Transmedia: Storytelling for the Digital Age

Maddie Crum:  "The boundary between author and readers is disappearing. What does that mean for the future of storytelling?"

Nadia Cameron:  "Publisher's head of creative for digital and emerging products [Kylie Robertson] talks about how she's future-proofing stories through technology and why digital innovation is all about audiences" ...

Marana Whyte:  "Twilight Reimagined: Life and Death took us all by surprise, but it might be a sign of things to come in major series."

Jane Ciabattari:  "The World Wide Web, which turns 25 on 12 March, has brought about a radical revolution in literature – from e-books to Twitter fiction" ...

If you're a writer of fan fiction then I suggest you also check out: What Fans Should Know About Amazon's Kindle Worlds Program from the Organization for Transformative Works.

And, at the opposite end of the scale from binge viewing ... is episodic storytelling.  It's interesting to compare this with the recent release of 'House of Cards' on Netflix.

Charlotte Sabin:  "We’re entering a new world of storytelling, in which digital exists as an experience; a visceral exploration of a story outside of a print book."

Chuck Salter:  "A Google Ventures-backed startup partners with NASA, Microsoft, and satellite makers on a children's book of galactic ambition."

The Guardian:  "A publisher is doing brisk business dispensing free fiction from machines in Grenoble, to help readers make the most of ‘dead time’ on their journeys" ,,,

Tao Tao Holmes:  "Ever heard of geocaching, or GPS treasure-hunting? Now think literary geocaching: stories that can only be opened in specific locations that you have to find. Hidden fictions, where you inhabit the same spaces as the characters themselves."

Charlie Jane Anders:  "Few book series celebrated narrative possibility and experimented with branching storytelling in as unique a way as the Choose Your Own Adventure novels. They were largely the work of R.A. Montgomery, who died aged 78 on Nov. 8."

Joe Berkowitz:  "Doug Dorst is co-author of S., a book that takes place within the margins of another book (it's complicated). Here, Dorst reveals how he collaborated with J.J. Abrams to create a kind of printed alternate reality game."

An interesting look at the future of reading and our relationship with what we read.

A fabulously in-depth look at how publishing is meeting the challenges of changing audience behaviours.

A great sharing of information and experience.