From Paul Constant Stranger Blog: Fast Company has reviewed a kids' book for the iPad called The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morris Lessmore. It's created by former designer for Pixar named William Joyce, and the trailer is fantastic. The review allays some of my fears about the book. Especially this sentence: "...the interface design is so subtle it wasn't until I was about six pages in that I realized that every page of the app has some delightful feature embedded into it that you have to find for yourself." This is a problem we're going to have to confront sooner or later: Designers shouldn't make an e-book too much like a movie or a TV show, but they should clearly have a reason to make the e-book a digital experience. And an ideal e-book will warrant many re-readings; with a digital canvas, the story should be able to stretch and contract as much as a reader wants. This looks like a solid first step.
http://www.fastcodesign.com/1664419/an-ex-pixar-designer-creates-astounding-kids-book-on-ipad
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