e-books: the next generation interactives and beyond

E-books: The Next Generation

Interactives and beyond

Sheila O’Hare, Alphild Dick, Shelby Schellenger & Andrew

SmithKansas Library Association

April 11, 2012

E-books - 2011

• Convenient• Easy distribution• Wide selection• Cost effective• Adaptive

E-books – 2012

• Inconvenient• Difficult distribution• Narrow selection – and narrowing• Expensive

What’s Next ?

What’s Next • E-pop-up books• Trans-media storytelling• ???

E-pop-up books• Story plus extra elements• Self contained• Elements enhance story• Elements do not add additional

content

Transmedia Storytelling• Story told across different media• Each medium contains different

content• Content dictated by strength of

medium• Not same story in different formats• Not necessarily new

Demonstrations• E-pop-up • Pride and Prejudice and Zombies

• Trans-media storytelling• One Child• Decoded• Biophilia

Demonstration Resource Information• Pride and Prejudice and Zombies: The

Interactive eBook requires purchase to use at http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/pride-prejudice-zombies-interactive/id473525433?mt=8

• One Child by Jeff Buick requires registration for free trial or purchase at http://mystories.enthrill.com/

• Jay Z Decoded video at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XNic4wf8AYg and website at http://bing.decodejay-z.com

• Biophilia by Bjork requiring purchase to use at http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/bjork-biophilia/id434122935?mt=8

Implications• Expense• Manageability• Providing access• Obsolescence• How do these fit?• New library “collections”

E-books: The Next Generation

Interactives and beyond

Sheila O’Hare, Alphild Dick, Shelby Schellenger & Andrew

SmithKansas Library Association

April 11, 2012

Contact Information:

Kansas Library AssociationApril 11, 2012

Name: Title: Email:

Sheila O’HareAssistant Professor

sohare1@emporia.edu

Alphild DickGraduate Assistant

adick2@emporia.edu

Shelby Schellenger

Graduate Assistant

sschelle@emporia.edu

Andrew SmithAssistant Professor

asmith37@emporia.edu

Additional Resources• http://www.fastcompany.com/

1745746/seven-myths-about-transmedia-storytelling-debunked

• http://www.cathysbook.com/ • http://www.enthrill.com/

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