Morris Lessmore Is A Magical and Revolutionary iPad Book

I bought this book for my kids this morning, they LOVE it and can't put my iPad down! It's a magical story that kids really cling to.

-Chris
FOM

I dearly hope you're trolling.

I am not. I think your post was stupid.

I usually like most of the posts here. I don't have a problem with general industry news as it relates even randomly to Apple.

I think this interactive book is great. I have it for my iPad.

But two things
1. David Pogue and others wrote (in depth) about this app long ago.
2. This is seems more like product placement than it does news. Is macrumors getting paid for this post?

I am not. I think your post was stupid.

Thinking it is stupid is very different from impugning my and MacRumors' integrity by insinuating that it was a paid placement.

By your own admission, it's a cool app! So, we wrote about it. I, for one, hadn't heard about it until today.

While this post is a bit dated, it's still good content. I'm guessing that the poster picked it off the wire since the company that created it was recently featured with an award in the their home state of Louisiana and just this week were with the Governor of the state when he signed an updated tax credit bill focused on game and digital media developers. Both Moonbot and Twin Engine Labs reside here in Shreveport, LA. Fast Company's, "Fast Design" blog posted a similar article this week about the app so I know that some more recent press releases have been going out about the 2 companies and their awesome app. I'm more than proud that these designs are coming from groups in my backyard! Now if we could only get an Apple Store! (sigh)

Looks very cool with amazing art and animation, but I don't see what's so "revolutionary" about it. This may be nicer than earlier examples, but there were apps/books doing this same thing almost twenty years ago.

2. This is seems more like product placement than it does news. Is macrumors getting paid for this post?

I doubt they are getting paid. I think this is just highlighting a unique ebook that does things that others don't at the moment.

well this one is news to me, but thank for posting it.

dloaded it today. my 7 yr old needs to be reading and this will be challenging and interactive.

btw, this is ironic too. I had to move my home office around and moved a bookshelf which is full of Star Wars (yes, i'm a geek) novels. hardcovers and soft. Also has the LORT books. My 10 yr has read a few of them and wants to read more.

As they were putting the books back on the shelf, I was thinking, "I wonder if they'll continue to read as much as I do.....or, in what format?"

On one hand, I've always thought it would be neat to have sound effects and voiceovers and/or interaction, but on the other hand, it's nice to immerse oneself and have your own imagination take over.

interesting times...

Cheers,
Keebler

Sold! My kids are going to love this!

And if you don't want people to think that you are posting these as paid placements you may want to re-think how you cover this kind of stuff. I wasn't insinuating anything. It was a legitimate question. A lot of changes have recently happened here at macrumors.

If you look at a post on MacRumors and it doesn't say "Sponsored By" then it isn't a paid placement.

Period. End of story.