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iTunes Store LP Feature Allows For Book Content

Picture 1Jon Fortt at CNN is pointing to Tyrese Gibson’s Mayhem motion comic that apparently was co-developed with Apple and is accessible as a part of the LP feature in iTunes9 and as a separate app.

It’s available as a digital comic with or without voice over narration and great sound effects. Included here are the storyboards, a 45minute making of Mayhem video, two additional exclusive comic books, alternate covers, concept art, desktop wallpapers and more.

Up until this second, I was feeling cynical about the LP project — why recreate an old-form-experience in a new medium? The Mayhem project is an intriguing development. I will report back once I have tried it out.


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[...] try out the LP feature I downloaded Tyreses Gibson’s comic book, Mayhem, from iTunes a few months back. Unlike other motion comics, Mayhem loads in iTunes as an LP featurette, not as a TV-show. This [...]

Posted by INDEX // mb - If Apple is Doing Enhanced EBooks like Enhanced LPs-Trouble. on 26 January 2010 @ 3am

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