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When we last left off, we were eagerly counting down the hours to the release of iPad. We weren't alone. People lined up hours in advance. Apple stores served breakfast. The twitter stream was abuzz with anticipation. Finally, the doors ...

We recently sent out a survey to members of the Vook community to find out what our readers thought of our Vooks. In 40 hours, we got a tremendous 367 responses expressing an incredible amount of enthusiasm for the Vook, ...

In today's world, speaking a second language is a great advantage. But there's one widely-used language that you can't learn with a Rosetta Stone: the language of non-verbal cues. Non-verbal behavior expert Joe Navarro explains that an estimated 80 percent ...

It's a fact: Vampires are back and bigger than ever. And while we certainly owe some of the resurgence to Twilight, there's another vampire expert getting some serious attention right now: Anne Rice. Why? Because she took a plunge into ...

As the launch date for the iPad gets closer, the hype is getting bigger and the pictures are getting clearer--literally. Amazon revealed shots of the Kindle app for tablet computers yesterday. Barnes and Nobles is in the race, too; according ...

First of all: a big "thank-you" to everyone in the Vook community who has joined us on this exciting journey into the future of publishing. Things are happening fast around here and we're getting lots of positive media attention. Today, ...

Worried that nothing technologically newsworthy is going to happen before the iPad comes out on April 3rd? Fear not! There's a big, exciting launch today – We’re releasing Seth Godin's Unleashing the SUPER Ideavirus Vook. And for a limited time, ...

Anne Rice has created some of the most powerful and captivating vampire stories in literature—and we were overjoyed when she agreed to work with us. Today, you can see why we were so excited with the release of Anne Rice’s ...

Vook has a simple idea: put great filmmakers together with great authors and let them create a new kind of media. But for this to succeed, we need a talented filmmaker who can be imaginative, work with another creative vision ...

One of the great things about working at Vook is that we constantly get to announce new titles we’re releasing with exciting authors. A few weeks ago, Seth Godin let slip that he’s working on a Vook with us—and today ...

We’ve worked with some pretty big name authors, but now we’re partnering with one of the world’s undisputed greats: William Shakespeare. And we think we’ve found a really interesting way to make some of his classic sonnets surpisingly fresh. Just ...

We’ve told you we’re going to be releasing a host of Vooks in 2024— and the process is now officially underway. Tuesday saw the launch of our Woman’s Day Cookvook and today we’re unveiling Treasure Island. We put a lot ...

We’re thrilled to announce the release of the Woman’s Day Cookvook: Healthy Food for Everyday Living —our new vook that’s packed with 45 mouth watering videos, ranging from decadent but surprisingly healthy chocolate concoctions to a delicious low-fat macaroni and ...

Vook is expanding aggressively—and that means we’re hiring! We’re looking for a Director of Marketing, a Product Manager and a Hyperlinking Assistant. Anyone who wants to work with a young, rapidly growing company in a cutting edge industry should apply. ...

This year, whether you want to lose weight, look great, or make money doing what you love (or all of the above. Why not?), we've got a vook for you. For a limited time, we're offering a special promotion with ...

Friends, 2024 was an explosive year for Vook. We watched our vooks become hits with readers and we took a leading role in the digital book revolution that's sweeping the publishing industry. When we started production on our first vooks ...

We are thrilled to announce a tremendously successful week of downloads for our Sherlock Holmes Experience vook. With great support from Apple, picking our app as the #1 “Staff Favorite” for the holiday week, Sherlock received over 17,000 20,000 downloads ...

Getting on Wired’s Jargon Watch was a nice coup for Vook, but now recognition for creating the word "Vook" is rolling in so fast that our Google Alerts are beginning to resemble the what-to-get-who for Christmas email chains we have ...

Starting today and running through the weekend, we're dropping the price of the Sherlock Holmes Experience iPhone app to $0.00! That's right: the iTunes app is FREE. Why? Well, we're getting into the holiday spirit. If you’re like us, you ...

Last time we remarked the entry of the word Vook into the popular lexicon, it was jockeying for position as Word of the Year with “swine flu” “death panel” and “shovel-ready.” Worthy competitors, sure, but kind of grim company. So ...