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Originally Posted by Lemurion
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.
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.
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As a genre reader I would LOVE to have interactive maps, access to songs (M. Lackey was a great example!) and of course some (not all) photos. I would
love to see the author's rendition of Abomination from Monster Hunter International!
But to be honest...I would accept just having the map somewhere easy to locate in an ebook at this point. *grumbles*
I can see why you would prefer a text interview...but the people in this particular book had some very unusual solutions that do well with vocal explanations. Some of this information just works well in that verbal aspect. One of the architects in the book, Sergio Palleroni, is so innovative that students fight like cats and dogs to get into his internship programs. They have done great interviews of him and his students at work-sites. The video interviews were fabulous - inter sped with diagrammed explanations and physical examples - I would squee with excitement if I had additional access to this world that is almost impossible for me to join.
Sometimes I read because it's the only access I have.