In this week readings, I’m guessing the topic was just getting
general feel for what an enhanced/interactive ebook is. It’s not hard to get
and it was simple enough to understand the differences between ebooks,
enhanced, and application books. I can understand what an enhanced ebook is
capable of, but is it necessary?
I think the reason by ebooks are more popular still is
because of how simple they are. They don’t have any extra content that needs to
be looked at, and with this I’m speaking strictly of fiction. With most ebooks
you’re just able to highlight, search content, and find words in the
dictionary. Which I think is enough for fiction readers. They don’t need
additional interaction and touch features to get through abook. I think
enhancements drive the reader away from the content of book like how UX
Magazine stated. Enhanced ebooks do have a future, but I don’t think it’s in
the fiction industry.
Where I can see enhanced ebooks going towards is non-fiction
and textbooks. I think a great market for interactive ebooks is college
students. We have a lot to study with so much little time. Having everything in
an ebook with diagrams and video content can save a lot of search time. The
only problem is, sometimes I do feel like apps tend to give us too much
content. An example would be the London app we have on the iPad. It’s useful,
but it does become information overload and our human brain can only take so
much in before it starts to shut down.
Enhanced ebooks do have a future. It just depends on where
they decide to take it.
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