Would an e-book that included some video bits make you more likely to buy the book? Well, Avon (the book publisher, not the cosmetics firm) has released Lady Amelia’s Secret Lover, “a historical romance novel with a decidedly modern bent”. Plus, “as you read this e-book, author Victoria Alexander will pop up onscreen [sic] at various points in the novel to talk candidly about the plot’s turning points and her vivid characters. This multimedia experience will draw you into the novel with words and insights directly from the famed romance author!” I’m intrigued enough to have spent the $3.99 (actually a reasonable price for an e-book!) had it been more my style (Horror, SciFi, maybe even Fantasy). Sounds interesting though.
Michael Sauers is currently the Director of Technology for Do Space in Omaha, NE. Michael has been training librarians in technology for the past twenty years and has also been a public library trustee, a bookstore manager for a library friends group, a reference librarian, serials cataloger, technology consultant, and bookseller since earning his MLS in 1995 from the University at Albany’s School of Information Science and Policy. Michael has also written dozens of articles for various journals and magazines and his fourteenth book, Emerging Technologies: A Primer for Librarians (w/ Jennifer Koerber) was published in May 2015 and more books are on the way. In his spare time he blogs at travelinlibrarian.info, runs The Collector’s Guide to Dean Koontz Web site, takes many, many photos, and typically reads more than 100 books a year.
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One Reply to “Would you like some video with that ebook?”
While I think it is a good idea to do something with e-books that makes them more than a text-rip of a physical book (there is a disconnect between form and function) I’m not convinced that this is it. Commentary like this is exactly the kind of pap that 99% of people now ignore on DVD’s. Personally I was sad to see hypertext books fail as I thought that was a better use of the medium.
While I think it is a good idea to do something with e-books that makes them more than a text-rip of a physical book (there is a disconnect between form and function) I’m not convinced that this is it. Commentary like this is exactly the kind of pap that 99% of people now ignore on DVD’s. Personally I was sad to see hypertext books fail as I thought that was a better use of the medium.