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Moving Tales brings The Pedlar Lady of Gushing Cross to the iPad in a stunning revival of an old tale.

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We started Moving Tales to expand and explore storytelling on the iPad platform. Not just any stories, but tales with rich legacies, many of which have been told for millennia. We are taking these stories for a walk – rephrasing and reframing them in a way that is compelling and appropriate to this new platform. Although they have aspects of books, animated films, storytelling and interactive media, the result is greater than the sum of its parts. Our very bold intention is to develop the first great iPad storybook app. –Matthew Talbot-Kelly, Founder, Producer and Director of Moving Tales

Highlights

* sophisticated 3D animation on every page
* original music, voice over and sound effects
* animate the text using the iPad’s accelerometer
* Cover Flow-like navigation
* page swipe or tap for page turning
* auto page turning option
* sound effects only sound option
* compelling narrative
* randomly selected alternate views and extras to ensure no two viewings alike
* sophisticated and dynamic typographic layout
* evocative poetic language
* Spanish option—choose to hear and display the story in Spanish as well as English

Get it ! (iTunes ) $4.99

( via Moving Tales )

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While the iPad is changing the way we read books, developers are hard at work bringing life to our favourite publications; books, magazines and newspapers.

Pop-up books aren’t just for kids– not on the iPad.

The Pilgrim’s Progress from This World to That Which Is to Come, a 300 year old Christian allegory, is currently being transformed into an interactive pop-up book and it appears to be a sweet experience. As far as I’m aware this will be the first book on the iPad to digitize the tradition pop-up style.

Here is an inspirational demo of Pilgrim’s Progress, a project Tako Games has yet release for the iPad. This is an exciting example of what’s to come for the iPad.

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