> Animations do not exist in paper books…
Actually animations do exist in paper books, known as Flip Books and they have a rather colourfull history.
Flip Books - Museum of the History of Science:
http://www.mhs.ox.ac.uk/exhibits/fan...n-toys/kinora/
History:
http://www.flipbook.info/history.php
> Also they are really annoying…
Isn't that a matter of opinion?
Ideally if your reader supports animated GIF's there sould be an option to just show the 1st frame (or pause on any frame you like), to display it as a static illustration, so that it dosen't "annoy you".
But enough about that, is it only available in epud 3?