Think of children’s book publisher Dorling Kindersley who have made excellent use of this in their multi-touch and highly interactive ebooks. This means that, at least initially, on the page, you see a picture (or collage of pictures) with a reduced amount of text. Needless to say, Apple has been an industry leader on this front, with its well-established Apple Books app at the forefront of published interactive ebooks. It’s essentially a more visual experience compared to traditional books.

Rather than bombarding readers with lots of text, a more interactive ebook gives readers the scope to bring up text as they wish. All can be adapted for the age-group you write for, and can be made an invaluable and exciting part of the book. There are plenty writers can do to make their digital books worth every electronic page they are ‘written’ on.īelow are five simple hacks that you can use to make your books more engaging for readers and users, whether it’s a textbook, cookbook or novel you’re writing. As far as the author is concerned, this creates endless possibilities to engage their readers positively. The potential for interactive ebooks and their valuable place in engaging users is not a new concept, every day there are new technological and creative innovations in ebooks.

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