Interactive PDF or SWF book

Hello All,
I have a book that has 35 documents in it. I have searched around trying to just get the short version on how to make it interactive. I realize that I can do it on one file. Before I get to far, can I do this with a book? Thinking a cover page with the interactive buttons and so forth?? I realize that I would have to set up each one with a page turn....ect.....
Is this possible?....or does it have to be just one big document??
Below is an example I found that someone created InDesign:
Thanks a bunch!!!!
http://webgoddessdesigns.net/my-first-interactive-catalog/

Thanks, Frans.
There would clearly be various options for creating that kind of content in HTML5, but a particular request was to have a sort of eBook that people could load up on a tablet and annotate their own version. Do you know what elements of the brief we would have to sacrifice in order to have an annotatable eBook?
If we were to use DPS and Edge, would it be exporting to plain HTML5, or would there be any other options?

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