Delivery; Development

I have had an EL panel delivered inorder to deconstruct it, and see if it is a viable option to be placed within a book. The first problem arises in it's coating; the way in which they are commercially used, means they have a graphic overlay, effectively masking the light. This would firstly be too thick to sit nicely within a book format, and also provides a gloss which would prevent tactile flow. The EL panels also I have found out, cannot be printed onto specifically chosen substrates, again a problem for my design.