Margin WalkingHow Annotation Technology Reinvents & Renews the Book

Seth Kaufman, Copia InteractiveJoe Wikert, O’Reilly Media, Inc.

A Bad Reputation

“Having to read footnotes resembles having to go downstairs to answer the door while in the midst of making love.”

-John Barrymore*

*As sanitized by Noel Coward

Groundbreaking Fiction*

*Warning: These books contain lots of footnotes.

A Short List of Uses for Shared Annotations

Conversation Among Readers Study Groups Book Clubs Author’s Cuts New Content/Author Updates Guest Commentary

Corrections* Reader-Author Interaction (with no

email’s exchanged) Fan Fiction Sweepstakes Special Offers

* A term relating to the far-fetched idea that a publisher, editor or writer would ever make

a mistake in a printed book.