Saturday, 30 October 2010

Digitalized version of Spain's greatest book

The National Library of Spain has just issued its first interactive book in digitalized format. Naturally it is the country's best known book: El Ingenioso Hidalgo Don Quijote de la Mancha, though the digital version is reduced to the less resounding title of El Quijote interactivo, also known as Don Quixote in English. The interactive version took over 5000 hours of labour and the work of almost 30 experts. This version includes extras such as contemporary music, etchings and maps. You can even hear the sound of the pages turning - the pages of the original book, which dates back to 1606.

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