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« Cilck here to publish | Main | On valuing the future planet » Thursday, January 11, 2007Annotating the administrationThe Institute for the Future of the Book is a kind of think tank and Web site devoted to analyzing and leading the way in the onrushing digital age of publishing. They're on to some pretty interesting thoughts and experiments. Last month they published the Iraq Study Group Report in a format of their own devising -- known in-house, they say, as "Comment Press" -- as they explain here. (Also explained is that they are doing the same thing with last night's speech by the president.) This is a joint project with Lapham's Quarterly, a new magazine founded by the editor emeritus of Harper's Magazine, Lewis H. Lapham. The idea behind "Comment Press" is to give users a chance to annotate the document with their own comments, isolating a particular paragraph or page, or commenting on the whole document (though the last seems to defeat the purpose). It works beautifully, after a short learning curve. This could really open up some new doors, particularly if others try to compete and improve the model. Posted by Evan Hughes at 02:02 PM
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