I have updated the book several times to critical success, but unfortunately not many people are familiar with reading
multimedia books on iPads.
And yet digital books, audio books,
multimedia books tend to meet resistance despite their obvious appeal.
There are services for plain - text ebooks and others for full - color, and even others that can handle full -
blown multimedia books, too.
Why are you putting all of your book promotion muscle behind traditional book publicity instead of exploring the possibilities of online book promotion such as
multimedia book shows?
The Global Book Series is a series I helped develop, and includes
collaborative multimedia books that have been authored by educators and students from around the world.
-- The built in flash memory — 16 GB standard, 32 GB optional — is more than enough for voracious e-book readers who are not into
fancy multimedia books and who stream rather than download large video files.
The web version of Book Creator lets you use six layout templates including three templates for publishing comic book -
style multimedia books.
Apple is trying to join bridges with its iBooks Creator platform that lets you create
multimedia books sold on the iBooks Store.
If we're to see similar consolidation in the enhanced ebook space in the same timeframe, publishers are going to have to be firm that they will only (or at least primarily) produce standards -
based multimedia books.
«It is my favourite app for creating content, since it allows my students to create
beautiful multimedia books and train all different skills needed when learning a language.»
The app, which is part of Pages and is called Digital Books in new iOS parlance, allows users to create
multimedia books just as they would create regular documents.
The one aspect that makes Widbook stand out from the rest of self publishing tools is that it allows authors to collaboratively
develop multimedia books.
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The device has an 8 - inch LCD screen and comes with 20
multimedia books on board for NT$ 6,900 (US$ 216) in Taiwan.
Passport Reading Journeys students choose selections from ReadingScape, the online library full of engaging,
multimedia books.
Book Creator is a great app that allows students to create
multimedia books on the iPad.
I had nothing to lose by self - publishing and teaching myself the skill of building
a multimedia book.
It is also difficult to get readings at bookstores or even book tours with
multimedia books, but I enjoyed the Reddit AMA that I did recently and found the questions had great range and depth.
In the video embedded below I provide a demonstration of how to use Book Creator's new web app to create
a multimedia book.
Also, with enough processing punch as its disposal, the Magiq can also be quite adept for
multimedia books, though the poor battery life again mars things here.
This year's YouTube Video Awards have just been handed out, and for this book publicist, that begs the question: could
your multimedia book show (presuming you've uploaded it to YouTube and other video - sharing sites) go «viral,» be seen by millions of people, and perhaps even win the online video equivalent of an Emmy?
And, if you're like so many authors, you're also seeking opportunities to promote your other offerings: blogs, seminars,
multimedia book shows (or, as some authors and publishers say, «book trailers»), podcasts, social network pages, newsletter, DVDs, and more.
It might be better to call
them multimedia books because every enhanced ebook uses various file types to create an overall product.
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When
your multimedia book show is built, and viewers are watching it on YouTube (and on your Web site), you might ask: Who needs «Oprah?»
Rather than pitching television shows and hoping the producer picks your book to feature, or your author to interview, you can create
a multimedia book trailer, post it on YouTube (which is where most viewers go to indulge their online video - watching habit) and on your own Web site.
Which leads me to wonder: for authors with a book to promote, and the budget to create
a multimedia book show, why are you not getting out there and hiring a production conmpany to create a video for you?
One of the most effective ways to garner book promotion opportunities is to tie your book (and blog, seminars,
multimedia book shows, podcasts, and other informational offerings) into the headlines.
They also accept Mobipocket directly, but not for
multimedia books — those must be EPUB + HTML5 video / audio.