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Comixology: Six Billion Digital Comics Served
The digital comics platform and marketplace Comixology continues to extend the reach of new comics to comics consumers and finished the year as the Top Grossing non-game app for iPad 2013.
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PW Online and On Air: PW’s Digital Year in Review
Last year was a great year for PW online. We added new podcasts and newsletters, made a ton of friends on Twitter and Facebook, and have had the busiest year ever at publishersweekly.com.
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Aquafadas Debuts Cloud Authoring System
Aquafadas, a digital publishing platform that allows publishers to create multimedia apps for books, comics and magazines without a programmer, has launched a public beta of its new cloud authoring system.
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PW Online and On Air: Week of December 16, 2013
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This Week in Children's Apps: December 12, 2013
This week in children's apps, we feature one app starring a baby pig with a story to tell, two new Berenstain Bears apps, and a Dr. Seuss app with a very famous teacher.
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RH, Hawking Collaborate on Cosmos App
Random House Digital, working with author and physicist Stephen Hawking, has created a $4.99 iPad app called Stephen Hawking’s Snapshots of the Universe.
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PW Online and On Air: Week of December 6, 2013
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NPR Books Debuts 'The Book Concierge'
NPR Books has produced the Book Concierge, an online site and mobile app that gives readers an unusual tool to sort through more than 200 recommended titles from 2013.
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PW Online and On Air: Week of November 25, 2013
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Are Comics Too Hot For Apple?
It’s a big deal when Apple bans a comic from in-app purchase—usually because of sexual or mature material or nudity—and it has happened to at least 59 comics this year.
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This Week in Children's Apps: November 21, 2013
This week in children's apps, we feature one app that allows you to become a character in a classic holiday tale, and another designed to get everyone singing.
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Bluewater Graphic Novels Now on BiblioBoard
BiblioBoard, an app and e-publishing platform that allows libraries and third party vendors to offer free or for-pay access to bundles of content, is teaming with comics publisher Bluewater Productions to offer 750 graphic novels via the platform.
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HarperCollins, Curriculet Test New School E-book Model
In a hybrid venture that combines the subscription and rental e-book models, HarperCollins is partnering with Curriculet in a pilot program that offers short-term e-book purchasing to school districts.
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PW Online and On Air: Week of November 18, 2013
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Gutenberg Technology Gets $6.5 Million in Financing
Gutenberg Technology, parent company of multimedia e-book publishing platform MyEbookFactory 5.0, has secured $6.5 million in round B funding led by an investment from the venture capital firm of BNP Paridas.
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Intel Acquires Kno
Intel, the giant semiconductor manufacturer, has acquired Kno, a software developer of educational content for multimedia devices, and will make the company a part of Intel Education.
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PW Online and On Air: Week of November 11, 2013
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This Week in Children's Apps: November 7, 2013
This week in children's apps rings in the season with holiday apps from Little Critter and the Berenstain Bears, and features a new app starring Peter Pan.
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Lerner Launches Android E-reader App
Lerner Publishing Group announced the launch of the Lerner Digital E-reader App for Android devices.
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HarperCollins Unbound Links Print, Digital
HarperCollins is releasing HarperCollins Unbound, a new, free app for Apple and Android smartphones that allows consumers to scan HarperCollins print books for additional digital content.