Interactive Storytelling Phone Debuts

The entrepreneurs who launched the Call Me Ishmael storytelling project have invented a device that they hope will become a fixture in bookstores and libraries: a phone that allows bibliophiles to anonymously share stories about their favorite books. Continue reading at 'Publishers Weekly'

[ Publishers Weekly | 2015-11-12 00:00:00 UTC ]

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Indigo acquires two from US debut author

Orion imprint Indigo has acquired two YA books by American debut author, Tess Sharpe. Editorial... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2012-08-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Insight releases interactive apps

Travel Publisher Insight Guides has digitised its list and created a set of interactive apps to... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2012-08-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
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HoZ buys fantasy debut

Head of Zeus has acquired a debut fantasy novel by British author, A J Smith. Commissioning... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2012-08-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Interactive Iggulden from HC

HarperCollins is to give Conn Iggulden readers a new ebook experience with the final volume in... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2012-07-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Hodder pre-empts 'exceptional' debut

Hodder & Stoughton has pre-empted world rights in debut novel The Universe Versus Alex Woods... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2012-07-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Picador wins auction for Iceland debut

Picador has won a hotly-contested auction for Burial Rites, a debut novel set in Iceland in the... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2012-07-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Transworld buys bestselling US debut

Transworld has acquired a debut novel which has already sold over 250,000 copies in the US,... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2012-07-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
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VIDEO: How interactive books are made

David Begg, CEO of digital publisher Mindshapes, explains how his team turn traditional children's books into digital, interactive ones. Continue reading at BBC World

[ BBC World | 2012-07-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Layar Creator sees an interactive future for print media via augmented reality (video)

Heavy hitters across several industries have tried to find the perfect balance between the old and the new to breathe some life into what's been described as a dying medium. Layar "wants to make the world clickable" with its augmented reality software and doesn't plan on letting paper-based... Continue reading at Engadget

[ Engadget | 2012-06-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Review: 'When Captain Flint Was Still a Good Man' a strong debut

'When Captain Flint Was Still a Good Man' is the first novel from Nick Dybek, son Stuart Dybek, and centers on a threat to a fishing community's way of life.The title of Nick Dybek's debut novel, "When Captain Flint Was Still a Good Man," hints at transitions to come, and the phrase "was still"... Continue reading at Los Angeles Times

[ Los Angeles Times | 2012-05-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Future plc iPad App Sales Hit $5 Million Since Newsstand Debut

In its interim statement for its fiscal half-year ending March 2012, enthusiast publisher Future plc is reporting a quickly growing digital operation. Continue reading at Folio Magazine

[ Folio Magazine | 2012-05-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Zimbabwe debut to Chatto

Chatto & Windus has won a six-figure auction for a debut novel said to have a "purist... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2012-05-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
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ABC Interactive to Conduct Audit of Adobe Digital Publishing Suite Metrics

ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, Ill. (May 15, 2012) &ndash; ABC Interactive announced it is working with Adobe to audit metrics provided by Adobe&rsquo;s Digital Publishing Suite, an industry-leading set of hosted services and viewer technologies that ena ... Continue reading at Editor & Publisher

[ Editor & Publisher | 2012-05-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The Avengers, Comic Books and the Future of Storytelling

The Avengers may have racked up more than $200 million in box office receipts during its weekend opening, but the comic books on which the movie is based may tell us more about the future of storytelling. Continue reading at Knowledge@Wharton

[ Knowledge@Wharton | 2012-05-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Profile creates interactive Frankenstein app

Profile Books is re-inventing the “choose your own adventure” genre for the digital... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2012-04-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Aquafadas: Easy to Build Interactive Apps

Aquafadas, a French digital publishing company, has launched a platform that allows publishers to build multimedia apps for children’s books, comics, magazines, and newspapers. Using Aquafadas’s Ave AppFactory desktop application and Adobe InDesign, publishers can produce apps that offer a... Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2012-03-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
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