The Beeb has run a story on mobile books and comics in Japan, which is not new, but it’s still going strong. “The books are proving such a hit that Bandai is hiring authors to train others would-be writers in the art of mobile literature. One established novelist told me the new medium is creating a new form of expression.”
There are some important social benefits as well…”it is reversing the younger generation’s apathy towards reading”.
In the modern world of rich media and video people often forget that more information can be conveyed through text — read a book and then watch the movie based on the book and see which has the most events and character development. And the book is less bit-intensive. (via The Mobile Weblog)
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