Books Can Come Alive!
Have you ever watched a Harry Potter movie and marveled at the notion of illustrated pages in books talking to the reader, showing replays of events, setting moods, winking slyly, whispering secrets? If content (like a book) is being read on a computer, we can do that today! It's only left to us to put such books together so that they play on a screen.
And so, given that virtually all Smart Phones and eTablets and eBook reader units are really just computers, the eBook content delivery technology has the power to bring phenomenally enriched reading experiences to you and me.
Enter the "Enhanced" or "Hybrid" eBook--a multimedia phenomenon with (hopefully) all the literary appeal of the written word, and added to that whatever might add an extra dimension. And right this minute, a number of content delivery companies are gearing up to make it mainstream.
There will be those who fear the 3-ring-circus nature of spooks flying across the page and flames consuming the lurid sections of the story will distract from the art of writing to generate such images inside the head. And I'm one of them--definitely the great bulk of writers (let's call this crowd "enhancers") won't be able to draw the line at tasteful understatement. So many books already can't do that, and that's without the full motion video.
But it depends on how it's done. If an icon or drawing is acceptable to usher in a mood here and there, then so is one that can shift and move. It's all in the art with which the new capabilities are applied.
It's coming. Turn to Chapter Three please, which begins with the third siren sister giving you a wink.
For now I'm still old school--my own novel ARCHANGEL still relies on deft use of the language to elicit the reader's interest, engagement and emotion. I still believe that characters themselves steer the story, and the author simply does his or her best to render those characters as they really speak and move.
And so, given that virtually all Smart Phones and eTablets and eBook reader units are really just computers, the eBook content delivery technology has the power to bring phenomenally enriched reading experiences to you and me.
Enter the "Enhanced" or "Hybrid" eBook--a multimedia phenomenon with (hopefully) all the literary appeal of the written word, and added to that whatever might add an extra dimension. And right this minute, a number of content delivery companies are gearing up to make it mainstream.
There will be those who fear the 3-ring-circus nature of spooks flying across the page and flames consuming the lurid sections of the story will distract from the art of writing to generate such images inside the head. And I'm one of them--definitely the great bulk of writers (let's call this crowd "enhancers") won't be able to draw the line at tasteful understatement. So many books already can't do that, and that's without the full motion video.
But it depends on how it's done. If an icon or drawing is acceptable to usher in a mood here and there, then so is one that can shift and move. It's all in the art with which the new capabilities are applied.
It's coming. Turn to Chapter Three please, which begins with the third siren sister giving you a wink.
For now I'm still old school--my own novel ARCHANGEL still relies on deft use of the language to elicit the reader's interest, engagement and emotion. I still believe that characters themselves steer the story, and the author simply does his or her best to render those characters as they really speak and move.
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Jun 10, 2011 07:48AM
it.s a kid.s farce not a kubrick vision.try some adult fiction, perhaps peter pan for starters?if you understood why there was an everyman library perhaps we could make a start.
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Jonathan wrote: "it.s a kid.s farce not a kubrick vision.try some adult fiction, perhaps peter pan for starters?if you understood why there was an everyman library perhaps we could make a start."It's an interesting vision, Jonathan. For that matter, do you understand why there are everyman aircraft? Try stretching the concepts just a little (and watch that punctuation while doing). Then perhaps come ask me if I care to "make a start" with you when those two are mastered. I'll give it some serious thought.
