsfarm.com
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