A vook is a new innovation in reading that blends a well-written book, high-quality video and the power of the Internet into a single, complete story -- all on one screen, without switching between platforms.
5.Oct.2009 at 5 | Matthew Cavnar
We were skeptical that we could trade the heft of a good book for reading on a mobile device, but once we exchanged William Vollmann’s massive Europe Central for the iPhone version, we became committed multi-platform readers. Mobile books let us fit more books into our lives and (for those who decry the collapse of [...]
1.Oct.2009 at 1 | Maria Thurrell
Earlier today we officially launched four titles: Promises, a romance by Jude Deveraux, The 90 Second Fitness Solution, a fitness book by Pete Cerqua, Embassy, a thriller by Richard Doetsch and Return to Beauty, a health book by Narine Nikogosian. All are designed to manifest Vook’s mission: to blend a book with videos into one [...]
1.Oct.2009 at 1 | Jack Sallay
The Vook Team is pleased to announce today the launch of our first vooks, all published in partnership with Atria, an imprint of Simon & Schuster, Inc. These four titles—Promises, a romance by Jude Deveraux, The 90 Second Fitness Solution, a fitness book by Pete Cerqua, Embassy, a thriller by Richard Doetsch and Return to [...]
8.Jun.2009 at 8 | Brad Inman
Recruiting a new team from scratch is one part of the start-up puzzle. A time lapse video would capture the manic experimentation that goes into this process; no recipe exists when the company you are building is in an entirely new category where there are no legacy practices to follow. All of which brings me [...]
5.Jun.2009 at 5 | Matthew Cavnar
We’re serious book lovers at Vook – one of our producers just read 2666 between takes on a long shoot – but we also love, obsessively follow and make movies and online video. That expertise will set Vook apart from other e-book creators: We understand books and video culture. Now we’re combining those mediums into [...]
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