Contact Information: CONTACTS: For Vook: Peter Evers or Chris Schreiber Launch Squad 415-625-8555 Vook@launchsquad.com For Janklow & Nesbit Associates: Priscilla Gilman pgilman@janklow.com Richard Morris rmorris@janklow.com
Vook, Janklow & Nesbit Associates Announce Relationship and Upcoming Anne Rice Vook
Premier Literary Agency Joins With Vook to Bring Beloved Authors to Computer and iPad(TM), iPhone(TM) or iPod touch(TM)
| Source: Vook
ALAMEDA, CA and NEW YORK, NY--(Marketwire - February 10, 2010) - Vook, the company that pioneered the
integration of text and video into an innovative new multi-media
experience, today announced a strategic publishing relationship with
premier boutique literary agency Janklow & Nesbit Associates. Janklow &
Nesbit also announced today plans for its first vook, a story from
acclaimed author Anne Rice.
The relationship with Vook will offer Janklow & Nesbit's prestigious
authors the opportunity to participate in cutting edge digital publishing.
Vook's multi-media platform adds engaging new dimensions to the reading
experience, blending them with video, images and animation. Readers will
also have vastly increased access to their favorite authors' works, as
vooks are available on the computer using the Vook Reader or on-the-go with
an iPad, iPhone or iPod touch.
"Readers are looking for new ways to experience books and access them on
their mobile devices and computers," said Lynn Nesbit of Janklow & Nesbit
Associates. "Vook will help present our authors' creative visions in a
unique way that will appeal to readers across these new digital media."
"We are very pleased that renowned agency Janklow & Nesbit Associates has
joined in our vision for a new era of digital publishing. At Vook we work
with publishers, authors, agents, and all of the institutions within the
publishing ecosystem to bring readers the best new vooks," said Bradley
Inman, CEO and founder of Vook. "The multi-media capabilities of Vook are
greatly enhancing how stories are told, and making reading even more
convenient across multiple devices."
About Vook
Vook offers an integrated media experience that blends text, images,
linkage, photos, social media and video to create robust, rewarding new
multi-media experiences of the books and authors that readers love. Vook's
publishing tool, MotherVook, provides publishers with the ability to
quickly and cost-effectively produce high quality multi-media e-book
titles. For more information about vooks, visit www.vook.com. Vooks are
streamed to the browser-based Vook Reader and are also available on-the-go
as a unique mobile application. Vook is based in Alameda, CA.