Serialized iPad novel unlocks extra content only at real-world locations

Serialized iPad novel unlocks extra content only at real-world locations

United States16 Jan 2013
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Often the enjoyment of a creative work can be enhanced by location, and we've seen this demonstrated before with the Bluebrain app, which reveals audio content specific to the area the listener is walking through. Now a similar innovation, this time in the publishing world, comes in the form of a new iPad novel titled The Silent History, which presents readers with short excerpts each day and offers additional content when they travel to specific real-world locations. Created by digital storytelling Ying Horowitz & Quinn, which is comprised of former designers and publishers of the McSweeney's journal, the novel tells…

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