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According to The AP, the Interview with the Vampire author has teamed with multimedia company Vook to release an interactive video version of her 1984 story The Master at Rampling Gate.
The plot takes place in a 19th century English mansion and the virtual edition will integrate text, video and social networking into the tale.
"Vook represents a very exciting combination of new technological elements that I think is long overdo in publishing," Rice said in a statement.
She continued: "I'm excited that The Master at Rampling Gate is going to have new life in this form, and cannot wait to see the finished product. I'm not sure that my mind can conceive of all the possibilities of this new form. I'm learning. And it feels good."
Vook, based in Alameda, CA, has been producing video books for Simon & Schuster and HarperCollins imprint HarperStudio, as well as making works out of public domain texts.
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