Megan Hoogenboom: You and the Book

By haroldkonickx, February 25, 2014 at 4:54 pm.

Megan Hoogenboom (Rotterdam) is a graphic designer who explores the possibilities of digital reading, using the ePub format. In this interview Megan gives us her view on the challenges and possibilities of ePub. Megan wil be one of the guests of our upcoming conference.

You and the book; some thoughts on the practice and future of ePub from network cultures on Vimeo.

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