Ebooks and User Experience

     Ebooks are a container I hadn't really thought much about before.  When they were first released, ebooks seemed to literally be digital replicas of a books in print form: similar formatting, layout and design.  From our class discussion it seems like the new generation of ebook has more of an app-like feel with various interactive features.  The biggest advantage of the traditional book or magazine, is that readers immediately come to the experience with a knowledge of how the container works, and a general idea of how the information relayed will be presented.  Books have been around for centuries, so they provide an experience that has become extremely standardized.  I am apprehensive about books that have already been in existence, being turned into interactive ebooks (with the exception of textbooks).  I think the experience is so different, that it takes away from the original intended consumption of the author.  I've also downloaded app versions of a few popular magazines.  And while the e-versions have some cool nice features and animations—I'm left with a totally different experience, and have to admit I prefer print over digital.  Also, every magazine I downloaded had it's own seperate UX controls, and I found this pretty confusing and frustrating to go between.
     Where I do see excitement and potential for ebooks is when they are totally written and designed primarily for the ebook experience.  Since ebooks are a newer medium, I'm interested to see if the formatting of ebooks will become standardized to some degree (almost how web has become), so that each new ebook isn't a total shot in the dark for a users' experience expectations.