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Originally Posted by Catlady
I'm thinking of audio or video enhancements to nonfiction as being pretty much in the same category as other supporting material that we have now, whether it's illustrations and photos, descriptive footnotes, appendices, etc.--material that is not strictly necessary, but useful to refer to if the reader so desires.
If an appendix now might include the full text of a speech, why wouldn't it be a good idea to also have an audio clip of that speech as it was delivered at the time (not some actor offering a rendition--the real deal if it was recorded).
If one is reading a book on film, wouldn't it be useful to be able to see a clip of a scene being analyzed, rather than just a handful of stills of the scene, as might be included now?
I think there's a lot of potential for enhancements being gimmicky and stupid, but they could also be very useful if included in the right way.
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I don't disagree.
It seems that the average professional author takes about a year to write a book. Would the added time be worth it you or I or the author (in terms of increased income)? Would the public be willing to pay 2-10 times the price?
An unknown or little author would not be able to spend the time and money to do this right IMO.
I think if it was easy or inexpensive everyone would be doing it.
It is not cheap to make a video clip that is going to be an actual enhancement and if you buy a stock bit of video who is that going to impress?
It all looks easy until you try and do it.
Helen