Sutherland Shire Libraries Staff News

Just when you thought you had your head around the concept of an eBook, along comes the next thing, the vook. No Veronica, April fools day was last week. This is serious. According to the publishers Simon and Schuster "With a vook you can: • Read your book • Watch videos that highlight key moments in the story• View visual how-to’s• Connect with authors and other readers. And you can do it all in one place! Gone are the days of switching between applications or websites to read, watch, and connect. You can purchase a vook to view on any computer: Watch it whenever you’re online. No special software is required. OR Purchase for your iPhone or iPod Touch: Enjoy it anytime, anywhere." They also claim, "An entirely new concept, a vook blends text and video into a single, complete story" Years ago the CD-ROM encyclopedia Encarta also had video embedded in articles but the vook links to other content on the web. And of course the vook lets you link directly to social networking sites so you can impress your facebook friends with your vookish knowledge.