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Are Enhanced eBooks Actually Readable?

First Posted: 10/20/10 01:44 PM ET Updated: 05/25/11 07:05 PM ET

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publishingperspectives.com:

The idea is that you can "read, watch, and listen to an e-book at the the same time," in the parlance of Penguin's marketing materials in support of their "amplified" e-books, which have included classics and backlist bestsellers, such as Ken Follett's "The Pillars of the Earth."

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The idea is that you can "read, watch, and listen to an e-book at the the same time," in the parlance of Penguin's marketing materials in support of their "amplified" e-books, which have included clas...
The idea is that you can "read, watch, and listen to an e-book at the the same time," in the parlance of Penguin's marketing materials in support of their "amplified" e-books, which have included clas...
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Stirner
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01:40 PM on 10/21/2010
Developing new technology seems to be based upon the thought that "If it can be done, then it should be done". Unhappily this is not always a good thing to apply without qualification. The first question should be "do we need to do this which we can do?". I have enough buttons on my T.V. controller , my cell phone, my dishwasher, my stove, etc., etc., to exhaust me in figuring out what does what. I'll pass on the "amplified ebook" and settle for a simple Kindle. Apologies to Steve Jobs and others devoted to the further advance of more gadgetry for more people.
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Pam Herman
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03:23 AM on 10/21/2010
All I need is a good story. Epublishers can keep their audio and video distractions.
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kdlaiusa
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12:51 AM on 10/21/2010
Let's keep things simple but not digital. Books are books, you need to hold it, read it and turn the pages.
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10:30 PM on 10/21/2010
I need that? Really? Thanks for telling me. I had it all wrong.
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Fabini
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07:39 PM on 10/20/2010
As described in the article, enhanced ebooks are television. We know how good television is.
Folks, let's just read and leave it at that.
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11:58 PM on 10/20/2010
There are actually a lot of really great television shows on right now, mostly on cable. But I agree, these enhanced ebooks are a waste of time.
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