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Originally Posted by Sarmat89
There are books and books. The English editions of The Lord of the Rings, for example, include copious author's reference materials and a third-party index. The properly applied e-book metadata and new technologies would allow that and even more for any book, at minimal cost.
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Don't need "new technologies" to allow for indexes and linked-in reference materials. That ability is already there--in epub AND Kindlebooks. No evolution necessary. But they have nothing to do with the interactive, multi-media experience the OP is championing to encourage people to who don't want (or don't like) to read to "read." I'd like footnotes to work more seamlessly, myself. One doesn't need to alter the notion of "book" to make that happen.
And there is no such thing as "properly applied" ebook metadata. Never has been; never will be. It's a pipe dream.