I was biased. I bought this app with the mentality that I would hate it. In the past, I have enjoyed owning, holding, and writing in a tangible book. It was mine. This other \u201cbook\u201d that I simply had to download on the ipad was not actually real. It didn\u2019t truly belong to me. If the Ipad crashed it could simply disappear. A real book is not going anywhere. It can\u2019t just vanish. It is concrete object. \u00a0So I began this assignment thinking, \u201cUgh. Is this really necessary?\u201d<\/p>\n
However, I immediately realized I was mistaken. Just opening the Frankenstein app and seeing the ominous image on the cover of the \u201cbook\u201d made Frankenstein ten times more appealing to read. When I \u201copened\u201d to the first page of the \u201cbook\u201d I noticed that there were buttons on the bottom that allowed me to tweet about it, like the page on facebook, or control the volume. The notion of being able to connect this old book to recent technology made the app exciting to me.<\/p>\n
The large font and the images made the book easier for me to read. I loved that instead of turning the page, all I simply had to do was press the bottom and the next page would rise up for me to read. The fact that the background to the text looked like old paper with staples in it made it more attractive to read.<\/p>\n
Unlike in a physical book, you cannot skip pages. You can\u2019t press chapter two until you are finished with chapter one, and you can\u2019t press part two until you are finished with part one. The app is smart. In a way, unlike a tangible book, it thinks. The text isn\u2019t printed, it is designed. I ultimately conclude that I like reading more from the app than I do from the book.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
I was biased. I bought this app with the mentality that I would hate it. In the past, I have enjoyed owning, holding, and writing in a tangible book. It was mine. This other \u201cbook\u201d that I simply had to download on the ipad was not actually real. It didn\u2019t truly belong to me. If<\/p>\n