Whether you were disappointed or elated with the new products and services on Tuesday’s Rock n’ Roll event, you have to admit there was a lot of stuff going on.
One small, almost overlooked new-ish item: “Mayhem” the first standalone digital book is for sale on iTunes 9. (Fortune’s Jon Fortt ran into singer/actor Tyrese Gibson who produced it at the event, or he says he might have missed it, too.)
Although there are plenty of comic book apps and magazines on iTunes, this one is different.
Mayhem is more like a book on steroids. For the $1.99 purchase price, you get the comic book, an iTunes LP with an exclusive track, plus storyboards, a making-of video and two freebie comic books.
This is the first digital book that Apple had a hand in designing and it shows — reports say the interface is versatile enough to work as well on a touch-screen as it does on a full-size screen.
The Mayhem iTunes LP was designed by Sam Herz, one of Apple’s user interface engineers for iTunes, and Barry Munsterteiger, creative director for rich media and Internet technologies.
After the event, Steve Jobs once again stated that Apple won’t be trying to encroach on Amazon’s territory any time soon — should we believe him?
Via Fortune
