Launched last year, the Crave app for romance ebooks is experimenting with a new form of reading, one that serves text and multimedia content in short, addictive bursts.
Tablet of Contents: A Guide to Apps
Dr. Jennifer Elfert of German app-developer Zuuka! gives tips for how to be publish your apps.
Demibooks Composer Enables Apps for Authors
Demibooks Composer is an iPad software platform that allows publishers to create interactive e-books without any coding.
Facebook Acquires Book App Developer Push Pop Press
Facebook acquires the company, Push Pop Press behind the e-book app of Our Choice by Al Gore.
Storytime Goes Digital: Assessing the Children’s E-Book and App Market at TOC Bologna
O’Reilly’s Tools of Change conference at the Bologna Children’s Book Fair focused on apps vs. e-books, legacy publishers vs. start-ups, and adapting to this digital world. By Sophie Rochester The children’s market is a huge opportunity within the digital publishing arena, but for the first time, computer and tech publishing giant O’Reilly Media took it’s “Tools of Change” conference on …
US Children’s Publishing Embraces Digital Changes
By Helen Gregg On Tuesday, December 7, Publisher’s Weekly and Digital Book World hosted an online seminar (or webinar) called “Children’s Publishing in the Digital Age.” Moderated by PW’s Co-Editorial Director Jim Milliot, speakers included Susan Katz, president and publisher of HarperCollins Children’s Book Group, Rick Richter, founder of Ruckus Media, and Kate Wilson, founder of UK-based Nosy Crow. Each …
Should Publishers Launch Branded App Stores?
By Edward Nawotka In today’s lead story Dean Johnson of Brandwidth, a UK-based app developer, offers his advice on how publishers can harness the power of apps to create and deliver a dynamic reading experience. One of his suggestions is for publishers to each launch their own branded presence on the Apple app store. “It will offer greater visibility and promotional …