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Digital Bookmaking Tools Roundup
Peter Meyers | @petermeyerswww.newkindofbook.com
June 30, 2011
Different Books, Different Tools
• Mainly text, limited images
• Simple picture books
• Picture books + motion
• Rich page layout
• Complete customization
Mainly text, some pix
Leanpub: what you get
Leanpub: how it works
Leanpub: how it works
Leanpub: how it works
Leanpub: how it works
Leanpub
• Price: free to create; small sales fee; ~90% royalties
• Availability: good to go
• Neat-o & Nifty: blog-to-book; portable files
Press Books: what you get
Press Books: how it works
Press Books: how it works
Press Books
• Price: basic tools free; fee for custom installations + possible annual maintenance fee
• Availability: private beta; public beta target: end of summer
• Neat-o & Nifty: single-source publishing; WordPress=English major friendly
Periodic Technology: what you get
Periodic Technology: what you get
Periodic Technology: what you get
Periodic Technology: what you get
Periodic Technology
• Price: TBD
• Availability: private beta; public release: early August
• Neat-o & Nifty: Adding “Extras” easy; multi-platform versions
Simple picture books
My Story Book: how it works
My Story Book: how it works
My Story Book: how it works
My Story Book
• Price: TBD, but: “attractive to Mums & Dads”
• Availability: Beta testing mid-July; App Store launch target: August
• Neat-o & Nifty: Simple enough for Seuss
Picture books + motion
The Three Little Pigs, Nosy Crow
Composer: what you get
Composer: how it works
Courtesy Anna Grossnickle Hines, Not Without Bear
Composer
• Price: TBD. Target is “hundreds not thousands” of dollars
• Availability: private beta; target for open beta/App Store launch: August 2011
• Neat-o & Nifty: iPad-based design
Moglue: what you get
Moglue: how it works
Moglue: how it works
Moglue
• Price: TBD, but current thinking: $500 to publish 10 books/yr + 80% for authors (after Apple’s 30% cut)
• Availability: open beta target: July
• Neat-o & Nifty: iOS & Android output
Active Reader: what you get
Active Reader: how it works
Active Reader: how it works
Active Reader: how it works
Active Reader
• Price: TBD, but probably subscription fee + per title license
• Availability: private beta (still accepting); public beta target: 3Q’11
• Neat-o & Nifty: highly custom motion requires no coding
Rich page layout
Project magazine
Aquafadas: what you get
Aquafadas: what you get
Aquafadas: what you get
Aquafadas: how it works
Aquafadas: how it works
Aquafadas: how it works
Aquafadas
• Price: starts at $500/book. $300 for each additional title w/volume discounts. Aquafadas takes no rev share.
• Availability: public beta; first full release: July
• Neat-o & Nifty: compose & preview for free
Other Options• Mainly text, limited images: Pages,
Smashwords, Anthologize, Sigil, Calibre, Scrivener, Kindle Direct Publishing, PubIT
• Picture books + motion: InteractBuilder, Kwiksher
• Rich page layout: App Press, BookOnPublish, Publish88, Adobe DPS, Woodwing
• Complete customization: iOS/Android SDK, Corona, App Inventor
Wrapping Up
• Newkindofbook.com for tools list, links, slides
• [email protected] | @petermeyers
• Breaking the Page: Transforming Books & the Reading Experience (O’Reilly, 2011)
