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January 20, 2013
Ever wonder if an author/publisher would pay you to read their book? Me neither. Author Kevin Kelly did, though. He even considered getting his idea patented, but he decided it would take too much work. According to his work here, the publisher would see a profit off the transaction. A MODEL FOR PAYING READERS TO READ BOOKS By Kevin KellyJune 1, 2012 Proposal for a patent: The idea is to pay people to read a book. Readers would purchase an e-book for a fixed amount, say $5. They would use an e-book reader to read the digital book. The e-book reader would contain software that would track their reading usage – how long it took on average to turn a page; how often they highlighted a passage; how many pages activated at one sitting, etc. Amazon Kindles today already track bookmark usage patterns which they relay back to Amazon on via its wireless Whispernet. Using a database of known reading patterns from verified readers the software would compare a purchaser’s reading behavior to these known reading patterns and establish whether or not a purchaser is really reading the book. If the behavior patterns exceeded the threshold level – say 95% of pages turned at the right speed — then the e-book device would initiate a predetermined payment to the purchaser. If a reader is given credit for reading the book, then he/she would earn more than they paid for the book. For example, if they paid $5 for the ebook, they would get back $6, thus earning $1 for reading the book. Not only did the book not cost them anything, but they made money reading the book. If they read it. The full article is on Kevin Kelly’s site.

Ever wonder if an author/publisher would pay you to read their book? Me neither. Author Kevin Kelly did, though. He even considered getting his idea patented, but he decided it would take too much work. According to his work here, the publisher would see a profit off the transaction.

A MODEL FOR PAYING READERS TO READ BOOKS
By Kevin Kelly
June 1, 2012

Proposal for a patent: The idea is to pay people to read a book.

Readers would purchase an e-book for a fixed amount, say $5. They would use an e-book reader to read the digital book. The e-book reader would contain software that would track their reading usage – how long it took on average to turn a page; how often they highlighted a passage; how many pages activated at one sitting, etc. Amazon Kindles today already track bookmark usage patterns which they relay back to Amazon on via its wireless Whispernet. Using a database of known reading patterns from verified readers the software would compare a purchaser’s reading behavior to these known reading patterns and establish whether or not a purchaser is really reading the book. If the behavior patterns exceeded the threshold level – say 95% of pages turned at the right speed — then the e-book device would initiate a predetermined payment to the purchaser.

If a reader is given credit for reading the book, then he/she would earn more than they paid for the book. For example, if they paid $5 for the ebook, they would get back $6, thus earning $1 for reading the book. Not only did the book not cost them anything, but they made money reading the book. If they read it.

The full article is on Kevin Kelly’s site.

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September 28, 2011
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The New York Art Book Fair Is Coming: Printed Matter presents the sixth annual NY Art Book Fair, from September 30 to October 2, 2011, at MoMA PS1, Long Island City, Queens. A preview will be held on the evening of Thursday, September 29th. Free and open to the public, and featuring more than 200 exhibitors, the NY Art Book Fair is the world’s premier event for artists’ books, contemporary art catalogs and monographs, art periodicals, and artist zines. Exhibitors include international presses, booksellers, antiquarian dealers, artists and independent publishers from twenty-one countries. Visit The NY Art Book Fair

The New York Art Book Fair Is Coming:

Printed Matter presents the sixth annual NY Art Book Fair, from September 30 to October 2, 2011, at MoMA PS1, Long Island City, Queens. A preview will be held on the evening of Thursday, September 29th. Free and open to the public, and featuring more than 200 exhibitors, the NY Art Book Fair is the world’s premier event for artists’ books, contemporary art catalogs and monographs, art periodicals, and artist zines. Exhibitors include international presses, booksellers, antiquarian dealers, artists and independent publishers from twenty-one countries.

Visit The NY Art Book Fair

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August 22, 2011
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New York Writes It’s Self is “is an ongoing series of creative productions fueled by the real people of New York - what people see and hear in the city is recorded as a ‘script’, which forms the inspiration for music, creative writing, art exhibitions and more.”

The monstrous creative agency known as Leo Burnett, has launched this project, in order to let New York’s people tell the story of their city. These stories will be then made into major art pieces, by established artists. “Scribes” go on to the New York Writes It’s Self website, and pen their observations in the city. So many amazing scenes take place in New York every day, and now, these stories have a place to live.

The project is being promoted all over NYC on the tops of cabs, on the taxi television stations, and on major billboards, as well as through a series of videos called “The Chairman”. The trailer for “The Chairman” is below.

(Source: newyorkwritesitself)

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