Comments on: One-Word Explanation of Why Enhanced E-Books Won’t Work http://ereads.com/2010/07/one-word-explanation-of-why-enhanced-e-books-wont-work.html Read the latest publishing news and provocative blogs by top commentators in the traditional and digital publishing fields. Mon, 21 May 2012 03:15:10 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Marva Aspenlieter http://ereads.com/2010/07/one-word-explanation-of-why-enhanced-e-books-wont-work.html/comment-page-1#comment-2413 Marva Aspenlieter Mon, 27 Sep 2010 02:46:47 +0000 http://ereads.com/?p=7635#comment-2413 I love the concept of enhanced audiobooks. I just bought an ipad and I went searching for a book to help me quit-smoking and also a book to help me not gain weight. I found this enhanced ebook, that had a hypnotic audio file for not gaining weight when quitting smoking and subliminal and hypnotic files for quitting smoking. I was able to get all my needs met in one book.. The Nic-The Habit Enhanced Version ebook. http://itunes.apple.com/us/book/nic-habit-enhanced-version/id393046783?mt=11 I love the concept of enhanced audiobooks. I just bought an ipad and I went searching for a book to help me quit-smoking and also a book to help me not gain weight. I found this enhanced ebook, that had a hypnotic audio file for not gaining weight when quitting smoking and subliminal and hypnotic files for quitting smoking. I was able to get all my needs met in one book.. The Nic-The Habit Enhanced Version ebook.

http://itunes.apple.com/us/book/nic-habit-enhanced-version/id393046783?mt=11

]]> By: J. Fred MacDonald http://ereads.com/2010/07/one-word-explanation-of-why-enhanced-e-books-wont-work.html/comment-page-1#comment-1922 J. Fred MacDonald Thu, 29 Jul 2010 15:56:24 +0000 http://ereads.com/?p=7635#comment-1922 Clearly, the publishing industry doesn't know what the film-making industry well understands: licensing film footage is not impossible. If it were, we'd have no History Channel or Biography Channel, and Ken Burns would be in another line of work. If you want to see what the enhance e-book future will look like, check out my website which has eight enhanced e-books plus other attractions: www.jfredmacdonald.com One difference, everything here is FREE OF CHANGE to read, view, and download. Clearly, the publishing industry doesn’t know what the film-making industry well understands: licensing film footage is not impossible. If it were, we’d have no History Channel or Biography Channel, and Ken Burns would be in another line of work.
If you want to see what the enhance e-book future will look like, check out my website which has eight enhanced e-books plus other attractions: http://www.jfredmacdonald.com One difference, everything here is FREE OF CHANGE to read, view, and download.

]]> By: Jason Block http://ereads.com/2010/07/one-word-explanation-of-why-enhanced-e-books-wont-work.html/comment-page-1#comment-1866 Jason Block Sun, 25 Jul 2010 00:42:43 +0000 http://ereads.com/?p=7635#comment-1866 Movies are efforts that involve multiple media and artists proficient in those media. The way the expense is handled is through the generous application of capital. If 'enhanced ebooks' become something consumers want (and that remains to be seen, they were never really interested in cd-roms) then studios (media companies) will create and market multimedia products called 'books'. As you imply, it's not so much a question of outsourcing, but of collaborative effort, with the author or editor acting as coordinator. Movies are efforts that involve multiple media and artists proficient in those media. The way the expense is handled is through the generous application of capital. If ‘enhanced ebooks’ become something consumers want (and that remains to be seen, they were never really interested in cd-roms) then studios (media companies) will create and market multimedia products called ‘books’. As you imply, it’s not so much a question of outsourcing, but of collaborative effort, with the author or editor acting as coordinator.

]]> By: Scott Nicholson http://ereads.com/2010/07/one-word-explanation-of-why-enhanced-e-books-wont-work.html/comment-page-1#comment-1826 Scott Nicholson Mon, 19 Jul 2010 14:08:14 +0000 http://ereads.com/?p=7635#comment-1826 Absolutely agree--all the more reason for creators to hold onto their rights and build their own partnerships. Get two lawyers or two agents involved and everything gets a magnitude of order harder. An author who isn't finding video, audio, and programming partners (as well as translating partners) will find themselves as far behind as the modern publishing industry now is. Scott Nicholson http://www.hauntedcomputer.com Absolutely agree–all the more reason for creators to hold onto their rights and build their own partnerships. Get two lawyers or two agents involved and everything gets a magnitude of order harder.

An author who isn’t finding video, audio, and programming partners (as well as translating partners) will find themselves as far behind as the modern publishing industry now is.

Scott Nicholson
http://www.hauntedcomputer.com

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