How I Think Interactive Features Should Be Incorporated into Books

This post was an idea I had while drafting up yesterday's post. I gave the 7 interactive features I'd like to incorporate into a reading experience. However, this did get me thinking about how the interactive features should be incorporated.

I personally think that incorporating the interactive feature(s) should be up to the author. I do think that the publishing company should have some say as well, but the final decision should be up to the author.

I say that the author should have the final say about the interactive feature(s) incorporated in their books because they know the features that will best relay their story alongside actually reading it. Whether that's video clips, enable audiobook feature directly in the book while reading, or something else, the author knows what will best help the readers understand the book.

I do think that multiple interactive features can be incorporated into a single book. However, I do think that these need to work in tandem with each other and that one can't overpower the other. I also think that if audiobook or video clips are incorporated into a book, there should be a pause feature to these as well. Even if the book is still open, the pause feature would be helpful in those scenarios.

This was very interesting and fun to think about. If you have any other ideas, please feel free to comment on this post!