Take a look! a Looky book!
A few folks have pointed out the Lookybook beta. Some though have slightly missed the point. This is an interesting example of an online store that allows you to have a look at exactly what you get if you buy. It has links to del.icio.us, and other social sharing sites that allow you to spread the word-of-mouth that will sell their books.
I am sure it is not, as some people seem to think, a source of free books to view online.
However, it is rather a nice example of what you can do if you take a bit of a risk and open up your content.
Now imagine the lookybook interface as the interface to your junior library catalogue!
April 7th, 2008 at 05:45
Hi Tim
Good point that this is really intended to see the books but you can view the picture books pretty easily online … it’s too small to make a print copy that would be anywhere the same as the original.
Darlene
April 14th, 2008 at 02:07
There is another site here: http://www.biguniverse.com/