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OK, I thought another one, this is rather not really fantasy, but something old and creative but not catching up much attension in the e-reading community:

If anyone would ask me what is my best e-reading experience ever, and they will be suprised to find out that I did not gain my best e-reading experience on e-ink reader or tablet (eventhough I like them the most for daily reading), but rather from a half decade old gaming device --- my old PSP, from "reading" (or you may say playing) CLANNAD (I beat every ending include everything in the after story part). Those who have "read" this before or similar (like AIR) should know easily what I am talking about. They are called AVG (adventure games) in the gaming community, in reading community, they can be referred as "visual novels". They are books and scripts, with full of graphics, attractive background musics, dubbed with human voices, mutiple endings and so much more...

For future of e reading, I think it shouldn't be just books with texts, but can also be extened to "play" AVG games, and I think e reader makers should reach out to those successful AVG game makers (I think there are handful in Japan, but probaly not in North America, I haven't seen many successful AVG/visual novels produced by North American makers yet), and let them constantly publish their AVG works on their reading devices. Currently, only tablets can handle those visual novels, but in future, with colored e-ink or similar reading screen becomes matured, and with sound features added, we shall expect to "play"/"read" epic AVGs on dedicated e-readers as well.

Hopefully one day, we can enjoy our novel reading experiences in such exciting way...