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I don't think I would mind as long as I could turn the extra features off, but I would not like it on the iPod Touch environment because I don't want to make each book its own app. I would rather have an ebook reader app (like eReader) where I can load in multiple files. I have over 500 books on my Sony reader and that many 'apps' would not fit on the iPod. I think it is inefficient.
I did look some stuff up in Wikipedia recently when I was reading Sherlock Holmes stuff. I don't normally use a dictionary when I read in English, but I can see how one who reads classics might have a need. For example, if you were a younger reader who did not know what a telegram was since that is not a technology really in use anymore, you may need to look that up. I had to look up 'hansom' and 'brougham.' I got that they were both kinds of carriages, but I wasn't sure what the difference was (and the pronunciation of 'brougham' was not at all what I thought it was). I think I am a fairly educated reader (my university degree is in Literature and I read a lot, so I think I am fairly well-read, but with the classics some extra background can be helpful sometimes.
Still, every book as an app would not work for me. They would need to change it so it's more like the eReader app where you have ONE app and you can get many files to use WITH it.
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