iPad App & Leather-Bound Book Combo: Kickstarter Project of the Week

Author Mark Stephen Meadows will use Kickstarter to fund a book of illustrated fables with two very different editions–an interactive narrative for iPad and a limited-print run leather-bound book. Above, we’ve embedded his introductory video.

Here’s more about the iPad app: “[It] is a garden varietal of a graphic novel, a videogame, a piece of art, and a pack of lies. The stories are tangled up in one another and navigation is done across an island that has as many easter eggs as the Easter Bunny’s own warren. We can’t call it a video game, but there’s game-like activities, physics simulations, a treasure map navigation, and a reward or two.  We can’t call it a puzzle, but there’s mind-benders to solve, and a reading structure you can turn on its head then turn inside out.”

Welcome to our Kickstarter Publishing Project of the Week, a feature exploring how authors and publishers are using the fundraising site to raise money for book projects. If you want to start your own project, check out How To Use Kickstarter to Fund Your Publishing Project.

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