{"id":7,"date":"2010-10-15T01:50:59","date_gmt":"2010-10-15T01:50:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.monsterlibrarian.com\/TheCirculationDesk\/?p=7"},"modified":"2010-10-13T01:51:46","modified_gmt":"2010-10-13T01:51:46","slug":"interacting-with-stokers-dracula","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.monsterlibrarian.com\/TheCirculationDesk\/interacting-with-stokers-dracula\/","title":{"rendered":"Interacting with Stoker’s Dracula"},"content":{"rendered":"
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This afternoon I had an opportunity to have a live preview of PadWorx Digital Media\u2019s upcoming iPad app\u00a0Dracula: The Official Stoker Family Edition. \u00a0Based on what I saw, I think the iPad will be a game changer in the ebook industry, with its multimedia\u00a0capabilities that are absent from traditional e-readers such as the Kindle or Nook. \u00a0 One of the first ebook applications that took advantage of that was\u00a0Alice,\u00a0based on\u00a0Alice in Wonderland,\u00a0where there were interactive elements to the story, such as a bottle you could move around the screen. \u00a0It was more of an element to play with as you were reading the story. \u00a0 PadWorx Digital Media will be soon\u00a0releasing\u00a0their version of\u00a0Dracula\u00a0for the iPad which brings it to an entirely new level. \u00a0 I had a live demo from Jeff Schechter, director and producer at PadWorx Digital Media, who showed me some of the features of the book.<\/p>\n

Dracula\u00a0is\u00a0truly\u00a0an interactive\u00a0multimedia\u00a0experience. The reader HAS to interact with the book in order to continue with the story. \u00a0 \u00a0An example is on a page where there is talk about the need for a blood transfusion. There is a clear tube running across the text and white space below, \u00a0with the tube and needle at the end of it. \u00a0The user needs to touch the needle image and hold a finger down, which causes blood to travel slowly through the tube, revealing additional text. \u00a0 Hold the finger there too long, and the text gets blurry as if the reader has lost too much blood. \u00a0 In Jeff’s words, “the story needs the reader as much as the reader needs the story”. \u00a0 The interactivity uses all the iPad’s\u00a0functionality, which allows for a more powerful experience. \u00a0\u00a0Dracula\u00a0also contains a number of impressive easter eggs that rivals any DVD, enriching and extending the reader’s involvement with the book.<\/p>\n

In an age where television and spending time on the computer often reduces the desire to read a book\u00a0Dracula\u00a0will draw users expecting interactive multimedia into the reading experience . \u00a0 This app is more designed for entertainment versus academic use (there is no place to take notes) or a straight reading of the book(text size and font can’t be changed, and you must go through the interactive elements). As an experience, though, it is gorgeous, cinematic, well-designed and engaging. \u00a0Once released, I hope to get my hands on the\u00a0application\u00a0to provide a full review.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

This afternoon I had an opportunity to have a live preview of PadWorx Digital Media\u2019s upcoming iPad app\u00a0Dracula: The Official Stoker Family Edition. \u00a0Based on what I saw, I think the iPad will be a game changer in the ebook industry, with its multimedia\u00a0capabilities that are absent from traditional e-readers such as the Kindle or<\/p>\n

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