QuotationsBook.com Launches At Future Of Web Apps - Debut Of A Pioneering Social Content Site

Quotations Book is a unique social site which has knowledge, wisdom and simplicity as its focus. The site allows people to find, share, add and embed quotations - one of the most common currencies in writing and speech. It will launch today in London, at the Future of Web Apps, one of the foremost industry conferences.

(PRWEB) February 20, 2007 -- Quotations Book has a breathtakingly simple purpose - to find, bookmark, add and share quotations. Without knowing it, we all use quotations very often, and they're the most common currency in writing or speech. Whether you are talking and making a point, or drafting an article or blog entry, quotations help to illustrate, rejuvenate, focus and exemplify.

Quotations Book remains a world-first use of quotations within classic books under an open license. One such venture is Project Gutenberg, which is a collection of over 19,000 books typed by thousands of volunteers. Quotations Book has matched classic quotations into the books at Project Gutenberg, enabling anyone to view the quote in the ACTUAL context of the book itself.

The initial corpus of Quotations Book is over 35,000 quotations. Three different worlds have been bridged - quotations, classical literature and contextual richness. People can also take quotations away, and embed them into any web page, including blog posts. This feature is called "embedding a quote". The site plans many content partnerships, and is currently building an API to facilitate mashups and collaborations. Some of the site's inspiration is drawn from the pioneering crop of rich content systems, including FlickR.

The best way to explore the site and its multitude of the world's greatest men and women is to register an account. This treasure chest of words will help focus, motivate and expose the wisdom of ages. The site's stated mission is to record and expose the delicacy of the written word - in books, journals, speeches or blogs. You can help by adding your most treasured quotes - a feature that should be up in the next week.

Quotations Book will be opening formally on the first day at futureofwebapps.com, one of the industry's most prestigious and important conferences, held in London.

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