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Calgary Herald: Literature's Next Chapter
Calgary author Jeff Buick has given readers more than just a book -- he's given them a literary experience. With the One Child project, readers get a new chapter each day online, along with news reports and videos that blur fact and fiction. It's an ambitious project he hopes will 'alter the way people read.'
Ottawa Sun: The Bookworm Blog: A new twist on reading
Folks,
Here’s a new twist on how a book is going to be released. Press release is slightly edited.
A new media-rich novel that embraces online culture and fictionalizes real events as they happen will be released on July 27th.
Marshall McLuhan’s iconic The medium is the message has never been
truer than in today’s online world. One Child, the latest offering from
five-time bestselling author Jeff Buick, delivers current content to
readers and
focuses on a fresh approach to writing and marketing books.
The novel has a daily release component, which brings a newsworthy story to readers on their computer or e-reader every morning. What they read on that day is actually occurring on that day.
The reader’s experience is enriched by character interaction. Fictional characters have Facebook profiles – and text back. Corporations have websites. WKIO 510, a radio station out of New York, delivers the daily news – and what’s happening in the book.
Four embedded videos, filmed for the book, show what it’s like on the front lines in Afghanistan.
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