JamesG
12-14-2012, 05:36 PM
Brian May Launches 40 Years of Queen E-Book
12/14/2012
by Stuart Kemp
Brian May, legendary guitarist for rock band Queen, astrophysicist and astronomy book author, rolled up Friday to launch an e-book version of 40 Years of Queen designed specifically for the iPad.
May personally took an intimate media gathering through the interactive e-book at an event held at the private members' club the Groucho in central London.
Built using Apple iBooks author, publisher Carlton Digital has taken the original hard-back book publication from Goodman Books, released last year, and digitized it adding fresh bells and whistles. It marks publisher Carlton Digital's first foray into e-books.
It's a fanboy dream billed as a fully interactive enhanced ebook with photogalleries, multi-touch control, Queen’s music and reproductions of memorabilia all a part of the publication.
May said technology was causing people to "rethink once again and rediscover what a book really is and what it has the potential to be."
He described the e-book, which includes fresh audio forwards by May and fellow Queen member Roger Taylor, as "a great advert for what e-books may be like in the future."
40 Years of Queen boasts biographies of each band member - May, Tayor, Freddie Mercury and John Deacon -- including dynamic photo galleries, handwritten lyrics and audio quotes.
Other interactive extras include a solvable electronic jigsaw puzzle, zoomable photographs, multi-image galleries, animations to show off vinyl inside and out, hotlinks for simple navigation, and even photographs of mud-wrestling women.
It retails at £9.99 ($16) and is launched Friday Dec.14.
http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/brian-may-launches-40-years-402456
12/14/2012
by Stuart Kemp
Brian May, legendary guitarist for rock band Queen, astrophysicist and astronomy book author, rolled up Friday to launch an e-book version of 40 Years of Queen designed specifically for the iPad.
May personally took an intimate media gathering through the interactive e-book at an event held at the private members' club the Groucho in central London.
Built using Apple iBooks author, publisher Carlton Digital has taken the original hard-back book publication from Goodman Books, released last year, and digitized it adding fresh bells and whistles. It marks publisher Carlton Digital's first foray into e-books.
It's a fanboy dream billed as a fully interactive enhanced ebook with photogalleries, multi-touch control, Queen’s music and reproductions of memorabilia all a part of the publication.
May said technology was causing people to "rethink once again and rediscover what a book really is and what it has the potential to be."
He described the e-book, which includes fresh audio forwards by May and fellow Queen member Roger Taylor, as "a great advert for what e-books may be like in the future."
40 Years of Queen boasts biographies of each band member - May, Tayor, Freddie Mercury and John Deacon -- including dynamic photo galleries, handwritten lyrics and audio quotes.
Other interactive extras include a solvable electronic jigsaw puzzle, zoomable photographs, multi-image galleries, animations to show off vinyl inside and out, hotlinks for simple navigation, and even photographs of mud-wrestling women.
It retails at £9.99 ($16) and is launched Friday Dec.14.
http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/brian-may-launches-40-years-402456