Comments on: ‘Moxyland’ said to be ‘the first e-book’ with a music soundtrack embedded—but is it? http://www.teleread.com/ebooks/moxyland-said-to-be-the-first-e-book-with-a-music-soundtrack-embedded-but-is-it/ News & views on e-books, libraries, publishing and related topics Wed, 15 Feb 2012 18:23:27 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: death3ater http://www.teleread.com/ebooks/moxyland-said-to-be-the-first-e-book-with-a-music-soundtrack-embedded-but-is-it/comment-page-1/#comment-947652 death3ater Mon, 03 Nov 2008 07:39:01 +0000 http://www.teleread.org/blog/2008/10/31/moxyland-said-to-be-the-first-e-book-with-a-music-soundtrack-embedded-but-is-it/#comment-947652 exvaxman, just a quick note. I read Moxyland and think you might find it interesting that the book is about a girl that is addicted to a softdrink - of course, the addiction is due to a nanotech marketing campaign. Great book. Lauren Beukes takes a lot of near future (and already possible) technology and turns it into a scary reality. exvaxman, just a quick note. I read Moxyland and think you might find it interesting that the book is about a girl that is addicted to a softdrink – of course, the addiction is due to a nanotech marketing campaign. Great book. Lauren Beukes takes a lot of near future (and already possible) technology and turns it into a scary reality.

]]> By: Garson O'Toole http://www.teleread.com/ebooks/moxyland-said-to-be-the-first-e-book-with-a-music-soundtrack-embedded-but-is-it/comment-page-1/#comment-946065 Garson O'Toole Fri, 31 Oct 2008 22:22:04 +0000 http://www.teleread.org/blog/2008/10/31/moxyland-said-to-be-the-first-e-book-with-a-music-soundtrack-embedded-but-is-it/#comment-946065 Some audiobooks have included incidental music for years. In essence these audiobooks have soundtracks, though usually the musical selections are not lengthy. <a HREF="http://www.daisy.org/" rel="nofollow">The Daisy (Digital Accessible Information SYstem) Consortium</A> has developed standards for rich synchronized text and audio that could be used to coordinate a soundtrack with e-book text. One of the original motivations for the development of these standards was serving vision-impaired people; however, many uses are possible. An individual who wants to switch between listening to an audiobook in a car and reading the same book as an e-book at home would profit from the Daisy standards. DAISY 2.02 is based on XHTML and the Synchronized Multimedia Integration Language (SMIL). There is an <a HREF="http://www.daisy.org/z3986/" rel="nofollow">ANSI/NISO DAISY standard that was approved in 2005</A>. Some audiobooks have included incidental music for years. In essence these audiobooks have soundtracks, though usually the musical selections are not lengthy. The Daisy (Digital Accessible Information SYstem) Consortium has developed standards for rich synchronized text and audio that could be used to coordinate a soundtrack with e-book text. One of the original motivations for the development of these standards was serving vision-impaired people; however, many uses are possible.

An individual who wants to switch between listening to an audiobook in a car and reading the same book as an e-book at home would profit from the Daisy standards. DAISY 2.02 is based on XHTML and the Synchronized Multimedia Integration Language (SMIL). There is an ANSI/NISO DAISY standard that was approved in 2005.

]]> By: exvaxman http://www.teleread.com/ebooks/moxyland-said-to-be-the-first-e-book-with-a-music-soundtrack-embedded-but-is-it/comment-page-1/#comment-946064 exvaxman Fri, 31 Oct 2008 22:13:29 +0000 http://www.teleread.org/blog/2008/10/31/moxyland-said-to-be-the-first-e-book-with-a-music-soundtrack-embedded-but-is-it/#comment-946064 Just for reference, the greatest soft drink ever created "Moxie" is the basis for anything with "Moxie", "Moxy", etc. in the title. It was more popular than Coke when Coke decided to spend $$$ on advertising during the sugar shortage and cheapen its' product and Moxis dropped advertising to ensure the quality of what they produced. Just for reference, the greatest soft drink ever created “Moxie” is the basis for anything with “Moxie”, “Moxy”, etc. in the title.
It was more popular than Coke when Coke decided to spend $$$ on advertising during the sugar shortage and cheapen its’ product and Moxis dropped advertising to ensure the quality of what they produced.

]]> By: Heinz Hinterholzer http://www.teleread.com/ebooks/moxyland-said-to-be-the-first-e-book-with-a-music-soundtrack-embedded-but-is-it/comment-page-1/#comment-945970 Heinz Hinterholzer Fri, 31 Oct 2008 18:55:00 +0000 http://www.teleread.org/blog/2008/10/31/moxyland-said-to-be-the-first-e-book-with-a-music-soundtrack-embedded-but-is-it/#comment-945970 All I'm thinking about after i noticed that is to read the Lord of the rings with its wonderful soundtrack in the background. WOW -- That would be amazing. All I’m thinking about after i noticed that is to read the Lord of the rings with its wonderful soundtrack in the background. WOW — That would be amazing.

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