Social aspects of Reading

PeterT · 12-09-2010, 09:07 PM

From http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2374118,00.asp

Quote:

The Kobo application for the iPad on Wednesday added "Reading Life," which brings social aspects - including sharing, a personal "book cover," and achievements - to reading.

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Kobo has also added achievements, ranging from the "Once Upon a Time" achievement for opening the first book to 'The Twain' earned by those that read daily, and 'The Witching Hour' for readers who read into the wee hours of the night.

I wonder if we will see any of those on other platforms?

MrsJoseph · 12-09-2010, 09:09 PM

Doesn't the nookColor have a social aspect?

Danger · 12-09-2010, 09:20 PM

Great just what we need, more social crap. If I want social crap like that I'll go play StarCraft II. Personally book reading is NOT a social activity. In fact it's quite anti-social.

pholy · 12-09-2010, 09:39 PM

Actually, sticking out your tongue is anti-social --- unless you are a cat; then it's just cute

I happened to be at the Kobo presentation yesterday. While they seemed to like the ability (not requirement!) to post to FaceBook, the most useful or interesting to me would be the statistics, or maybe the awards. Of course right now you have to have an iPad, later an iPhone or smart phone. Since I don't have an iPad, I'll just have to wait until rev 39, when the Kobo eInk device gets all the stats gathering and can sync it to the desktop app under Linux...

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12-09-2010, 09:09 PM	#2
MrsJoseph Loves Ellipsis... Posts: 1,554 Karma: 7899232 Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: Washington, DC Device: Kobo Wifi (broken), nook STR (returned), Kobo Touch, Sony T1	Doesn't the nookColor have a social aspect?

12-09-2010, 09:20 PM	#3
Danger Evangelist Posts: 490 Karma: 1665031 Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: Vancouver Island, Nanaimo Device: K2 (retired), Kobo Touch (passed to the wife), KGlo, Galaxy TabPro	Great just what we need, more social crap. If I want social crap like that I'll go play StarCraft II. Personally book reading is NOT a social activity. In fact it's quite anti-social.

12-09-2010, 09:39 PM	#4
pholy Booklegger Posts: 1,801 Karma: 7999816 Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Toronto, Ontario, Canada Device: BeBook(1 & 2010), PEZ, PRS-505, Kobo BT, PRS-T1, Playbook, Kobo Touch	Actually, sticking out your tongue is anti-social --- unless you are a cat; then it's just cute I happened to be at the Kobo presentation yesterday. While they seemed to like the ability (not requirement!) to post to FaceBook, the most useful or interesting to me would be the statistics, or maybe the awards. Of course right now you have to have an iPad, later an iPhone or smart phone. Since I don't have an iPad, I'll just have to wait until rev 39, when the Kobo eInk device gets all the stats gathering and can sync it to the desktop app under Linux...

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