Wednesday, February 10, 2016

Ubook Update


What's a Ubook? That’s a question I’ve been getting a lot, so I’ll go over it today. Basically, it’s a book on video synced to music. The words appear at a reading pace and the music is there to enhance the experience, just like in movies. The idea is so groundbreaking there’s a patent pending on it. And best of all? It’s free. Right now I’m producing my first novel, The Newstead Project, as the world’s first Ubook, released one chapter at a time. Starting in April I’ll be releasing some of my flash fiction this way (A to Z) and in May, Black and White will be open to submissions to publish other books/authors in this format. I’ll be releasing more information for that next Wednesday, but in the meantime, here are this week’s Ubooks:

The Newstead Project, chapter six

 

The Newstead Project chapter four, narrated by Nathan Moran.


-Mel

10 comments:

  1. That sounds so cool! And your book is the first one ever? Awesome!

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  2. That's a very interesting idea

    My only concern with the idea would be that different people read at different paces and part of the reason I prefer books to movies is that I can stop in the middle of the page and contemplate the story a little in my head before moving on without having missed anything. I don't think I would like the idea of having to "keep up" with the screen.

    I love the idea of music to enhance the story though!

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    1. You're right. That's something I've been working on--a way for the video to be sped up or slowed down for viewer preference, but in the meantime they can pause if they want to reflect.

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  3. Neat!
    I'm almost positive all music in a Ubook is instrumental, right? Some people may get distracted by lyrics.
    I hope you do open to poetry because it would fit the Ubook perfectly.

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  4. So cool! Have you heard of Wattpad? I don't know if this would work with that...I know it's crowdsourced chapters. Which is kind of what you're doing here, but Wattpad has a built-in audience.

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    1. Thanks, Stephanie--I'll look into it. I've used Wattpad for years for my flash fiction--you're right they have a great audience.

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  5. What a great idea. Quite unique.
    Congratulations!

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