Charlie Hoey and Peter Smith took 9 months to develop the Great Gatsby as a game. The literary mashup became a phenomenon and has 177,000 likes on Facebook.
E-Readers Versus the World
by Helen Gregg To those looking for an e-reader –- you may already have one. E-reader software has allowed electronic books to be read on mobile phones for some time. Now, Chronicle Books, together with Mobifusion, have partnered to provide Chronicle content exclusively to mobile phones. Seven of the publisher’s titles on health and sexuality that were originally printed as …
RH makes Video Games and Nintendo Works with Classics
By Erin L. Cox After last week’s Publishing Perspectives story about Nintendo releasing “100 Classic Books” in June, it seems funny to have Random House announce that they are now in the development of video games of their own. I’d say it’s a touch of “Freaky Friday,” but maybe this is the future of publishing companies, to work with all forms of …
“We’re not trying to take on the E-book market,” says Nintendo
By Edward Nawotka Just yesterday we wrote about Nintendo releasing 100 French classics for the Nintendo DX. Today, the company announced they are doing the same for the US market. The company will release a “100 Classic Books” in June to coincide with the the US launch of Nintendo DSi XL, a handheld video game player with a screen twice …
Does Turning Classics into Video Games Indoctrinate Readers?
By Edward Nawotka There’s a trend going on: We’re seeing more and more classics being turned into video games. Today’s lead story describes how Nintendo is planning to release 100 French language classics for their Nintendo DS handheld game machine (something they’ve already done in Japan and the UK). Earlier this month we saw the release of a video game …
French Classics à la Nintendo (With a Little Help from Gallimard)
By Olivia Snaije PARIS: On March 5th, Nintendo France will release its 100 Classic Book Collection in a deal with publisher Gallimard, becoming the third country after Japan in 2007 and the UK in 2008 to make literary classics available to read on its DS portable games consoles. Gallimard’s 25,000 title-strong backlist catalog includes a great majority of France’s best …
German Buch News: Inflation Boosts Sales Stats
By Siobhan O’Leary The average price of a book in Germany is up 27 cents to €11.55 — a 2.4% increase over last year. According to buchreport, this — and not an increase in demand — accounts for the 2.3% increase in sales for the first seven months of 2009 compared to the same period last year. According to a …