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Canongate has created an iPhone App for the Nick Cave novel The Death of Bunny Munro, which will include an enhanced e-book, a "cutting-edge" audiobook and videos of Cave reading excerpts.
This is the first in a series of apps being produced by Enhanced Editions and Canongate Books.
Subsequent releases will include Dreams From My Father and The Audacity of Hope by Barack Obama, Life of Pi by Yann Martel, Homicide and The Corner by David Simon, SUM: Tales from the Afterlives by David Eagleman and The Good Man Jesus and the Scoundrel Christ by Philip Pullman.
The publisher described it as "a landmark release of a book for which Nick Cave wrote the first chapter on his own iPhone".
Peter Collingridge, co-founder of e-book production house Enhanced Editions, said: "We are seizing the opportunity presented by the revolutionary iPhone to offer consumers a more immersive and memorable reading experience than current e-readers, whilst honouring the best traditions of book design.
"We are confident that this enhanced edition of Nick’s brilliant novel will bring new readers to the book who will also be delighted by the audio and visual features."
Cave added: "Enhanced Editions have brilliantly entwined reading, listening to and viewing the story."
The unabridged audiobook and written text are synchronised, allowing the reader to switch from reading to listening without losing their place. Other features include being able to receive exclusive news from the author, scrolling the text by tilting the device and the option to share quotes from the book with others by email.
The app has been developed in partnership with Faber in the US, HarperCollins in Canada and Text Publishing in Australia. It is available for £14.99 from the App Store on iPhone and iPod Touch or the iTunes app store. A free version featuring three chapters from the book and one video is also available. The audiobook is also available to download from iTunes for £14.95.