It seems to me that the ebook equivalent of the coffee table book is the book which can't be done as a typical ebook format (.epub, .mobi, &c.) and which demands being done as a stand-alone app or in some other, freer format.
Here're my candidates for such:
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http://bemboszoo.com/ --- requires Flash --- mute speakers if animal noises aren't appropriate
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http://aleph0.clarku.edu/~djoyce/jav.../elements.html --- Euclid's Elements, Joyce's Java version
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http://www.atpm.com/4.06/page13.shtml --- I really wish this were still workable and available --- the codex viewer was way cool
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http://periodictable.com/ipad/
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http://motionmountain.net/ --- free physics textbook as a .pdf w/ animation
(from the thread:
https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sho...08#post3045008 )
Add:
- Living Books, now published as:
http://wanderfulstorybooks.com/
What others are there?