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Now that we're all getting comfortable with the notion of reading books on digital displays, it's little surprise that developers are starting to explore the interactive possibilities of electronic novels. In fact, simple interactive fiction has been available on the iPod since the very beginning, with a community of writers using the HTML functionality in the device's Notes application to create "choose your own adventure" stories.

Since then, the actual Choose Your Own Adventure Company, which now owns the rights to the classic interactive children's novels, has [http://www.cyoa.com/public/iphone/index.html ported a couple of old favourites] to iPhone. Meanwhile, [http://www.edwardpackard.com/ Edward Packard], the original author and creator of the CYOA series, has a new brand name, [http://www.u-ventures.net/ U-Ventures] and is adapting and updating many of his old titles for iOS platforms.