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applewine · 12-15-2010, 10:26 AM

Imagine reading a book on an e-reader device like the kindle, and you come across a particularly important phrase. You select the text and click "tweet" and your twitter account includes a small quote and a reference to the book you are reading.

Imagine a whole virtual space being created on top of the individual book experience where readers talk and have conversations about what they are reading with other readers of the same book.

What about all your notes and comments on an e-book. These could be valuable information to share with other readers for the first time or offer your views to veteran readers. You swap and share the meta-data and from a list of other users who have read the book. This adds a new level of value to the dynamic life of the e-book.

Features like these could change books forever. Turning them into a live intellectual network of thoughts growing on a foundation of knowledge and well refined information structure (the book).

Truly the benefits of hooking books up to the Internet goes much beyond easy access to download the book for quick delivery. Books have the potential to become direct springboards for a new level of quick and targeted intellectual networking. It would also be great promotion to sell more e-book copies to join the discussion and benefit from other user-added value ideas. Hint.

12-15-2010, 10:26 AM	#1
applewine Enthusiast Posts: 26 Karma: 10 Join Date: Dec 2010 Device: Kindle 3	How Social Networking and E-Books Combine Imagine reading a book on an e-reader device like the kindle, and you come across a particularly important phrase. You select the text and click "tweet" and your twitter account includes a small quote and a reference to the book you are reading. Imagine a whole virtual space being created on top of the individual book experience where readers talk and have conversations about what they are reading with other readers of the same book. What about all your notes and comments on an e-book. These could be valuable information to share with other readers for the first time or offer your views to veteran readers. You swap and share the meta-data and from a list of other users who have read the book. This adds a new level of value to the dynamic life of the e-book. Features like these could change books forever. Turning them into a live intellectual network of thoughts growing on a foundation of knowledge and well refined information structure (the book). Truly the benefits of hooking books up to the Internet goes much beyond easy access to download the book for quick delivery. Books have the potential to become direct springboards for a new level of quick and targeted intellectual networking. It would also be great promotion to sell more e-book copies to join the discussion and benefit from other user-added value ideas. Hint.