-LSB-...] by Joanna Penn on October 6, 2009 I am a sucker for new technology and all things publishing, so I just had to buy one of
the new Vooks for my iPhone!
Not exact matches
Like PressBooks,
Vook is one of the
new breed of online ebook publishing tools that have emerged over the last few months.
But a
new California start - up,
Vook, is taking it to the next level.
Like PressBooks,
Vook is one of the
new breed of online ebook publishing tools that have emerged over the last few... Read more >
Earlier this week, Democrasoft, Inc. and
VOOK ePublishing announced an eBook with an exciting
new feature: two - way interactivity.
It was originally developed by Democrasoft and licensed to
Vook in a
new deal struck today.
Since 2009,
Vook has really grown up and now provides content strategy, including editorial, marketing, and distribution services and has worked with a range of partners, including The
New York Times, NBC, Simon & Schuster, Google, American Express Publishing, and Newsweek Daily Beast.
Vook, already well - known for working with other media giants like The
New York Times and Wall Street Journal to do much the same concept with their older content, built the interactive ebook.
Polskin's list includes David Blum, editor in chief, Kindle Singles; Donna Carpenter, chairman and CEO,
New Word City; Matt Cavnar, Vice President, Business Development,
Vook; Mink Choi, book producer, Thought Catalog Books; Maris Kreizman, editorial director, Digital Content, NOOK Media; Laura Owen, staff reporter, Gigaom; Evan Ratliff, co-founder, CEO, editor, Atavist; and John Tayman, founder and CEO, Byliner.
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.
The addition of Booklr should allow
Vook attract
new customers and retain old ones by offering them data they may not be able to get elsewhere.
But a
new acquisition, announced today from
Vook, can open the door to better real - time data to help furthering marketing strategies.
Despite its young age in the industry,
Vook has already made impressive contributions to the ebook space, working with mainstays such as the
New York Times, Wall Street Journal, and Fast Company to power their digitization efforts.
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.
Pronoun is a
new company launched by the folks at
Vook.
Diversion has been working closely with
Vook for several years and this
new arrangement brings a deeper involvement between our companies.
Vook has already released ebooks of the
New York Times archived content, as well as Wall Street Journal's and Newsweek's content.
«We are very excited about our
new partnership with
Vook.
«
Vook is proud to help The
New York Times scale production of beautifully styled e-books, quickly and efficiently bringing many titles to the marketplace.»
Publishers Simon & Schuster launched 4 «
vooks» last week, a combination of book and video to create a
new medium for the reading / watching experience (video on What is a
Vook here).
As opposed to Scribd, where the only intrigue is whether it can turn copper into gold,
Vook is taking a really, really big shot — If
Vook succeeds it would have created something completely
new.
The
New York Times today announced the launch of two publishing programs —
New York Times short e-books co-published with the digital startup Byliner, and TimesFiles with
Vook.
Matthew Cavnar, VP of business development at
Vook, stated in the press release: «The
New York Times produces some of the best journalism in the world, and e-books are the perfect way to curate and collect great reporting and commentary into compelling long - form narratives, easily accessible by readers on mobile devices and e-readers.
The San Francisco version of the conference includes the addition of bestselling author Bob Mayer on using his extensive backlist to build a successful epublishing line, and
new panel of agents on how they are approaching epublishing opporunities for their clients, and the addition of
Vook to our speed - dating sponsor team.
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.
The platform, originally founded as
Vook in 2009 and relaunched in 2015 under a
new name, provided digital book publishing tools to authors for free and distributed the e-books to retailers, including Amazon, Apple and Google Play, without taking a commission.
Vook provides a turnkey solution for content strategy, including editorial, marketing and distribution services and has worked with a range of partners, including The
New York Times, NBC, Simon & Schuster, Google, American Express Publishing, and Newsweek Daily Beast.
New Providence, NJ - February 13, 2013 - Bowker ®, a ProQuest affiliate, is teaming with
Vook to enrich the offerings available on Bowker's acclaimed MyIdentifiers.com site.
Pronoun, founded as
Vook in 2009, relaunched with a
new name May 2015.
There are Oppo devices in the wild that already have fast - charging
Vook technology in them, but they won't be compatible with the
new standard.