Comments on: enter the vook http://web.overland.org.au/2009/10/07/enter-the-vook/ Overland journal — radical Australian literature and culture since 1954. Publishing literature, politics, history, memoir, fiction, poetry and reviews. Edited by Jeff Sparrow. Thu, 09 Sep 2010 06:44:23 +1000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Bernice http://web.overland.org.au/2009/10/07/enter-the-vook/comment-page-1/#comment-1803 Bernice Tue, 13 Oct 2009 00:17:39 +0000 http://web.overland.org.au/?p=1796#comment-1803 Wolf as a leading neuroscientist in the area of dyslexia has some very major concerns about the impact of digitised reading - there is already research showing that neuroplasticity & cognition are impacted differently between paper based reading and digital platforms. Agree that much ebook file format presentation is underwhelming but that also raises the problem about what happens to a printed book when its print ready PDF is mashed into an e-reader file format. Page layout, design, editorial decisions re production come to mean SFA - it aint the bells and whistles that are missing; its high standard design - something the geeky world aint well known for appreciating or understanding. Wolf as a leading neuroscientist in the area of dyslexia has some very major concerns about the impact of digitised reading – there is already research showing that neuroplasticity & cognition are impacted differently between paper based reading and digital platforms.

Agree that much ebook file format presentation is underwhelming but that also raises the problem about what happens to a printed book when its print ready PDF is mashed into an e-reader file format. Page layout, design, editorial decisions re production come to mean SFA – it aint the bells and whistles that are missing; its high standard design – something the geeky world aint well known for appreciating or understanding.

]]> By: Paul http://web.overland.org.au/2009/10/07/enter-the-vook/comment-page-1/#comment-1691 Paul Wed, 07 Oct 2009 04:08:14 +0000 http://web.overland.org.au/?p=1796#comment-1691 tag - An Ekphrasic Age tag – An Ekphrasic Age

]]> By: Mike Beggs http://web.overland.org.au/2009/10/07/enter-the-vook/comment-page-1/#comment-1687 Mike Beggs Wed, 07 Oct 2009 00:23:31 +0000 http://web.overland.org.au/?p=1796#comment-1687 Yeah, I think plain text will always survive, even if books themselves don't - if for no other reason, simply because text is just much more efficient at delivering abstract info than video and audio could ever be. It really bugs me that the Sydney Morning Herald (and I assume the Age?) now puts videos inside plain text articles and starts them automatically without any prompting. If I wanted to get my news audio-visually I'd watch it on TV! Yeah, I think plain text will always survive, even if books themselves don’t – if for no other reason, simply because text is just much more efficient at delivering abstract info than video and audio could ever be.

It really bugs me that the Sydney Morning Herald (and I assume the Age?) now puts videos inside plain text articles and starts them automatically without any prompting. If I wanted to get my news audio-visually I’d watch it on TV!

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