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Will Readers Embrace the Vook?

Vook offers an enhanced, alternative reading experience by publishing books combined with videos into desktop and iPhone applications called Vooks.

Sounds simple enough, but what do readers think?

So far I’ve downloaded two Vooks and I’m mostly impressed with what I see. There are a few areas for growth, which I’ll get into. First, the good stuff:

What strikes me about a Vook is its downright remedial simplicity: a story in text complimented with video. We’ve been doing this for years with blogs, but never have we seen it constrained and packaged into linear book format. [Read more...]

Linchpin Book Review: The Pursuit of Indispensable

Seth Godin’s latest book, Linchpin, gets right to the heart of the matter with this question: Are You Indispensable?

The essence is this: Within each of us is a brilliant and generous artist, but fear and social conditioning stops us from realizing it. Linchpin challenges us to identify and overcome this resistance by pursuing the virtue of being indispensable.

Rather than serving as yet another guidebook on how-to-succeed-in-life-and-business, Linchpin constantly strives to empathize. Seth’s quirky, potent style serves as the catalyst that urges us to rethink our daily slouching and self-distractions.

I found myself relieved to know that I’m not the only one who’s deeply frustrated by: [Read more...]