Vook entered into a partnership with Bowker where authors get discounted services
from Vook when they buy their ISBNs from Bowker.
Matt Cavnar
from Vook spoke to Good e-Reader this morning about today's launch, as well as the possibilities for this tool based on author feedback from their dashboards.
GoodeReader sat down with Matthew Cavnar
from Vook, the the digital publishing platform that helped two different authors earn Publishing Innovation Awards, one for a work of fiction and one for non-fiction.
But a new acquisition, announced today
from Vook, can open the door to better real - time data to help furthering marketing strategies.
Microsoft Powerpoint: The How - to Guide
from Vook.
In May 2015 Pronoun arose
from Vook's ashes, after the latter's acquisition of «Booklr (a data analysis service for e-book sales founded by Brody), Byliner (a literary e-book publisher), and Coliloquy (a choose - your - own - adventure platform using enhanced e-books and apps).»
And later this fall, be watching for a significant new offering
from Vook that will change the enhanced e-book scene for the better, and for good.
Not exact matches
According to a recent interview by Australian games site
Vooks, Wind Waker HD will fulfill its duty as a remake and will not include additional dungeons cut
from the original game nor a hard mode to amp up the game \'s difficulty.
The fact that it all takes place online is a bonus for team editing which
Vook offers, especially if your team includes freelancers working
from remote locations.
Vook's latest pricing compares favourably with automated self - publishing services like BookBaby (US149 - $ 249 per title plus $ 19 per title for distribution), and with outsourced ebook conversion services, though the latter is a better option if you need to work
from hard copies or print - ready PDFs, neither of which is supported by
Vook.
Simon & Schuster's Atria imprint is the first to take the leap, publishing several books — including the latest
from Jude Deveraux, a smart move since romance readers are some of the most ardent ebook readers — with
Vook last week.
Matt Cavner of
Vook, developers of a cloud - based ebook distribution platform, spoke with GoodEReader about what sets their product apart
from the multitude of options for authors to create, format, and distribute their digital content.
«Enhanced ebooks were difficult to make and were challenging, but with
Vook you can benefit
from all that we learned that made it easy.
One of the biggest features that sets
Vook apart
from the distributors currently available to authors is its cloud - based creation tool, allowing authors to upload and work within the document
from nearly anywhere.
While the platform itself is engaging and eye - catching, it is the real - time viewing of the file during conversion to a both ePub and MOBI formats
from existing Word documents that could potentially end up setting
Vook apart
from other conversion capabilities.
Vook became a turnkey solution for digital publishing that allowed users —
from major name companies down to self - published authors — create and market ebooks without having to have the technological know - how to create a new digital product; this translates into a greater savings across the board, but especially for companies who are not interested in investing in new manpower just to create ebooks.
GoodeReader first reported on an ebook publication start - up
from Digital Book World called
Vook, who was in beta launch at the time but recently entered their full launch.
A release
from ebook developer
Vook today announced that Amazon's Kindle Fire tablet will now accommodate embedded videos in ebooks, which is long - awaited news for authors who have until now not been able to promote and sell their titles on one of the largest retail platforms for ebooks.
While PW is showcasing these works and will be selecting 25 per quarter for full reviews
from their staffers, the magazine has partnered with recent ebook creation and publication startup
Vook to offer authors an all - inclusive location
from which to build their masterpieces.
Vook is now ramping up production of the titles that have been ready to go, waiting for this news
from Amazon.
eBook creation platform
Vook, who was recently honored with two innovation awards at this year's Digital Book World conference, announced today that it will be adding Diversion Books to its growing list of companies with whom it partners to create ebook
from existing or original titles.
Vook is in the process of transforming itself
from a maker of enhance eBooks with video embedded in them to an ePUB creation platform.
Oh, and the payments
from ebook retailers go to
Vook first, and
Vook will pay its customers (the writers).
Generally, terms range
from royalties paid by check or PayPal 30 to 60 days after the quarter ends (Smashwords,
Vook, and Amazon), to when you've made at least $ 10 (by electronic payment) or $ 100 (by check), to immediately upon sale (BookBaby).
While early pioneers like
Vook made it clear that a video book was different
from an electronic book there are a lot of new entrants (Penguin) that are confusing eBooks with Apps and games and video books.
Acquired by Macmillan last year, Pronoun was a no - cost - to - authors self - publishing platform developed
from the multimedia company
Vook.
Save yourself
from nasty comments criticizing poor formatting by easily avoiding these three big errors (learned through
Vook's own experience creating thousands of ebooks):
Now, in addition to accessing Bowker's ISBN and metadata services on MyIdentifiers.com, authors will be able to purchase
Vook's ebook production and distribution solutions, all
from one location.
Steven, Daniel, Troy and
Vook went live on the Discord to record the podcast along with the community to talk about all the big announcements
from Nintendo at E3 2017!