Wally Lambis publishing a raw novel — but , as theNew York Timesreports , it wo n’t be remove the shelf of a bookstore near you anytime soon . The novelist is releasing the Christian Bible exclusively as a digital app through new ebook publisher Metabook — and it will only be uncommitted for purchase via iTunes .
Lamb ’s debutwork , She ’s Come Undone , became a bestseller after Oprah Winfreyselected it for her book clubin 1997 . latterly , Lamb announced the publication of his sixth book , I’ll Take You There , which will arrive in 2016 . However , if Winfrey chooses to anoint Lamb ’s latest movement as one of the year ’s top literary cream , her book guild members will have to own iPads or other Apple devices in monastic order to enjoy it . The work will be sold in photographic print finally , but a publisher still has n’t been announced , the Huffington Post reports .
I ’ll Take You Theretells the tale of a professor who host a film club in a movie theater obsess by a asleep still movie actress . Eschewing ceremonious new data format , Lamb ’s app will enhance the novel ’s plot by adding a great deal of extras , like an original soundtrack , audio narration , and a infotainment about the theater that root on the work .
As theTimespoints out , Lamb is n’t the first to try out with interactive , multimedia book apps . However , these other efforts have often been non - fiction or kid ’s books . Lamb will be joining a small yet growing leaning of contemporary fabrication writer — include British author Iain Pears , and former Mcsweeney ’s editor and newspaper publisher Eli Horowitz — who are using engineering science to determine the way they tell stories . For instance , Pears released a novel , Arcadia , in both hardback and app form ; the app allows reader to research ten different characters ’ narrative ribbon . Meanwhile , Horowitz ’s print novel are uncommitted for download in serial installments , and let in games , maps , recipes , and other extras .
A " novel app " is a cool and innovational concept , but it also add up with drawbacks . PC user wo n’t have memory access toI’ll Take You There , and print - lovers will have to look a while until they can buy it in physical phase . Also , some readers just do n’t want their news report to be accompanied by interactive features . However , as technology evolves , it ’s taking everything with it — even literature .
[ h / tNew York Times , The Huffington Post ]
