DIY Book Apps: New Frontiers in Storytelling
Who: Taught by Beware The Timid Life founder Dorothee Kocks with guest speakers, this course is for anyone curious about new opportunities in storytelling (geek-ability not required).
Why: An introductory, how-to course for creating content for the iPad, Kindle Fire, or other tablets, it is especially intended for:
Cost: $100 for the whole course. Individual webinars available for $35 each. First session free. |
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Presentation One: Celebration and Horror: Two good reactions to DIY Book Apps • What is a book app, an enhanced ebook, a transmedia book? • Why would you care, if you are a lover of traditional books? • Who is this class for? |
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Presentation Two: Opportunity Tour of the 21st Century Storytelling Landscape • Guided tour of examples from publishing, entertainment, art, museum, and advertising worlds • Stories from the frontline – cautionary optimism from someone who has tried the DIY route • Selecting a topic with an eye toward legal issues ***Guest speaker, attorney Nicholas Wells on legal do’s and don’ts*** |
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Presentation Three: Roll Up Your Sleeves • iBook Author — a simple answer in a complex field • Short, sample book created during the session ***Guest speaker, designer Liz Brown on how to create with iBook Author |
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Presentation Four: Finding the Right Tool for the Job • Options for DIY content creation: life on the “bleeding edge of technology” • From InDesign6 to Aerbook Maker: a reconnaissance report • A return to the question: Why bother? |
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Presentation Five: Taking Your Work out the Door • Costs and rewards, financial • Costs and rewards, self-publishing • Costs and rewards, creative and inspirational (Do you have time for this? Do you want to?) |
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Dorothee Kocks’s most recent book is Such Were My Temptations: Bawdy Americans 1760-1830. A new breed of mixed-media book app, it tells the story of America’s very first sexual revolution with an artful blend of text, video and shared conversation. Her novel The Glass Harmonica, A sensualist’s tale, is a finalist for the 2011 Utah Book Award. She has taught in various capacities for 20 years, is a speaker with the Utah Humanities Council and a founder of Wasatch Writers Alliance, and she coaches writers to help them finish projects. She earned her PhD from Brown University.
