Here’s a demo of BookGlutton’s Unbound Reader. It shows the reading layout as well as the community features, like proximity chat, that we think will be a lot of fun to use.
We’ll talk more about the upload capabilities and additional social features next time. BTW, maybe next time I won’t sound like I’m calling from the bottom of a tin cup? The fuzziness factor is, of course, youtube’s aesthetic choice. 🙂
FrontMatters 
What an interesting way to get people interested in reading! Book trailers are like movie trailers, but for books! You can find them all over the internet now, but here is a site that’s featuring them on YouTube. http://www.youtube.com/booktrailers
Wow! I’m so excited about this Web 2.0 tool, which I just stumbled upon. The video is great! However, I still have lots of questions and haven’t figured out where to get them answered, such as:
Okay, I think I’ve signed up. When will I be allowed in??
What are the implications of this being “Beta?” I have no idea what that means.
I’m about to create a presentation for a class of teachers to share this terrific tool. I’d appreciate a response as soon as possible. THANKS
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Hi
I should be interested to subscribe to this as soon as it is out of beta. You will see from my blog that the YouTube video impressed me, particularly as – unlike the Future of the Book/Gamer Theory – it is aimed at readers of the book rather than readers-who-want-to-help-in-the-creation-of-the-book!
Please keep me in touch!
C
looks good!
-bowerbird