Not exact matches
And in keeping with the company's roots as an enhanced ebook
publisher,
Vook includes the ability to produce enhanced ebooks with video and audio (but remember the caveat above).
In early 2012,
Vook released the rich media publishing platform it had developed as a do - it - yourself online service for
publishers.
Authors, book
publishers, newspaper and magazine
publishers are all making their deals with Apple, Amazon and
Vook.
Compared to the more basic (but entirely free) PressBooks system,
Vook's
publisher tools are slick and offer a more extensive range of features, all wrapped in a friendly user interface.
The Town Hall features a large panel including Grub Street's Eve Bridburg; Amazon's Jon Fine; Kobo's Christine Munroe; Tumblr's Rachel Fershleiser; author Steve Almond; Scratch Magazine
publisher Jane Friedman; literary agent April Eberhardt; Electric Lit's Ben Samuel;
Vook's Matt Cavnar; and Bublish's Kathy Meis.
Following up on the exciting news about the Bowker and Data Conversion Laboratory partnership this week, Beat Barblan met with GoodEReader to talk about its announcement that it is also partnering with
Vook to bring authors and
publishers together to release the ebook forms of their titles.
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).»
According to Cavnar, Apple is paying a lot more attention to what
Vook's author and
publisher clients are doing and capitalizing when possible.
«Booklr's leadership role in aggregating and rendering data surrounding books, combined with
Vook's total publishing solution provides a powerful market intelligence offer for book authors and
publishers,» said
Vook founder and CEO Brad Inman, in a press release.
«Apple is our No. 2 e-book retailer over the past year — and a strong No. 2,» said Matt Cavnar, co-founder of
Vook, which distributes about 5,000 ebooks for authors, small - and medium - sized
publishers and its own publishing operations.
«It's thrilling to partner with industry leader
Publishers Weekly to offer this valuable proposition to authors,» said Matt Cavnar, v - p of business development at
Vook, in a press release.
In January, GoodeReader interviewed
Vook VP of Business Development Matt Cavner at Digital Book World about a digital publishing model that
Publisher's Weekly has called a «game changer» in the world of ebooks.
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).
Smashwords» Mark Coker and
Vook's Matt Cavnar are invited to Miami Book Fair as one the panels which were long before reserved for influential
publishers.
Although
Vook is a good pal of major
publishers, the idea to eliminate the frustration over producing the eBook for different platforms and retaining the signature styling sheet is a thoughtful initiative.
(As an aside,
Vook works in partnership with
Publishers Weekly on a program that has self - published writers paying a fee for a line listing in PW publications that go to folks working in the publishing industry.
The client list of The Idea Logical Company has included all the top
publishers in the US, many in the UK and elsewhere, leading wholesalers including Ingram, leading retailers including Barnes & Noble, and numerous suppliers of technology and other services to
publishers including big systems providers (Klopotek and Publishing Technologies), specialized digital services (netGalley and
Vook), and industry services and not - for - profits (BookScan, Copyright Clearance Center, and Book Industry Study Group.)
«Being able to add ebook creation and distribution to its list of essential offerings makes Bowker a truly innovative leader in solutions for authors and
publishers,» said Matthew Cavnar,
Vook Vice-President, Business Development.