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WillAdams · 01-18-2011, 10:55 AM

The most striking electronic ``book'' I've ever seen was the Corbis _Leonardo da Vinci_ multimedia CD-ROM --- a presentation of the Codex Leicester which Bill Gates had purchased at auction and other materials:

http://www.businessweek.com/1996/49/b350428.htm

Things like the Periodic Table of Elements app for the iPad are blurring the distinction between book and app --- it'll be interesting to see other things like to that.

Similarly, the website for the book _Bembo's Zoo_ is much cooler (if you have Flash) than the printed version:

http://www.bemboszoo.com/Bembo.swf

William

01-18-2011, 10:55 AM	#8
WillAdams Wizard Posts: 1,258 Karma: 3439432 Join Date: Feb 2008 Device: Amazon Kindle Paperwhite (300ppi), Samsung Galaxy Book 12	The most striking electronic ``book'' I've ever seen was the Corbis _Leonardo da Vinci_ multimedia CD-ROM --- a presentation of the Codex Leicester which Bill Gates had purchased at auction and other materials: http://www.businessweek.com/1996/49/b350428.htm Things like the Periodic Table of Elements app for the iPad are blurring the distinction between book and app --- it'll be interesting to see other things like to that. Similarly, the website for the book _Bembo's Zoo_ is much cooler (if you have Flash) than the printed version: http://www.bemboszoo.com/Bembo.swf William