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What's New with Books

Posted at 07:34 AM on October 12, 2009

As far as my reading goes, I just finished Suzanne Brockmann's latest release, Hot Pursuit.

This is Alyssa and Sam's continuing story and one of Ms. Brockmann's best. As always, she introduced a secondary romance, this time between Danny and Jenn. I can't wait for her next release to find out what happens with them. If you are a romantic suspense fan, I highly recommend I didn't blog about Into the Fire because I must admit that I gave up on it before I reached The End. For some reason the story just didn't hold my attention.

On another note, when I went to Malaika Adero's editing workshop last Saturday, she talked about Simon & Schuster's development of e-books that contain video. Since I love new technology, that subject fascinated me.

This article from the New York Times explains it in detail. http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/01/books/01book.html?_r=1

Take a look at the vook for Promises by Jude Deveraux and tell me what you think of this new concept.

Categories: Reading, The Industry

9 Comments

Reply jennlaurens

12:19 PM on October 12, 2009

Could take away from the reader's imagination experience whilst reading. Looks like a book trailer to me.

Reply chicki

12:26 PM on October 12, 2009

Jennifer - what the video can include are scenes from the location where the story takes place, or in the case of a non-fiction book like a cookbook, could show how to prepare the recipe -- whatever the author wants.

Reply jennifer laurens

12:47 PM on October 12, 2009

I LOVE the idea of the cookbook having a vid...now that's productive! And, with some NF books ( like excersizing, etc. ) a visual image could really help out.

Reply Bella

03:05 PM on October 12, 2009

I think it would distract, too, unless it's nonfiction and shows you the locales or a celebration/custom/ritual you're not familiar with.

Reply Brown Berri

09:23 PM on October 12, 2009

Hmmmm, not sure what to think. It may be ok sometimes but I think I'd prefer the old-fashioned way of reading and letting my imagination take control. Also, I just love the feel of a book in my hand while reading, can't explain it, it just does something for me. :

Reply Z(Aasiyah/Nolwynn)

04:15 AM on October 13, 2009

It sounds great for non-fiction. But for fiction, takes away the imagination-experience. Also places images into your head when the reader may want to forge their own visuals.

Reply chicki

07:09 AM on October 13, 2009

Well, it looks like the concensus from the writers is a great big NO. I love paper books too, but things are changing ...

Reply Jennifer S

09:48 PM on October 13, 2009

Hmm...looks interesting but yeah, I just want to read.

But ...it might be nice to have as something extra for a favorite book that you've read over and over again. It could breathe new life into it.

Reply Angela Yvette Jefferson

09:16 PM on October 19, 2009

Into the Fire didn't do anything for me either. I struggled to get to the end and happily put it down.