[nerdponx]

Aside from tongue-in-cheek projects like "translating" Moby Dick into emoji [1], did anyone really think they would become a standalone form of communication?

1: http://emojidick.com/

[emodendroket]

Wow, $200 for a bound copy of something translated by Mechanical Turk, without any preview at all to see if the content is the least bit interesting. Sounds like a wise use of money.

[mecredis]

Author of Emoji Dick here. The $200 price tag is that high because its a one-off print-on-demand of an 800 page color laser hardcover book. I would LOVE to find a way to produce these cheaper (even do another edition) but haven't had the time to get a publisher / deal / etc. together.

[emodendroket]

Sure. But why can't I preview, say, the first chapter?

[mecredis]

I never really seriously considered it. Made the book and the page before this was really all that common online. Maybe I'll A/B test it to see if it generates more sales :)

[nerdponx]

How about a digital copy for less?

[cromulen]

There's some on their kickstarter page.

[emodendroket]

Hm. That's pretty rough.

[hashkb]

Seems like a silly premise to me. Languages with troves of pictorial characters are very difficult to learn, let alone invent collectively.