Unotchit

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posted: Jun 29th, 2006
under: writing

What is it you may ask? Unotchit ( pronounced “You-No-Touch-It”) is a device designed for authors to sign books long distance. Yep, you read correctly, the book gets signed long distance.

The idea is that the author can reach remote areas that he/she may not usually be able to reach this way.

According to their website, here is what Unotchit will be able to do (after they finish adding some bells and whistles to it that is):

Enable a reader in a bookstore to make a dedication request, in the course of a conversation with the writer via two-way screen (you can see them, they can see you).
Allow the writer – from a distance (in another city, in another country, in the writer’s home, in the publisher’s office) to write the dedication on a tablet.
Allow both writer and reader to view the dedication for spelling errors, etc.
Write the dedication on an actual book, with a real pen using real ink.

I’m not really sure what to make of this just yet. I like the idea of getting to see my favorite author in person (or celeb in general if something like this should branch out to that too), but what if I couldn’t get to a signing? Would this be a happy substitute? I’m not so sure. I guess I’d have to see it in action to decide…

What about you? Would seeing them on screen and getting your signature like this be a happy alternative to you?

tagged: unotchit, writing