A CONVERSATION WITH BOB STEIN

tively by designers and producers for layouts. We are now in a more advanced web era, and are familiar with what multi-modal documents mean. Sophie’s importance, compared to its predecessors, is its network context; its documents are not only multi-layered but rich social experiences where readers occupy the page together and work together.

You have previously work with Sophie in terms of and online community book, because people could continuously ass to the content. Is that correct?

Yes, people can add content in the margins. I believe that books are going to continue to evolve. If the author and readers remain actively involved, then the actual content will grow over time.

Why did you make Sophie an open source programme?

The Mellon Foundation, which funded Sophie, insisted on open source, so it could be accessed by