tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3511332502155562886.post8775110383858559712..comments2024-03-20T03:17:44.902-04:00Comments on Write to Publish: A sad day for enhanced ebooks...Robin Sullivanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00613910688999698522noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3511332502155562886.post-8475014131406653412011-08-04T14:41:44.261-04:002011-08-04T14:41:44.261-04:00Smashwords and Scrollmotion are supposed to be iss...Smashwords and Scrollmotion are supposed to be issuing our books as apps. I'm still not sure how this is going to work or how to promote it.<br /><br />I'll look forward to hearing what you do with your apps.Margarethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04832055618604176686noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3511332502155562886.post-47018814266618675352011-08-04T04:44:53.060-04:002011-08-04T04:44:53.060-04:00I worked on interactive books back in the '90s...I worked on interactive books back in the '90s, for Philips CD-i, and the titles were too expensive to produce, considering the market at the time. We were spending a million or more per title.<br /><br />If enhanced ebooks are ever to be viable, the cost of production has to be very low, and the technology easy to work with.<br /><br />If producing enhanced ebooks becomes as easy to do and as inexpensive as, say, blogging, then they might take off, though mostly for nonfiction and children's books.<br /><br />DavidDavid Wiseharthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01438917127132239969noreply@blogger.com