It is Time to Think About Books as Applications

It's time to start thinking about alternative presentations of literature in applications.

Books are books and are loved and read and enjoyed in their own right.

The Alice in Wonderland application he references is not a book; it is an interactive experience that involves reading. Which is great, but certainly not a book. (Not even an app, either.)

All I want is a good implementation of footnotes. Then I can read Infinite Jest without three bookmarks and a reclining lounger.

While I'm at it, I also want embeddable fonts.

What I do not want is animation or interactivity, at least not in my novels.