This paper presents a status report on reader and adopter responses to printed interactive books using Ricoh’s Clickable Paper application. The paper describes how Ricoh’s Clickable Paper app has taken a major step forward with the growth of adoptions of the first book, Introduction to Graphic Communication, the completion of a second book, The Sound of Bamboo, and a third book in process focused on Black history and African American journeys to success. The diversity of these topics shows how Ricoh’s Clickable Paper technology is applicable for interdisciplinary fields such as graphic communication, the performing arts, and the social sciences._x005F_x000D_ _x005F_x000D_ A survey was taken of user and adopter reactions to the Clickable Paper application, with the major emphasis on the first book, Introduction to Graphic Communication, because it has entered its third year of use with adoptions to date by twenty-four schools. The second book, The Sound of Bamboo, focusing on music, is in its first year of adoption. Reviews to date are included. The third book is presently being written and scheduled for release in 2022. _x005F_x000D_ _x005F_x000D_ Content Analysis is the research method used to quantify the qualitative responses received. Therefore, all readers can interpret the results in the same way. _x005F_x000D_ _x005F_x000D_ In sum, the results are highly positive from students, schools, faculty members, and other readers of the Clickable Paper books. The scanning abilities of the Clickable Paper app received the greatest number of positive responses along with the value of the videos, and how the interactive Introduction to Graphic Communication book served an important need during the COVID-19 pandemic. Recommendations, for the most part, were not related to functionality of the Clickable Paper technology, but to cosmetic considerations and operational inconsistencies that some users experienced. The Clickable Paper app design received the greatest number of recommendations for improvement, followed by some discomfort in viewing images on the small screen size of smartphones. Remedies are provided.
Harvey R. Levenson, "Interactive Books – Status Report" in Proc. IS&T Int’l. Symp. on Electronic Imaging: Mobile Devices and Multimedia: Enabling Technologies, Algorithms, and Applications, 2022, pp 207-1 - 207-34, https://doi.org/10.2352/EI.2022.34.3.MOBMU-207