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Nook Color to Let Authors Autograph E-Books | News & Opinion | PCMag.comFamous authors won't lose the ability to autograph their books in the digital age if Barnes & Noble has anything to say about it. With a firmware upgrade, the Nook Color will reportedly allow authors to sign their books with a stylus. The first "e-book signing" is scheduled for next week.
Authors will need to put their Sharpies down, and instead use a stylus to sign a book directly on the Nook Color's touchscreen, and the e-reader will store the signature on that digital copy of the book. Presumably, the signature would be visible to anyone who reads it, even friends who borrow the book on the Nook platform, essentially converting bragging rights to digital form.
Yesterday the Nook Color received a major software upgradeadding apps, an email client, and Adobe Flash compatibilitybut the new autograph feature appears to be separate from that. A company called Autography has patented software for writing autographs on e-books, but it's not known whether the Nook feature uses that technique or something different.
The first Nook e-book signing is said to be scheduled for May 2 at a Barnes & Noble store on New York City's Upper East Side, featuring children's book author Sandra Boynton and her book "The Going to Bed Book."
The Nook Color is far from the first e-reader to allow users to write on...
Nook Color owners can get eBooks autographed | Good E-Reader Blog - ebook Reader and Tablet PC NewsBarnes and Noble will be employing the Autography software we wrote about a few weeks ago, to allow authors to digitally sign ebooks!
Autography is a software based touchscreen solution that allows authors to autograph ebooks. It is a positive step in the right direction allowing eBooks to bear the once in a lifetime signing that makes tangible books so attractive. Often the signed hardcover is placed in a special place on the mantel, and now ebooks enjoy the same privilege.
Barnes and Noble will be offering select signings at their various book store locations to get authors to sign digital copies, as well as print. The first author to usher in this new policy is Sandra Boynton. The Going to Bed Book is scheduled for Barnes & Nobles Upper East Side store in New York City (7 p.m. on Monday, May 2).
Interesting tech, could lead to something better than autographs.