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It's surprising more book publishers are not following Rough Guide's lead
By Stewart McKie
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October 30, 2009 03:15 PM EDT
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Embedding tags in books is probably the most obvious way to connect print content with online content so it's surprising more book publishers are not following Rough Guide's lead.

Their new coffee table book, Earthbound: a Rough Guide to the World in Pictures is tag-enabled.

Each image in the book is linked to a QR Code that resolves to a Google map of the location for more context-specific

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Stewart McKie has 25 years of IT industry experience. His education includes a MSc in Organization Consulting and a MA in Screenwriting. He was the Technology Editor of Business Finance magazine during 1995-2000 and also wrote regular features for Intelligent Enterprise magazine. He is the author of six books on accounting software and over 50 technology white papers. His current focus is his mobile tagging web app Vizitag.com and his scenewriting web app Scenewrite.com and 3D Accounting.

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