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Discworld: Ankh-Morpork Map for iPad began, but no release date yet set

Having sold over 70 million books in his writing career, Terry Pratchett is now turning its attention to the App Store. Announced plans for an iPad app based on his Discworld books.

"You might think this is good news: a new application of Discworld is coming", Pratchett announced in a teaser video of 17 seconds on the official website of the application. "It's a secret, so keep it under your hat!"

A release date for the application has not been announced beyond the "Coming Soon" message at the end of the video. The publisher Transworld Publishers, a division of Random House.

The company has worked on the implementation of the agant British developer who has worked in a number of applications with publishers, the last two applications for Shakespeare Cambridge University Press.

What makes this new application, accompanied by an interactive timeline of the First World War, historical documents and video interviews, audio and reading books Morpurgo. It is also a collaboration, this time between the original book publisher Egmont, publisher tactile press applications, the Illuminations theater and business.

Another example of fiction (adult) became in 2012 applications is Random House Clockwork Orange, completing the 1961 text with audio clips original typescripts and author Anthony Burgess and discuss critical Book.

Meanwhile, this week launched five improvement HarperCollins e-books based on The Hobbit, capitalizing on the publicity surrounding the upcoming film trilogy based on Tolkien's book.

The editor has worked with Yudu Media Developer visual companion on the film's official guide, The Official Annual World hobbits and the fairy tale film, using the platform of Apple iBooks include interactive maps, puzzles and images zoom.

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