tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7733835506387656648.post2184228865486961223..comments2024-03-28T09:21:52.243-04:00Comments on Pimp My Novel: Rounding Up, Rounding Up the RoadUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger18125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7733835506387656648.post-27562818869798109022009-10-04T18:38:34.510-04:002009-10-04T18:38:34.510-04:00I think being conservative about innovations in pu...I think being conservative about innovations in publishing is a little dangerous. Like Rogue Novelist said, technology abounds. I bet commenters said similarly negative things about the Kindle before it became a reality.<br /><br />Personally, vooks don't seem like an entirely new idea to me. Remember the interactive books you (or your child) played with back in the day? Dynamic audio and video are great ways to hold the attention of readers who can't sit still long enough to just stare at print all the time. Maybe what we should be more worried about, instead of the industry of publishing, is the implication/insult these innovations send about readers and their attention spans.Coral Presshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01253657911466196414noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7733835506387656648.post-10408538988926852192009-10-02T21:47:03.034-04:002009-10-02T21:47:03.034-04:00I thought vook was a word you made up, until I fol...I thought vook was a word you made up, until I followed one of the links. I weep for the outdated monolith that is the 19th-century publishing industry.Adam Heinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02225813532455467868noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7733835506387656648.post-53128769876885626902009-10-02T19:37:10.200-04:002009-10-02T19:37:10.200-04:00When I saw the word vook on a Twitter comment yest...When I saw the word vook on a Twitter comment yesterday, I thought it was a typo. Apparently not. Hmm.Jemi Fraserhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02214408467456320167noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7733835506387656648.post-62500091642181524982009-10-02T18:58:53.354-04:002009-10-02T18:58:53.354-04:00Vook? It sounds like that weird-moving piece in a ...Vook? It sounds like that weird-moving piece in a game of chess.<br /><br />Vook takes Queen. Checkmate!Terry Stonecrophttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03726985400500572770noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7733835506387656648.post-28834022527848239862009-10-02T18:35:25.227-04:002009-10-02T18:35:25.227-04:00This comment has been removed by the author.Terry Stonecrophttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03726985400500572770noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7733835506387656648.post-80262154291661876002009-10-02T18:28:20.015-04:002009-10-02T18:28:20.015-04:00Okay, my first roundup reaction today was: Exactly...Okay, my first roundup reaction today was: Exactly WHY would you need to do an erotic retelling of the Arabian Nights? Was there not enough sex the first time around?<br /><br />Vooks? Ah-Bbb, Ah-Bbb, that's all, vooks!<br /><br />No, on second thought, let's not call them vooks. 'Tis a silly name.cloudshaper2khttp://cloudshaper2k.livejournal.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7733835506387656648.post-59384013846744196342009-10-02T18:20:22.832-04:002009-10-02T18:20:22.832-04:00I vote v-books.
Vooks has too much of a "Dr....I vote v-books.<br /><br />Vooks has too much of a "Dr. Suess made up word" kind of ring to it, while v-books actually makes sense. <br /><br />Thanks for the link to historical fiction is making a comeback...especially since my first novel is a historical fiction. Made my day :)<br /><br />Happy Friday people!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7733835506387656648.post-17279658982326060812009-10-02T17:56:06.853-04:002009-10-02T17:56:06.853-04:00Vooks? No comment.
The rest of the post was good,...Vooks? No comment.<br /><br />The rest of the post was good, though.Lydia Sharphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15328254761920829040noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7733835506387656648.post-60614553718580421112009-10-02T17:32:59.168-04:002009-10-02T17:32:59.168-04:00Sm Schmidt: I like your sentiments.
