txtr’s vision on the use of digital books and documents

Electronic media and permanent networking have changed the way we handle texts. Reading on a screen is a multitasking experience; reading is a state of alert abstraction. Thus the time has come for a digital device that transports the reader to the leisure of a secluded reading room and the fulfilling reading experience of a classical book.

Sophisticated users intuitively prefer the expert solution to the all-round device. They know that a perfect tool only has to serve one purpose, but with absolute precision. The same thing is true when it comes to reading good texts. A state-of-the-art reading device enables you to read often, intensively and for sustained periods – both at home and while travelling.

A technical device serves its purpose best when it is simple and easy to use. It does exactly what it is told to do. It provides the reader with data such as e-books, irrespective of time and place. The good design and effective user guidance allow all of these functions to take place imperceptibly and reliably in the background.

The more you read, the larger and more extensive your own library becomes. Smart technology makes complex databases easy to manage. An organisational structure gets you where you need to go with just two clicks and makes it easier to have direct access to all of the works in your own library – whenever and wherever you are. And you can extend your library with mobile technology at any time.

The act of reading has always included the interchange with that which is read. The digital world combines dialogic culture technology with the participative spirit of the internet. It creates new forms of reading circles and collaborative text work: more intensive reading that only emerges through the close association between reading device, reading matter and reader.

The internet is the greatest and most productive laboratory for new business models, products and services. Open standards, codes and interfaces are also going to change isolated, proprietary systems. Respect, openness and participation are the keys to prosperous cooperation in the literate society of tomorrow.

We invite you to read our manifesto. (Sorry, currently only available in German)