Books in browsers…what next?

Anna Lewis@valobox @anna_cn

Our aim

To make accessing any part of a book as easy as accessing a web page.

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What next…3 levels of integration

1. Using links2. On the page3. Behind the scenes

1: Using links

2: On the page (embed)

Content on host webpage

Some interesting and insightful comments on the book.

2: On the page (API)

Table of contents

Chapter 1Chapter 2Chapter 3…

Chapter comment stream

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Client-side API

3: Behind the scenes (API)

Publisher Website

User data

Subscription system

ValoBox

Content delivery

Server-side API

User permissio

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Anna Lewis Oliver Brooks

@valobox @anna_cn