When a Book is Not a Book

An ex-pixar designer recently published a really cool app on the iPad: The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morris Lessmore

http://www.fastcodesign.com/1664419/all-star-pixar-animator-creates-astounding-kids-book-on-ipad

Notice that I didn’t call this a book. That is because the application is actually an interactive representation of the award-winning short movie he created. It’s not a “book” per say. Of course it tells a story and it’s been formatted for the iPad but it is clearly not a book in...