Vook just tweeted that their first enhanced ebook, Crush It!, is now available in the Android Market. In Crush It!, Gary’s dynamic personality comes to life through videos and text. In this vook, Gary talks directly to you to teach you how to crush it! He shows you how you can build a career around [...]
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Vook close $5.25m funding round
January 18th, 2011 · No Comments · press release
From the press release: Vook, the leading digital publisher of mixed-media reading, announced it closed $5.25 million in Series A financing from investors including VantagePoint Venture Partners and Floodgate. Vook will use the proceeds to build on its momentum, accelerate sales and invest in technology to support its growth plans.
Vook Launch Digital Serial Rights Program
October 27th, 2010 · No Comments · press release
If you’re wondering WTH that means, don’t worry; so did I. Vook are now able to sell a work by the chapter or section. It’s kind of like how novels used to be published as a serial across several issues of a magazine. They have one title in iTunes that’s ready for the new program, [...]
Sherlock Holmes Vook now free in iTunes
October 27th, 2010 · No Comments · ebookstore news
I was working on another post when I noticed that Vook are giving away the Sherlock Holmes ebook in iTunes. I don’t know how long it’s been free, but I just now noticed it and thought it worth a mention. You might have read my complaints about the format; here is your chance to judge [...]
First Vook now available in the Kindle Store
October 22nd, 2010 · 2 Comments · software reviews
Mike Cane tipped me to the first Vook title in the Kindle Store. It’s by Anne Rice, and the title is The Master of Rampling Gate. This is Anne Rice’s first short story about vampires, and it was originally published in 1991. The Vook edition is 97MB in size, and it just went live today. [...]
4 Free Vook iPad apps – get’em while they’re hot
June 24th, 2010 · No Comments · ipad app
Vook posted this offer on their blog yesterday, ands since it’s a 1 day deal you’d better move fast. They’re giving away 4 apps: The Autobiography of Ben Franklin Franklin wrote the most popular autobiography in history, and it’s even more awesome with expert commentary in videos. Dracula’s Guest Dracula’s Guest is the short story [...]
Vook App: Reckless Road Guns N’ Roses
June 2nd, 2010 · No Comments · software reviews, Uncategorized
I’ve mentioned before that I’m skeptical the road to rich content is as simple as integrating video with the written word. So when I was approached to review a Vook app called Reckless Road (Guns N’ Roses and the Making of Appetite for Destruction) I said I’d be happy to review it but I also [...]
19 Vook titles now available for the iPad
April 2nd, 2010 · No Comments · Apple, ebookstore news
From the press release: Vook today announced that it will be releasing 19 vooks for the iPad. Vooks are the first mixed-media digital books to be made available on the iPad. In the media category of iPad apps, vooks represent an entirely new experience of video, text, images and in-app emailing, brought to consumers in [...]
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