Thursday, April 14, 2011

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Authors Sign eBooks Electronically - NYTimes.com: "Here’s how an Autography eBook “signing” will work: a reader poses with the author for a photograph, which can be taken with an iPad camera or an external camera. The image immediately appears on the author’s iPad (if it’s shot with an external camera, it’s sent to the iPad via Bluetooth). Then the author uses a stylus to scrawl a digital message below the photo. When finished, the author taps a button on the iPad that sends the fan an e-mail with a link to the image, which can then be downloaded into the eBook.

Wait time? About two and a half minutes. Bragging potential? Endless: Readers can post the personalized photo to their Facebook and Twitter accounts."

Hat tip to Steve Stilwell.

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

Yeah, an e-book with a link for a signature. THAT will be oh-so-rare an wonderful. A link. Sheesh. Ya gotta be kiddin'.

Anonymous said...

It's a link to download the ebook with the signature/photo embedded within the ebook. RTFA