There is also a lot of basic 'value added' through the platform rather than
the specific ebook.
By way of example I grew up in the Dengie Peninsula in Essex UK (in birding
terms think Bradwell Bird Observatory). With an iPad ebook of H G Wells
"War of the Worlds" I was able to, pretty much instantaneously:
- find the mentions of Tillingham (the next village West of Bradwell)
and then
- search the 'net to see what was there about Tillingham (not much, but
I do now know it hasn't changed much since I left the area in 1968).
I don't think there is a dead-tree version of the novel that allows either
of those activities.
Martin
On 29 November 2013 22:45, Richard Nowotny <>wrote:
> Anyone who thinks, as David reflects here, that i-books have zero added
> functionality (as I would have happily agreed until a few weeks ago) should
> try Googling TS Eliot’s The Waste Land for iPad to have a look at the
> future
> for us all (there is a 2½-minute promotional video showing many of its
> features). Described thus:
>
>
>
> A unique reading experience
>
> This award-winning title brings alive the most revolutionary poem of the
> last hundred years for a 21st century audience.
>
> A wealth of interactive features illuminate T.S. Eliot’s greatest work,
> including audio readings, detailed notes and expert insights.
>
> It’s a remarkable achievement and points to a whole new future for books,
> of
> which birding field-guides are clearly serious early innovators.
>
> We are all clearly in for a rich multi-media “reading” experience, in many
> forms.
>
> Richard
>
>
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From:
> On Behalf Of David Stowe
> Sent: Friday, 29 November 2013 9:23 PM
> To: Peter Shute
> Cc: Arthur & Denise;
> Subject: Re: [Birding-Aus] Video Overview: Pizzey & Knight Digital Edition
>
>
>
> Personally i can't believe the Morcombe app is so cheap especially with the
> calls. Who else spent hundreds of dollars collecting the BOCA CD set?!
>
>
>
> Also there is so much more development work/cost that goes into an app
> compared to the printed book. You can't honestly compare a novel with this
> app? There is zero added functionality to a novel -essentially its simply a
> "scan" of the printed version.
>
>
>
> Go and buy an ebook from CSIRO publishing for another example - ones i have
> looked at were the same cost as the printed book without any added
> functionality and no printing cost.
>
>
>
> Cheers,
>
> David Stowe
>
>
>
>
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