Saturday, November 13, 2010

HC releases C S Lewis enhanced e-book

The Bookseller - 12.11.10 - Graeme Neill

HarperCollins has released a mixed-media digital enhanced e-book of CS Lewis' The Voyage of the Dawn Treader, featuring images, embedded video and integrated audio.

The e-book is priced £6.99 and can be downloaded ahead of the release of the movie adaptation on 10th December. The e-book features an animated video of the timeline of the Dawn Treader ship's voyage with artwork by Pauline Baynes, music and narration.

Derek Jacobi provides integrated audio excerpts and the e-book also includes interactive trivia quizzes, a map of Narnia and a blueprint of the Dawn Treader.

Mario Santos, m.d. of HarperCollins Children's Books, said: "2010 is a huge Narnia year with the Voyage of the Dawn Treader film, the 60th anniversary of the publication of The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, and the launch of this brilliant enhanced e-book edition.
"We are incredibly proud to be bringing such a classic story right up to present day readers by combining the integrity of the original text with the wonderful enhanced experience that only the digital platforms can provide."

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