“We Tell Stories is actually a seven-part adventure, said Jeremy Ettinghausen, the digital publisher for Penguin. It will begin with six weekly installments, each of which is based on a classic novel–and written by a different Penguin author–and which tasks participants with finding their way through the story using tools developed for the game.” – News.com (link added).
The TeleRead take: Hmm. Possibilities for educational publishers? And another argument for the public domain—as a way to create new wealth, via mashups? Meanwhile you can click here to see the screenshot in more detail. Go here for the The 21 Steps, Charles Cumming‘s new spinoff of John Buchan‘s The Thirty-nine Steps, available as in both Penguin and public domain editions (Feedbooks’ here, Manybooks.net’s here). Best of luck to Penguin in using the Net to move p-books. I just hope that the “free” can stay that way. Thanks to Michael Harris for the pointer. More information here.
Related: Penguin’s missed ebook opportunity, Jimmy Gutterman‘s O’Reilly Radar post, as well as a different take from Ron Hogan‘s newsy Galley Cat blog—Another $8 for Another Pride and Prejudice? If Penguin adds enough of the right enhancements as I see it, then this is a Good Thing. The issue is whether there’s sufficient extra value—I myself think the price is too high for what Penguin offers. The good news is that, as indicated by “We Tell Stories,” Penguin is capable of interactive approaches suggested by Jimmy Gutterman. Meanwhile, yes, if you want free, nonDRMed versions of Sony Reader and Amazon Kindle editions of P&P, then Manybooks.net and Feedbooks can accommodate you.
