On Fri, Oct 29, 2010 at 2:01 AM, divya manian <[email protected]>wrote:
On Thu, Oct 28, 2010 at 11:22 AM, Thaths <[email protected]> wrote:. > > How about well-written applications on the iPad? I saw this awesome > > version of Alice in Wonderland including illustrations on the iPad > > that looked visually beautiful and had excellent UI (sort-of like > > pop-up books). > > It does look good, but I don't think an iPad has the strength to > withstand being a child's toy (Kindle does I think). As a child, I was > delighted to be able to trace these illustrations, or tear them and > stick them into my scrapbooks. I am surely outdated by now, but I > think these shouldn't be replaced with a kindle or an e-book reader :( > I don't have an iPad or Kindle or Nook...you mean, they don't have many books with illustrations? Even today...I derive a lot of joy in reading the text and then looking carefully at the illustrations. Let's not talk only Tenniel. William books with illustrations by Thomas Henry ....Famous Five with Eileen Soper.... the details in the text are so faithfully reproduced. Even as a child, I knew the illustrators' names as well as the authors. In fact, I've often thought that some "adult" books and novels would also be vastly improved with illustrations.
