Oxford English Dictionary goes online and out of print
August 31st 2010 07:04
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Simon Winchester
Link: simonwinchester.com/
Bestselling British author and journalist Simon Winchester has backed the move by Oxford University Press to bring out the next edition of the Oxford English Dictionary in online format only.
Winchester, who is in Australia to promote his new book, Atlantic, says that Oxford University Press is doing what is right and proper for consumers.
"My view is they are entirely prescient in bringing the OED out in digital format only. Although I will certainly regret the Oxford English Dictionary's passing as a book, this is a move that is being repeated all over the world and its really only bowing to the inevitable."
Winchester also highlights the new opportunities that exist with online publications that simply aren't available in a traditional book format.
Simon Winchester's book Atlantic will be one of the first non fiction books in the world to be released in an enhanced and extended e-pub format. The e-book version of Atlantic will contain around three hours of video of locations mentioned in the book, as well as interactive battle animations, an audio glossary of unfamiliar words and an additional 360 photographs.
The ipad edition of Atlantic will be released in the US on November 2nd with an Australian release date to come.
Simon Winchester OBE studied Geology at Oxford University. He is the author of A Crack in the Edge of the World, Krakatoa, The Map that Changed the World, The Professor and the Madman, The Fracture Zone and Korea among many other titles. He lives in Massachusetts and in the Western Isles of Scotland.
Winchester, who is in Australia to promote his new book, Atlantic, says that Oxford University Press is doing what is right and proper for consumers.
Winchester also highlights the new opportunities that exist with online publications that simply aren't available in a traditional book format.
Simon Winchester's book Atlantic will be one of the first non fiction books in the world to be released in an enhanced and extended e-pub format. The e-book version of Atlantic will contain around three hours of video of locations mentioned in the book, as well as interactive battle animations, an audio glossary of unfamiliar words and an additional 360 photographs.
The ipad edition of Atlantic will be released in the US on November 2nd with an Australian release date to come.
Simon Winchester OBE studied Geology at Oxford University. He is the author of A Crack in the Edge of the World, Krakatoa, The Map that Changed the World, The Professor and the Madman, The Fracture Zone and Korea among many other titles. He lives in Massachusetts and in the Western Isles of Scotland.
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