Books in presentation form: Twitter Book leads the way
Jun 3, 01:04 pm PST
The Twitter book by Sarah Milstein and Tim Or’Reilly got me thinking about this. In retrospect, its one of those duh ideas. For some types of books, the presentation format makes a lot of sense. When the material is visual, less word heavy and needs to be browsed through easily. Yes, it would not work for a Iliad, for a John le Carre novel, or for Obama’s autobiography. But like the graphic novel, it could be its own type thing.
The Twitter book, on my desk right now, demonstrates that. Pages alternate between a series of tweets and text. The text is in large font and on many pages there are only a few lines. Its easy to skim through, or take time to do a more thorough read. One did not need a 100 page, text-heavy book format for this topic. The goal of this book is to make interesting observations, and let tweets do the talking. The format lets that happen naturally.
Should you be considering the presentation - book format? It might make sense if you are developing a series of talks into a book. You already have a set of presentations, your ideas illustrated with visuals. Why not develop it into a presentation-book?
Jun 8, 4:31 pm
So this seems to be for adults what a picture book is to children. No nonsense and straight to the point.
Jun 9, 6:46 pm
wow, two great ideas in one little newsletter. Adding audio to slideshow makes sense for those of us who have been enlightened to the use of Powerpoint without bullet points (thanks, Nancy Duarte!) - our mashups and great visuals need some ’splainin’ and this a great way to do it. Then the idea of making books - not a big stretch from the previous idea, but, like you said: duh! - this is so useful for someone like myself. Few resources, limited mobility, lots of ideas, a diverse network and seeking an alternative to the workshop format. This is a just-in-time enriched solution I will try.
Great minds..share! Thank you.