One of my Boulder-based clients, Sherisse Hawkins, has taken a break from writing her novel to found an exciting new publishing-related company, Beneath the Ink. She and her team have developed a project that gives authors of e-books the ability to add interactive content – images, commentaries, even audio and video files – to digital books. The additional content is hidden “beneath the ink” as links, letting readers choose when, or if, they want to access it.
Sherisse believes that the full potential of e-books is yet to be reached, but that authors and readers want to connect more through digital content. I had a chance to play with a prototype when last year over tea at the Dushanbe Tea House. The interface is really smooth and seamless, as easy—or easier—to use as WordPress.
Sherisse and her new venture recently got some great press in Digital Book World. Read the article at www.digitalbookworld.com/2013/beneath-the-ink-a-portal-to-adjacent-content.
