Demo Books
Currently, downloading a Sophie book in Safari may change the extension from .spbf to .spbf.zip. Remove the .zip suffix; the books will open normally in Sophie. Don't unzip the .zip file: you'll end up with something that can't actually be used in Sophie.
Bird Calls Demo Book
- Download the Bird Calls demo book (3.6 Mb)
This book shows pictures of birds & allows the reader to play audio of their calls. It shows images, sounds, and text frames. Use the page-turning buttons to turn the pages of the book; use the audio controls to play the bird calls. Click here to download the media used in the book (1 Mb); instructions for how you can construct it yourself are coming soon.
Die Stadt Demo Book
- Download the Die Stadt demo book (1.4 Mb)
This book shows twenty pages from Frans Masereel's Die Stadt, a Belgian novel without words from 1925. It is constructed entirely from images. Use the page-turning buttons to turn the pages of the book. Click here to download the media used in the book (2.2 Mb); instructions for how you can construct it yourself are coming soon.