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03/09/2011
SOUND EFFECTS THAT WILL BRING YOUR NEW E-BOOK TO LIFE
It may surprise bookworms but apparently masterpieces such as Jane Eyre are lacking a certain something - sound effects.
An electronic book firm is adding background noises and music to the works of Charlotte Bronte, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle and Williams Shakespeare in the hope of attracting younger readers.
In one example, a description of rain lashing against a window in a Sherlock Holmes story will be "enhanced" with matching noises.
The Booktrack releases are available to ipad users, with other tablet computer versions to follow. They have been greeted with horror by traditionalists who say the technology takes away the pleasure of having one's imagination stimulated by a story.
They also raise the prospect of having to ask an overly eager reader to turn the book down. David Nicholls, whose bestseller One Day was recently turned into a film starring Anne Hathaway, said "This sounds like the opposite of reading. It would be a distraction".
Daily Mail - 29/8/11
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