Wedged in between panels on globalization, the ePub3 standard, and the importance of producing and marketing dynamic interactive children’s content, Digital Book World also presented a number of awards yesterday to top companies in digital publishing who have created something extraordinary in their fields.
GoodeReader sat down with Matthew Cavnar from Vook, the the digital publishing platform that helped two different authors earn Publishing Innovation Awards, one for a work of fiction and one for non-fiction.
Shuffle: an e-novel was recognized for its interactive format that allowed readers to “shuffle” through the stories like they would on an iPod, only this shuffling lets them experience the story line in different ways each time they choose a story.
11 Days in May: The Conversation That Will Change Your Life used Democrasoft’s WeJIT, along with Vook’s team of Vookmakers, to create a work of topic-based discussions.
Mercy Pilkington is a Senior Editor for Good e-Reader. She is also the CEO and founder of a hybrid publishing and consulting company.