Tag: Books - Latest Releases

Apr 25, 2013 - Independent publisher Luigi Savagnone announces A World of Happiness for iOS, the story of a man who is a misfit and is discontent with the kind of life he is living. He decided to build a small boat to venture into the sea. But, before he could realize his dream, he tries to re-enter the world of work. But the call of the sea can't keep him away. So, he resigns from work and with his small boat goes to sea, where unknown worlds await him.

Apr 24, 2013 - Independent publisher Luigi Savagnone announced We knew that... 1.0 for iPad. A narrator tells of a novel he read. Anna and Lucia are two girls of Italian origin, who after having spent a childhood and boyhood, serene and happy in Borneo discovered a love affair between their parents. The narrator, disappointed and unhappy with his life, has only one love: the sea. He ventures alone away from the coast and meets a beautiful mermaid who invites him to go and live in her amazing underwater world.

Apr 23, 2013 - Inkstone Mobile, maker of the top-selling speed-reading, ebook reader, and audiobook apps QuickReader, MegaReader, and Audiobooks HQ, has expanded its library of audiobook content with the addition of a new indie audiobooks catalog and the launch of a new subscription service. The subscription service will be available in a new update to Audiobooks HQ, Audiobooks HQ 2.0, as well as in a new free version of the app, Audiobooks Free.

Apr 22, 2013 - Stopframe Ltd is thrilled to announce the first update to its revolutionary guidebook app, Tips Guide for iPad. Available today, version 1.1 sees two new tutorials added to the extensive amount of guidance and tips already included in the app, plus minor tweaks to improve performance. The app reinvents the guidebook with a modern, flat design that removes faux textures, bezels and gradients. Chapters are colour-coded, enabling users to instinctively navigate the app.

Apr 22, 2013 - Melbourne based MiBooks today introduces The Puppy who lost his bark, their brand new pet-themed kids adventure book for iPhone, iPod touch and iPad. Embark on an adventure with a family and their puppy, as they try everything they can think of to help him find his bark. The Puppy who lost his bark's interactive style engages children whilst they are reading, allowing them to touch and interact with objects and characters that provide rich visual and aural feedback to the reader.

Apr 20, 2013 - Little Bird Studio has introduced Thumbelina 1.0 for iPad, its premium quality book for children that is a literate, fully interactive retelling of the classic tale by Hans Christian Andersen. Featuring graceful animation, joyful illustrations, professional narration, original music, imaginative sound effects, and more than 10 interactive elements per page, Thumbelina will reveal additional pleasures with every reading. All interactive motion is controlled by the app's built-in physics engine.

Apr 19, 2013 - Indie fantasy author Tracy Falbe is publishing audio episodes from The Goddess Queen as they are recorded. The serialized audiobook presentation is building up to the release of the completed audiobook that will be distributed into iTunes in fall 2013. As of April 2013, 18 audio chapters from the fantasy novel The Goddess Queen by Tracy Falbe have been published at Brave Luck Books. Falbe, who is the author of 8 novels, is working with voice talent, Andrew Wetmore, to record the novel.

Apr 19, 2013 - Wanderful Interactive Storybooks, the award-winning developer of apps for today's digital kids, announced the release of its interactive storybook apps for Mac computers running OS X. These interactive storybooks, available now in the Apple Mac App store including the award-winning Harry and the Haunted House and Arthur's Teacher Trouble, are also part of the Wanderful storybook collection previously released for iOS devices and originally published by Living Books.

Apr 18, 2013 - FarFaria, a top ranking children's storybook app, is celebrating its first birthday by announcing record-setting reading engagement and exciting new directions. Since the launch in April of 2012 over two million stories have been opened in FarFaria with subscribers reading more than five times the national average each week. Additionally, 25% of subscribing families are making FarFaria part of their day-to-day, reading in the app for their nightly bedtime routines.