Comments on: Publishers Explore the Metaverse https://booksquare.com/publishers-explore-the-metaverse/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&%23038;utm_campaign=publishers-explore-the-metaverse Dissecting the publishing industry with love and skepticism Wed, 17 Aug 2022 18:55:43 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: Books and libraries « Virtual Opportunities for Research and Teaching in CISM https://booksquare.com/publishers-explore-the-metaverse/#comment-166194 Fri, 20 Jul 2007 17:47:33 +0000 http://www.booksquare.com/archives/2007/06/18/2432/#comment-166194 […] also: Ronin Kurosawa, ‘Publishers Explore The Metaverse’ » http://www.booksquare.com/archives/2007/06/18/2432/ […]

]]> By: Do People Read In Virtual Worlds? : Ronin Kurosawa https://booksquare.com/publishers-explore-the-metaverse/#comment-166154 Wed, 18 Jul 2007 05:18:27 +0000 http://www.booksquare.com/archives/2007/06/18/2432/#comment-166154 […] Publishers Explore the Metaverse […]

]]> By: Living in a Writer's Dream World | Booksquare https://booksquare.com/publishers-explore-the-metaverse/#comment-166068 Tue, 10 Jul 2007 15:31:16 +0000 http://www.booksquare.com/archives/2007/06/18/2432/#comment-166068 […] bookstores, travel at will, and never read to a room filled with empty chairs? It’s called Second Life, and it’s proving to be a valuable marketing tool for the authors who’ve begun […]

]]> By: Brian Guerin https://booksquare.com/publishers-explore-the-metaverse/#comment-165968 Sat, 23 Jun 2007 12:31:40 +0000 http://www.booksquare.com/archives/2007/06/18/2432/#comment-165968 So does this mean that serious companies will be looking to hire “marketing” staff to work in Second Life? Where do I sign up for that?

]]> By: David Thayer https://booksquare.com/publishers-explore-the-metaverse/#comment-165941 Tue, 19 Jun 2007 21:08:20 +0000 http://www.booksquare.com/archives/2007/06/18/2432/#comment-165941 Bravura job explaining the SL to the uniniated ( me). On the one hand I feel excited about this on the other it’s a bit like knowing that you can jump really high on the moon. So you can use the Neil Armstrong argument when asking for a higher per diem.

]]> By: Ronin Kurosawa https://booksquare.com/publishers-explore-the-metaverse/#comment-165940 Tue, 19 Jun 2007 14:23:36 +0000 http://www.booksquare.com/archives/2007/06/18/2432/#comment-165940 Thank you Lorra. I appreciate your support on the per diem.

If your mind is boggled now, just wait for part II of this story.

]]> By: Lorra Laven https://booksquare.com/publishers-explore-the-metaverse/#comment-165939 Tue, 19 Jun 2007 01:19:27 +0000 http://www.booksquare.com/archives/2007/06/18/2432/#comment-165939 Whoa! When I read something like this (It’s very well written, by the way. I’d campaign for a bigger per diem if I were you.), I feel I’ve stumbled across an alternate universe. The concept is so creative and open ended, it truly boggles the mind.

Any business that doesn’t stay abreast of the internet and the virtual world is going to be majorly SOL if you ask me. Which brings me to the question handed down through the ages: Are any of us really smarter than a fifth-grader?

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