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Originally Posted by anamardoll
@Lemurion,
MY GOD INTERACTIVE MAPS. YES. I am so tired of having to flip back to page 1 to squint at some tiny map that the author had to squeeze onto one page to fit. Fantasy and Scifi could SERIOUSLY benefit from interactive maps. As well as map-videos that show the journey that occurred between the Chapter 4 / Chapter 5 jump.
If there's a "text only" version of these books also available for download, backwards compatibility shouldn't be an issue, I don't think.  |
I was thinking of maps that showed the progression of battles - and the terrain. I think it would be a great way to show the reader how things happened.
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Originally Posted by MrsJoseph
Music and video may not work in fiction and genre fiction books but I would love to have those options in some of my non-fiction and specialty books. Some great examples (for me):
The Complete Beatles Recording Sessions: The Official Story of the Abbey Road Years 1962-1970 - This book could never be an effective ebook for me without some type of multimedia. There is a lot of text but there is also a wealth of photos. This book could be enhanced greatly with additional audio from studio time, interviews, etc.
Design Like You Give a Damn: Architectural Responses to Humanitarian Crises - Yet another book that would be horrible as an ebook without multimedia additions. Architect interviews would be a great addition to this book, along with site videos, elevations, and [of course] color photo.
I think that when you guys think that ebooks don't need innovation - most of you are speaking of novels and non-fiction books that deal with 99.99% text only (maybe a couple of diagrams tossed in for good measure). |
I can certainly see the benefits to audio-visual material in non-fiction. It makes a lot of sense for a book about the Beatles to include both recordings and concert footage.
For the architectural book - I'd love the illustrations, and three dimensional models - but to be honest I'd get a lot more from interviews in text form than in either straight audio or audio-visual form.
But even where I do see the benefit, the fact remains that one of the reasons I read things is because I don't want to listen or watch. For me, turning what I want into what I don't want isn't innovation.