[stylist] Here it is - FW: MacGuffin - a new platform for writers and readers

[Pagan Tree]

Okay, I do not tweet so am not sure of the connection she is rferring to. I
am wondering what the point of doing this is though, for the
administrators, if there is no monetary gain. Same thing with twitter I
think. How do they make it viable? Or am I just living in the past? All
this technological stuff confuses the heck out of me. I think my last life
was easier. ;)
Eve

On Sat, Apr 25, 2015 at 3:08 PM, Robert Newman via stylist <
stylist at nfbnet.org> wrote:

> Some of us have been talking about this new service: Here is what was sent
> into several of the NFB lists:
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> From: Sam Clark [mailto:sam at macguffin.io]
> Sent: Friday, April 24, 2015 6:16 AM
> To: newmanrl at cox.net
> Subject: MacGuffin - a new platform for writers and readers
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> Dear Robert
>
> I’m contacting you from Comma Press, a non-profit independent publisher
> specialising in short fiction.
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> We’re building a self-publishing platform for fiction and poetry. We hope
> it’s going to be useful for blind and visually impaired readers and
> writers, as all content will be available in text and audio form.
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> We’re just about to release a beta version, to give people an opportunity
> to try MacGuffin out and help improve it before we launch. We would really
> like to invite some blind and partially sighted readers and writers to tell
> us what they think.
>
> I’d be really grateful if you could share the information below with
> members of the writers division.
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> If you would like to ask any questions about MacGuffin, the beta version,
> or would like to give feedback, you can talk to Jim on 07891582529.
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> Comma Press, an independent publisher, specialising in short fiction and
> poetry are building a self-publishing platform:
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> MacGuffin hosts fiction and poetry in text and audio form. Authors upload
> their text along with an mp3 reading (no specialist equipment needed, you
> can record on smartphone!); end-users can read or stream audio, and toggle
> between the two.
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> MacGuffin uses Twitter-style hash-tagging: any end-user can tag anyone
> else's work to describe the content, contribute to a meme or add it to a
> reading list.
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> Examples:
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> *       I want to share my work-in-progress with my writers’ group. I
> upload a story, tag it with the name of the group (#mcrscifiwriters), and
> it’s there for everyone to find
> *        I’ve written a short story and want to target it at readers who
> will get my work. I tag it #slipstream #surreal #absurd #shortstory
> #newweird.
> *       I tag someone else’s poem #sundaysonnets to add it to a meme.
> *       I tag someone else’s story #samsfavouritelyricalstories to add it
> to a personal reading list.
> *       I'm writing an essay on representations of nature in contemporary
> poetry. I search #poem #nature #seasons #snow #sun to find a range of poems
> with thematic relevance.
> *       I'm a crime fiction fan with a 15-minute bus ride. I search #crime
> #15minutelisten to find a story to suit my journey.
> *       I run a spoken-word night - I upload samples of recent
> performances tagged with the name of my event.
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> MacGuffin will be free to use (it's a non-profit venture), and available
> as a website, and an app on iOS and Android.
>
> As all the work on MacGuffin is in text and audio form we particularly
> hope that it will be of interest to blind and visually impaired readers and
> writers, and would love to know what you think.
>
> It's released as an invitational beta at the end of April. If you'd like
> to have a play on it, please email sam at macguffin.io <mailto:
> sam at macguffin.io> . More info at www.macguffin.io <
> http://www.macguffin.io/> .
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> Many thanks,
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> Samantha Clark
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> Content Development
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>  <http://macguffin.io/>
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> macguffin.io <http://macguffin.io/>
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> @TheMacGuffin <https://twitter.com/TheMacGuffin>
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> The MacGuffin Blog <http://macguffinblog.com/about/>
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> MacGuffin is a digital R&D collaboration between Comma Press (lead
> partner), fffunction.co and The Manchester Metropolitan University.
> MacGuffin is supported by the Digital R <
> http://www.nesta.org.uk/project/digital-rd-fund-arts> &D Fund for the
> Arts.
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> Comma Press is a Company Limited By Guarantee (run on a not-for-profit
> basis), Company Number 6390368.
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