This O-Reilly post points to ten innovative experiments in book publishing. Just making old books into e-books but carrying forward all the creativity and compromises of the legacy print world and the past seems to be just a simple first step. The real creatviity will happen when authors and publishers start to really experiment with the new opportunities.
10 innovative digital books you should know about
A look at 10 envelope-pushing digital books.
by Peter Meyers
A lot of these use the iPad, iPhone functionality but there are others based on Acrobat/Flash or the NFB.
Music: An Appreciation (an Inkling textbook)
See the post for more.
If you know of some interesting and innovative or creative e-books, tell us in the comments.
Stephen
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I would add Al Gore’s “Our Choice” iPad version. See the write-up in Wired: http://www.wired.com/gadgetlab/2011/04/app-stars-push-pop-press/