Web Development
July 12, 2012
Gale, part of Cengage Learning and a leading publisher of research and reference resources for libraries, schools and businesses, today announced Business Insights: Essentials, a new resource for research on business, companies and industries built on the same intuitive platform as the recently-announced Business Insights: Global. Business Insights: Essentials will replace Gale’s long-standing Business and Company Resource Center database.
June 7, 2012
Fry Communications won the coveted Gold Award in Sappi’s North American Printers of the Year competition for 2012, sponsored by Sappi Fine Papers.
May 30, 2012
The introduction of the Web to the previously print-centric world of publishing was only the beginning of what has turned out to be a major overhaul of the publishing industry as a whole. Initially, we witnessed close to a complete transition of many publication types, like directories and manuals, from print to the Web, which ultimately affected the other publishing markets in varying degrees and timeframes. This transition has also brought many opportunities.
May 24, 2012
PRACTICAL GASTROENTEROLOGY, the peer-reviewed journal of choice for GI physicians, has launched its free digital journal on iTunes, Google Play and Amazon Marketplace, ensuring its readership enhanced access to the publication.
May 14, 2012
Zondervan has announced a new YouTube channel where readers have access to almost 100 video-based Bible study sessions from Christian thought leaders including New York Times best-selling authors Tim Keller and Lysa TerKeurst. In addition, users will also be able to browse more than 150 audio book first chapters and share these via media sites including Facebook and Twitter.
May 1, 2012
Fragile Earth
Produced by: HarperCollins UK, Collins Geo and Aimer Media
Not tied to a specific title, this app is a project of HarperCollins' Collins Geo, which is best known for "The Times Comprehensive Atlas of the World" but also offers data solutions to the likes of National Geographic, the United Nations and the defense sector. Fragile Earth employs stunning photography and satellite images to depict a world in flux. The interface allows users to swipe multiple layers across the screen to illustrate, for instance, how irrigation projects have all but dried up the once-massive Aral Sea (juxtaposing images from 1973, 1986, 2001 and 2009) or the effects of last year's earthquake and tsunami on Japan.
April 23, 2012
Editors of four of the most interesting and innovative digital publishers sat down with L.A. Times book critic David L. Ulin Saturday to discuss how they do what they do, and why.
The players, in alphabetical order:
The Atavist. Launched in January 2011, The Atavist was one of the first iPad-native apps to tell robust nonfiction stories that fully exploited the possibilities of the tablet, such as audio, video, an interactive time line and animations.
February 6, 2012
Good books have a way of bringing characters to life. But what if your favorite character sang a song and you could actually hear it? What if your favorite character drew a picture and you could really see it? These are some of the questions Andrea J. Buchanan, author of the bestselling The Daring Books for Girls, considered while imagining her next project, GIFT, an e-book original that seamlessly pairs a YA paranormal story with the latest technology.
January 5, 2012
San Francisco, January, 2011 – James M. Kouzes and Barry Z. Posner, world renowned authors and founders of the perennial best-seller: The Leadership Challenge, in conjunction with Pfeiffer, an Imprint of Wiley, announce the launch of THE LEADERSHIP CHALLENGE MOBILE LEADER TOOL, a mobile app developed by Float Mobile Learning released in December, which is available for $4.99 in the App Store for the Apple iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch.
January 1, 2012
It is ironic. As we enter 2012, a year that is by all accounts setting up to be "The Year of the Tablet!" we are likely to see the dimming of the preeminence of the iPad, the device that created the category in the first place.
We tend to forget that many jaded pundits scoffed at the launch of the iPad: "How can an iPhone that does not make calls, and is too big to fit in one's pocket, be interesting to any customer, particularly if said customer already has an iPhone and a laptop?"
