Comments on: The Digitizers: Travis Alber of BookGlutton, which lets you chat about books—inside the books themselves http://www.teleread.org/2009/03/11/the-digitizers-travis-alber-of-bookglutton-which-lets-you-chat-about-books-inside-the-books-themselves/ News & views on e-books, libraries, publishing and related topics Sun, 22 Nov 2009 17:56:03 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Schmüdde http://www.teleread.org/2009/03/11/the-digitizers-travis-alber-of-bookglutton-which-lets-you-chat-about-books-inside-the-books-themselves/comment-page-1/#comment-1020952 Schmüdde Thu, 12 Mar 2009 22:19:14 +0000 http://www.teleread.org/2009/03/11/the-digitizers-travis-alber-of-bookglutton-which-lets-you-chat-about-books-inside-the-books-themselves/#comment-1020952 Michael, Thanks for the extra insight. I like the focus on aesthetics in this interview and there is certainly a limit to how far this should be pushed. Not that people shouldn't be able to make an "ugly book" but that they should have to commit to it to do so. Schmüdde Michael,

Thanks for the extra insight. I like the focus on aesthetics in this interview and there is certainly a limit to how far this should be pushed. Not that people shouldn’t be able to make an “ugly book” but that they should have to commit to it to do so.

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]]> By: Michael Pastore http://www.teleread.org/2009/03/11/the-digitizers-travis-alber-of-bookglutton-which-lets-you-chat-about-books-inside-the-books-themselves/comment-page-1/#comment-1020830 Michael Pastore Thu, 12 Mar 2009 15:06:12 +0000 http://www.teleread.org/2009/03/11/the-digitizers-travis-alber-of-bookglutton-which-lets-you-chat-about-books-inside-the-books-themselves/#comment-1020830 Travis: BookGlutton is highly recommended in my book (page 161) as one of the best options for reading books online. About the issue of customization: that was hotly debated many years ago on TEBC. Some persons believed that users should be free to design their ebooks any way they like. Others suggested that book design is an art, and we are best served when skilled designers create our books for us. Professional designers understand the nuances of layout, typography, and even such fine points as the optimum number of words in a line. Obviously, both sides are right. I'm looking forward to interacting with readers on BookGlutton, and not only about the themes and ideas in a book. BookGlutton will let us examine various book designs, and help us to improve the way we make ebooks. Keep up the great work! Michael Pastore 50 Benefits of Ebooks Travis:
BookGlutton is highly recommended in my book (page 161) as one of the best options for reading books online.

About the issue of customization: that was hotly debated many years ago on TEBC. Some persons believed that users should be free to design their ebooks any way they like. Others suggested that book design is an art, and we are best served when skilled designers create our books for us. Professional designers understand the nuances of layout, typography, and even such fine points as the optimum number of words in a line.
Obviously, both sides are right. I’m looking forward to interacting with readers on BookGlutton, and not only about the themes and ideas in a book. BookGlutton will let us examine various book designs, and help us to improve the way we make ebooks.
Keep up the great work!

Michael Pastore
50 Benefits of Ebooks

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