F. Scott Fitzgerald’s first novel has just made literary
history again by becoming the first classic novel in the world to be published with
an interactive tourism guide. This Side of Paradise :
Interactive Tourism Edition, published by SELTI, guides readers to the real locations that inspired
the fictional story. All royalties from this special tourism edition are being
donated to the F. Scott and Zelda
Fitzgerald Museum ,
the only museum in the world dedicated to the famous couple. The tourism
edition also includes a link to the SELTI article “What Would Fitzgerald Think of
the Kindle?”
“These types of classic and contemporary interactive tourism
novels could usher in a new wave of consumer spending that helps the economy
rebound,” said Patrick Miller, founder of SELTI and publisher of the first
interactive tourism novel on Kindle, Blind Fate, a suspense thriller.
“Consumer spending accounts for 70% of our nation’s economy, and one of the
heaviest sources of consumer spending is tourism. The best way to reach
potential tourists is directly through the novels they read. New devices like
the Kindle Fire and iPad allow readers to click on related tourism websites
from inside the book—if publishers include them.”
Readers can purchase this special edition right now for their Kindles or, with a Kindle app, for their desktop or laptop computers, iPads, iPhones, or any smart phone or tablet computer. Remember: anyone can Kindle! Check out the new novel on Amazon and click on the free sample here: This Side of Paradise: Interactive Tourism Edition.
“Scott Fitzgerald's dogged pursuit
of literary fame and fortune took him across oceans and continents,” said
Willie Thompson, Executive Director of the F. Scott and Zelda Fitzgerald
Museum . “How fitting that
his first novel can now not only transport the reader back in time, but also
across the globe. The Interactive Tourism Edition of This Side of Paradise
is only the beginning of everything that
literature can become in our modern world.”
Readers can purchase this special edition right now for their Kindles or, with a Kindle app, for their desktop or laptop computers, iPads, iPhones, or any smart phone or tablet computer. Remember: anyone can Kindle! Check out the new novel on Amazon and click on the free sample here: This Side of Paradise: Interactive Tourism Edition.
Kindle readers can click on tourism links from inside this special edition to visit related websites, such as the museum's page on the Southern Literary Trail, as seen on the Kindle Fire. |
Since Fitzgerald’s works have
always enjoyed international popularity, the new interactive tourism edition
might be the first time foreign readers are introduced to the Princeton
and Montgomery Fitzgerald tours with photos and tourism guides, especially from
inside a book. That new enhancement could transform foreign readers into
foreign tourists. One of the real settings in the novel was Princeton University, where Fitzgerald also attended in real life.
“When I attended Princeton
in the sixties, Fitzgerald’s legacy on campus was still very strong with the
students,” said Julian McPhillips, President of the F. Scott and Zelda Fitzgerald Museum
Board of Directors. “His descriptions of the social clubs, student life, and
Gothic campus buildings were very accurate. We were all inspired by the classic
work that helped establish his prominent role in history and literature.”
Twenty years after graduating from
Princeton, McPhillips worked with his wife Leslie to save the Fitzgerald House
in Montgomery
from demolition and convert the aged structure into the museum it is today. One
of the fun events held there every year is the Annual Flapper Gala, where Scott
and Zelda Fitzgerald enthusiasts attend a fundraising party in period costumes
from the 1920’s.
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