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Old 02-28-2014, 09:56 AM   #1
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interactive ebook cover
I'm not sure what to make of this. Atavist Books (which is a new publisher, as I understand it) is publishing a novella by Karen Russell (Swamplandia!) and the cover design, by Chip Kidd (the most famous cover designer working today), is said to be "interactive."

Story here:
http://shelf-life.ew.com/2014/02/27/...onation-cover/

And demo here:
https://atavistbooks.creatavist.com/...-cover-preview

It's cool that they are doing something new, but 1. The animation looks pretty primitive and 2. Who is going to SUPPORT this? The article doesn't address this at all. If you buy the book from Amazon, Apple, etc., are you ever going to see and interact with this interactive cover? And how?

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Old 02-28-2014, 10:09 AM   #2
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I really don't see the point, I'd rather read a book than spend time poking at the cover but erm if that's what they want to do then...
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Old 02-28-2014, 03:42 PM   #3
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I really don't see the point, I'd rather read a book than spend time poking at the cover but erm if that's what they want to do then...
Yeah, I feel the same.

Seemed like an all around waste of time to me. It didn't make me want to read the book, or even know what it's about.
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Old 03-01-2014, 03:05 AM   #4
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Another "just because we can" idiocy.
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Old 03-01-2014, 02:45 PM   #5
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Seems like just the ebook equivalent of the idea of printing a holographic picture of some sort onto the (dust) cover of a paper book.
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Yeah, I don't get it either. Leave the interactive idea for children's novels instead where it matters more.
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