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Originally Posted by vivaldirules
I am glad to hear that you've actually looked at the product and I'm now more interested in checking it out. Can you tell us more? You've mentioned the clips at the end of sections. Is there more, too?
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I think their press release has acted against them/the product (Ijust tried to see it again thru the link on your comment, but timed out - What was this comment about reading being archaic?)
This (the 3d book) doesn't appear to "compete" with ereaders. There was something in the article/press release I first saw about "increasing the writer's range of creative tools " - something like that. Thats what they've done here. I read the original White man black war in print format.
It was v good. This version (as a book) is much more about the "includes Objects In The rear View Mirror" as a full book, altho the original book is clearly seen. The writer (Moore-king) is a very very good writer about war and war themes. So you've got the writing, and you read it exactly as per normal. A section ends, you turn the page, and the visual takes over.The visual is directly related to the piece you've just read, but not in a documentary way. What you see you understand in terms of what you've just read. Thats what defines it. Its not like reading a war book, and then seeing news clips about war.
Anyway, I presume etiquette here means keep it short, which I'm not doing very well. I said the visual - its also about the sound. The piece I mentioned earlier about post traumatic syndrome has an audio track on that is shocking to the senses when taken in the context that has been defined by what you've just read. I can't forget the sound now, and the sound is tied in with the image of a drunken soldier "from a defeated army" sitting on a hill in Crete trying to explain whats happened to him. The two are totally intergratated. There are about 25 sections to the book. Some of the videos are brutal. The "page" looks like real paper, scrolls, turns, and you can bounce from page/video to page/video. You can select font. font size, and window size.
I don't think this competes with ereaders. I think it competes with other ebooks. It is a new and powerful way for a writer to "construct" a books.
My guess it will be running on ereaders fairly soon.
Its the normal ebook "structure" that this is competing with.
Sorry about the length of this.
PS I think a lot will depend on the type of writer and the type/style of writing - this particular combination works, but I don't know if you could apply this very well to many writers/books
PPS Summary : This is a new form of book/ebook (??)