If you recall Gmail´s April Fool´s joke, they offered to send you your emails via snail mail, complete with photos and attachments, at no charge. The idea of having a tangible version of your letters, etc. brings us back a notch, to the pre-email days, so long ago. But it´s not such a bad idea, being able to actually hold and manipulate your writings; face it, weren´t you a little tickled by the deal, and a tad disappointed to learn it was all a joke? SharedBook brings this same idea to fruition. It´s called reverse publishing; taking what was created online with no offline index (as much of today´s 2.0 fueled content is), and recreating it into a perfectly tangible book. Users can collect their photos, essays, blog musings, etc. and structure it into a product that can be ‘virally relayed or printed into a physical book´. SharedBook is able to integrate diverse content from multiple websites, and gather it into a shared space for collaborative editing and manipulation with clients, who can therefore customize their books as they wish. Books start at $29.95.
“SharedBook offers individual users and website owners a way to collect, build upon and publish their photos, stories and data (collectively referred to as "content") from multiple sources into a structured book product that can be virally relayed or professionally printed into a physical book. It provides users with a way to extract content on the web and to combine it with other content sources in a completely personalized way.”
Will people take to the tome form, after being accustomed to its virtual counterparts?
Visit website:
http://www.sharedbook.com
