Amazon integrates Video and Audio with Ebooks - Page 2

asjogren · 06-28-2010, 01:29 PM

You already KNOW how it will be used in the future. It will be used to advertise - just like DVDs of movies.

m-reader · 06-28-2010, 01:50 PM

I don't find this surprising at all. If you can't beat them (or compete with them), try to make some money out of them! At the end of the day Amazon is in the game of selling books. They can see how this goes without actually putting any money into developing their own hardware, if it takes off, then throw some money at it.
Clever.
Oh, yeah, one type of books that would really benefit from colour and some multimedia is kids books - both early years and learning books (encyclopaedias and such).

kjk · 06-28-2010, 01:54 PM

I'm curious how they are integrating this stuff into .Mobi, actually...or is it another format?

rebarnmom · 06-28-2010, 01:59 PM

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Originally Posted by m-reader

Oh, yeah, one type of books that would really benefit from colour and some multimedia is kids books - both early years and learning books (encyclopaedias and such).

Absolutely! Another great place for A/V integration! A wonderful tool this could be for children & students!

Pickering · 06-28-2010, 02:12 PM

Could be used like the special features on DVDs.

Mikewolf · 06-28-2010, 02:52 PM

This will work best for how-to's, travel books, etc.

I also think the analogy between DVD works here for "extras". I've always enjoyed the director and screenwriter voiceover options for DVD's - I like the idea of being able to get inside the author's head when they are writing certain scenes. This could be a nice way to do that.

BenLee · 06-28-2010, 04:22 PM

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Originally Posted by asjogren

You already KNOW how it will be used in the future. It will be used to advertise - just like DVDs of movies.

If they are smart, they will put ads at the end of the book. That, I wouldn't mind so much as if there to pop an ad right in the middle of a page-turner.

Plus, I see paper books with ads all the time. Not a huge deal. Usually at the end, like it ought to be.

J. Strnad · 06-28-2010, 06:22 PM

The birdsong book makes sense, but I'd have to see what they added to William Styron's Lie Down in Darkness that Styron would have wanted to include if he could've.

I was really keen on DVDs with extras when they first came out, but I quickly got over it and realized that 99 times out of 100, all I wanted was the movie. Since then, producers seem to skip extras on most movies, so apparently that concept proved to be more trouble than it was worth much of the time.

Really, I'm happy to just get the book and, if I want to know more about the author or whatever, to go the internet at home. I'm talking about fiction, here, and the stuff I usually would read in paperback. Travel books, picture books, textbooks, reference books...I can see multi-media being helpful with those.

06-28-2010, 02:12 PM	#20
Pickering Connoisseur Posts: 66 Karma: 29886 Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Colorado Springs Device: Kindle 2, Kindle 3	Agreed Could be used like the special features on DVDs.

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06-28-2010, 01:29 PM	#16
asjogren Addict Posts: 266 Karma: 1378 Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Seattle / San Carlos, Sonora, Mexico Device: Kindle & WiFi Nook & PocketBook IQ	You already KNOW how it will be used in the future. It will be used to advertise - just like DVDs of movies.

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m-reader Guru Posts: 785 Karma: 100000 Join Date: Dec 2007 Device: Sony PRS-300. PRS-650, PRS-900, iPad2, Iconia A500, Irex Iliad (sold)	I don't find this surprising at all. If you can't beat them (or compete with them), try to make some money out of them! At the end of the day Amazon is in the game of selling books. They can see how this goes without actually putting any money into developing their own hardware, if it takes off, then throw some money at it. Clever. Oh, yeah, one type of books that would really benefit from colour and some multimedia is kids books - both early years and learning books (encyclopaedias and such).

06-28-2010, 01:54 PM	#18
kjk . Posts: 3,408 Karma: 5647231 Join Date: Oct 2008 Device: never enough	I'm curious how they are integrating this stuff into .Mobi, actually...or is it another format?

06-28-2010, 02:52 PM	#21
Mikewolf Member Posts: 14 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Seattle Device: iPad	This will work best for how-to's, travel books, etc. I also think the analogy between DVD works here for "extras". I've always enjoyed the director and screenwriter voiceover options for DVD's - I like the idea of being able to get inside the author's head when they are writing certain scenes. This could be a nice way to do that.

06-28-2010, 06:22 PM	#23
J. Strnad Guru Posts: 915 Karma: 3537194 Join Date: Feb 2009 Device: Kobo, Kindle 3, Paperwhite	The birdsong book makes sense, but I'd have to see what they added to William Styron's Lie Down in Darkness that Styron would have wanted to include if he could've. I was really keen on DVDs with extras when they first came out, but I quickly got over it and realized that 99 times out of 100, all I wanted was the movie. Since then, producers seem to skip extras on most movies, so apparently that concept proved to be more trouble than it was worth much of the time. Really, I'm happy to just get the book and, if I want to know more about the author or whatever, to go the internet at home. I'm talking about fiction, here, and the stuff I usually would read in paperback. Travel books, picture books, textbooks, reference books...I can see multi-media being helpful with those.

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