It’s time for you to stop making excuses and start exercising, because Vook is offering all four of our 15 Minute Everyday Pilates Vooks in all formats for $.99. That should be reason enough to start working out — but in case you need more encouragement, here are: The Top Five Reasons to Buy the Everyday Pilates Vooks for $.99 This Weekend 5. Halloween is Sunday. You will tell yourself you’re not going to eat candy, but you will. Start Read more…
As Democrats and Republicans, Tea Party patriots, left-wing liberals and Americans of every other political stripe head to the polls on Election Day, Vook celebrates the mid-term elections with special deals on four Vooks that spotlight the diversity of American politicians and political thought, yesterday and today. Special Election Day Vooks available beginning today include: “Visions of America: Photographing Democracy,” by Joseph Sohm. This epic photojournal spans Sohm’s 30-year quest to capture an image of democracy. It contains hundreds of Read more…
Nate Hoffelder, editor, The Digital Reader, wrote us today with this question, “What the heck is Digital Serial Rights? Your press release never explains it.” Our answer. (And we apologize for obfuscating.) “Digital serial rights are a new way to think about the serialization rights that agents used to sell to magazines. These serialized portions of books would appear as a nice article styled piece of writing in the magazine, giving the magazine a great story, and provide the author with marketing Read more…
Vook is excited to announce that Rahim Amiani has joined our executive team as Chief Product and Marketing Officer. Rahim brings more than a dozen years of experience building technology platforms and products in publishing and ecommerce. He was previously VP of Commercial Initiatives at NBC Universal, VP of Product Development at Weight Watchers, VP of Product Development at Orbitz and Director of Product Management at SideStep. Welcome Rahim! If you want to give Rahim your ideas on the Vook product Read more…
Just a few weeks ago, we celebrated our one year anniversary and took stock of how much has changed since our launch in October, 2024. Things have moved faster than we could have anticipated, and it seems like every day marks a new development. Today, we hit another great milestone with the release of our first title for the Amazon Kindle app, Anne Rice’s The Master of Rampling Gate. It took lots of hard work and dedication from the whole Read more…
We’re honored to announce that Vook CEO Brad Inman has been invited to speak at the West Coast’s first digital book symposium: All About eBooks. This unique symposium will bring together a dynamic group of innovators from the digital publishing world. Get all the details from this guest post by event organizer, literary agent Laurie McLean: The San Francisco Bay Area…It’s the second largest publishing center in America and the number one technology innovator in the world. It’s a magnet Read more…
Just over a year ago we launched our first four titles with Simon and Schuster (tip o’ the pin to Atria’s marvelous Judith Curr), an undertaking that landed us on the front page of the New York Times and smack dab on the radar of critics and visionaries in publishing and beyond. Since then, we’ve released more than 80 titles—making us one of the world’s largest enhanced publishers. Every one of those titles has been the product of resourceful and Read more…
Are you interested in the many health benefits of yoga but don’t have the time or know how to start? You can gain flexibility, build strength and ease stress without leaving your house– in fact, you don’t even have to get out of bed. Our latest Vook, Yoga in Bed, guides you through a rich and rewarding yoga practice that takes only 15 minutes. It focuses on incorporating Yoga into your normal activities and can be done right from your Read more…
We’re on a hiring roll at Vook — and now we’re looking for someone who loves numbers, data, analysis and detail. We’re growing fast and we need someone to wrangle all the information pouring into the company, organize it, analyze it and figure out the best way to move into an incredible future. Details below. A Vook Opportunity Financial Analyst Vook is looking for a financial professional who is passionate about being on the cutting edge of emerging platforms and Read more…
Tired of people shooting down your ideas? Learn how to get your point across to naysayers and your toughest critics. In our latest Vook, Buy-In, John Kotter and Lorne Whitehead reveal the generic attack strategies that opponents deploy. Then, you’ll learn foolproof counter-attacks to ensure your idea is heard–and implemented. Tap into their proven strategies for communicating effectively, getting people’s attention, and getting their buy-in for your project. Save your good idea now–get Buy-In today on your iphone or ipad.
