How I could make a physical book feel more like a digital interface

Quite early on the idea of making a physical publication feel more like a digital interface was floated. This would help to avoid any paradoxical notions of using one media to document the other (a point raised in numerous unique critiques). After doing some research and looking into ways to migrate some digital elements to the physical, it became glaringly obvious why this solution is never adopted - the media are different because they are different, and they both work differently in order to work well. There is no point in trying to make the experience of using a book like using a computer, or vice versa. They have been selectively designed to create the best experience in their own right. 

Instead of trying to merge the media it makes more sense to instil a feel of the digital through clean, legible typography, and a lot of white space. It's also worth looking into the use of bright white stock to replicate the experience of using a backlit display.