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Penguin Books on the iPad

Submitted by Jason Griffey on Mon, 03/08/2010 - 13:24
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 Here’s a demo of the sorts of ebooks that Penguin is developing for the iPad. Honestly, I find this a little uninspiring…really not very innovative. Let’s hope that other publishers can really find new ways of producing and presenting content.

 

 

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not innovative?

Really?  Compared to the ebook experience on current devices?  Integrating revelant multimedia content into reference books is a heck of a lot more interesting than the glorified pdfs on the Kindle or Nook.  And this is before the product even launches.  Give the developers a couple of months to play and I’m sure even more can be done.

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Mon, 03/08/2010 - 15:32.

Well...

I suppose I’m comparing this with online media, where multimedia presentation is the norm, and not the exception (witness this very blog!). I just had hoped for a bit more vision from one of the largest publishers in the world.

Submitted by Jason Griffey on Thu, 03/11/2010 - 12:24.