Date: Thu, 06 Jan 2005 13:15:14 -0500
From: "Michael Walsh" <MJW at press.jhu.edu>
To: <WSFAlist at WSFA.org>
Subject: [WSFA] Is it real? Or Memorex?
Reply-To: WSFA members <WSFAlist at WSFA.org>

>From a publshing email newsletter I receive:

Margaret Atwood "has invented a prototype remote
autographing device that has the potential to
revolutionize book signings." Still in development,
the idea is that there is a screen "where the
author can see and speak to the book reader in
real-time, and a tablet on which the author will
write the inscription. The second unit will be with
the book reader, and will also include a screen to
communicate with the author in real-time, and will
have a flat book holder as well as an electronic
arm and pen that will scrawl out the autograph.

"The system will allow the inscription to be edited
or spell-checked before being committed to paper
and the quality of the signature should be
identical to one done in person, Atwood says. The
book reader will also be able to keep a record of
the on-screen interaction with the author for
posterity."
Globe and Mail
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