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Originally Posted by BillSmithBooks
I think the issues with multi-media "books" are 1) the reading experience, 2) the technological capabilities of the device.
1) The reading experience.
In picture books (like Where the Wild Things Are) and graphic novels, the text and illustration are integrated for an immersive experience.
I have difficulty seeing how audio and video clips, etc. could be integrated into the same kind of immersive, integrated experience.
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But not all books are meant to be immersive experiences. Even with paper books, many are designed to have you stop and do something as you work through a book. And they are not a small minority of books. Think about the layout of your local large book seller. Fiction and narrative nonfiction take up only about half of the store. That other half is filled with books on music, health/diet/medicine, languages, travel, food, lots of how-to type stuff that are not meant to be consumed like a novel. But they're still books, and as more people move away from print to e-readers and tablets, these too will become more popular in ebook form. And they could benefit from multimedia content.