E-books: The Next Generation Interactives and beyond

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E-books The Next GenerationInteractives and
beyond

• Sheila OHare, Alphild Dick,
• Shelby Schellenger Andrew Smith

Kansas Library Association April 11, 2012
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E-books - 2011

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

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E-books 2012

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

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Whats Next ?
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Whats Next

• E-pop-up books
• Trans-media storytelling
• ???

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E-pop-up books

• Story plus extra elements
• Self contained
• Elements enhance story
• Elements do not add additional content

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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

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Demonstrations

• E-pop-up
• Pride and Prejudice and Zombies
• Trans-media storytelling
• One Child
• Decoded
• Biophilia

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Demonstration Resource Information

• Pride and Prejudice and Zombies The Interactive
  eBook requires purchase to use at
  http//itunes.apple.com/us/app/pride-prejudice-zom
  bies-interactive/id473525433?mt8
• One Child by Jeff Buick requires registration for
  free trial or purchase at http//mystories.enthril
  l.com/
• Jay Z Decoded video at http//www.youtube.com/watc
  h?vXNic4wf8AYg and website at http//bing.decodej
  ay-z.com
• Biophilia by Bjork requiring purchase to use at
  http//itunes.apple.com/us/app/bjork-biophilia/id4
  34122935?mt8

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Implications

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

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E-books The Next GenerationInteractives and
beyond

• Sheila OHare, Alphild Dick,
• Shelby Schellenger Andrew Smith

Kansas Library Association April 11, 2012
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Contact Information
Name Title Email
Sheila OHare Assistant Professor sohare1_at_emporia.edu
Alphild Dick Graduate Assistant adick2_at_emporia.edu
Shelby Schellenger Graduate Assistant sschelle_at_emporia.edu
Andrew Smith Assistant Professor asmith37_at_emporia.edu
Kansas Library Association April 11, 2012
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Additional Resources

• http//www.fastcompany.com/1745746/seven-myths-abo
  ut-transmedia-storytelling-debunked
• http//www.cathysbook.com/
• http//www.enthrill.com/epublishing/featured-thril
  ler-p