As for the na...Sm Schmidt: I like your sentiments.<br /><br />As for the name Vooks...well, I just know it's going to become the name I love to hate. So fun to say. So fun to make fun of. And so fun to bring up in conversations with other people (not just with myself, mind you) who I know will get irate about the name.<br /><br />Haha. Vooks. A new whipping boy in the publishing industry?Reeshahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17387498259078528854noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7733835506387656648.post-12877226599175275242009-10-02T16:54:56.574-04:002009-10-02T16:54:56.574-04:00Uhh no, just no. If I wanted a video while I was r...Uhh no, just no. If I wanted a video while I was reading, I'd throw up another window on my computer and pretend I could honestly multitask that good. The only benefit of Vook...kinda just threw up in my mouth saying that stupid word, would be for a cookbook but WAIT its not an actual book! <br /><br />No way am I taking my laptop or my ipod into the kitchen when I cook. Water/sauce/garbage disposals and my electronics aren't bosom buddies. And they never will be.Steph Schmidthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00975939582442193113noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7733835506387656648.post-62679121127057026542009-10-02T15:24:34.380-04:002009-10-02T15:24:34.380-04:00I think my husband was watching the Star Trek epis...I think my husband was watching the Star Trek episode with the Vook invasion just the other day...<br /><br />The name is pretty ridiculous. I can't wait to keep making fun of it as vooks catch on. But I'm a grouchy curmudgeon when it comes to anyone messing with good old print. I know, I know. The idea behind it is sound. What can I say? I'm a total purist :)Kimberly Kincaidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10796741685901278761noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7733835506387656648.post-11301228740591542712009-10-02T14:45:44.863-04:002009-10-02T14:45:44.863-04:00Vook? Look crook! shook hook. Took cook on a vook ...Vook? Look crook! shook hook. Took cook on a vook ride around the universe.<br /><br />Vooks will be like picture-books from old. Imagine reading the vook version of The Wizard of OZ.<br /><br />Technology is happening. Innovation abounds. Creativity surrounds us. There is room for vooks. As for the name...and it looks like the settlement is definite...makes it distinguishable and separate media from ebooks. Vook? Look!Ben Campbell Novelshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03449900800088716317noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7733835506387656648.post-18350776168649399752009-10-02T12:50:52.149-04:002009-10-02T12:50:52.149-04:00I vant to vread yur vooks.
Count D.I vant to vread yur vooks.<br /><br />Count D.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7733835506387656648.post-59275260066814134732009-10-02T10:58:54.953-04:002009-10-02T10:58:54.953-04:00Vooks would be a great name for some tiny, much-ma...Vooks would be a great name for some tiny, much-maligned and misunderstood creatures living in the park and stealing pieces of telephone wire for repairing their hammocks, which are badly made and maintained because of economic and educational poverty, common amongst the masses due to the highly unequal social structure of their society.PHhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12442781568629782535noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7733835506387656648.post-84599437053153561972009-10-02T10:56:34.963-04:002009-10-02T10:56:34.963-04:00Now, v-books makes sense. It's a good abbrevia...Now, v-books makes sense. It's a good abbreviation that says what it means. <br /><br />"Vooks" on the other hand makes me think of some sort of weird venereal disease a soldier would've caught in the Philippines or something (not dissing the Philippines, it was just the first country I could think of).Matthew Delmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11452378192874048547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7733835506387656648.post-68211557749036513292009-10-02T10:47:33.745-04:002009-10-02T10:47:33.745-04:00I don't know what I think of them -- I'll ...I don't know what I think of them -- I'll have to read/watch (ratch? wead?) one and let you know -- but I agree v-book would be better than vook. Bleh.Kristanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04771013578685419826noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7733835506387656648.post-31741422938362386732009-10-02T10:43:39.330-04:002009-10-02T10:43:39.330-04:00Vooks? They're just plain hilarious.Vooks? They're just plain hilarious.Lalehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11351566547973048303noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7733835506387656648.post-39715911469535012102009-10-02T10:26:48.969-04:002009-10-02T10:26:48.969-04:00As they are, as far as I can tell, videos within b...As they are, as far as I can tell, videos within books, shouldn't they be called "BoViks" or something?Marshall Buckleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07362417446783286392noreply@blogger.com