Monthly Archives: March 2024

Watch a Video from our new Civil War TextVook

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One of our new arrivals on Friday in the iTunes App Store was the third animated TextVook from our second imprint, which we are very excited about. Check out a snippet below and download the full app. We’ll have a lot more TextVook news for you shortly, and who knows, Dr. Vook, Ph.D, might stop by the blog again for another intellectually stimulating interview. Stay tuned. [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5OyEc8djl6I[/youtube]

TextVooks in the iBookstore

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In addition to our TextVooks launching on the Nook and Kindle devices, we are also very happy to announce their arrival in the iBookstore. TextVook is the second imprint that has been launched by Vook, featuring animation sensation Dr. Vook, Ph.D. Just type “TextVook” in the iBookstore and all of Dr. Vook, Ph.D’s titles will appear, leading with his enhanced e-books, which include eight animations per title. Download them to see how you can become a great genius like Dr.   Read more…

Vook Launches on Nook

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Vook is very happy to announce its debut on the Nook platform over the weekend, where 11 TextVooks became live in the NOOKbooks store. The TextVooks mark the text-only arrival of e-books for Vook, featuring topics that span throughout history, such as the Civil War and Ancient Greece. The content was written by Charles River Editors, which features graduates of Harvard and MIT.

Vook is hiring a Product Manager

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Overview Vook is recruiting for an exceptional Product Manager to join our team.  As the leader in the digital publishing arena, this presents a great opportunity for someone interested in getting in on the ground floor of a company focused on leading the development in the exciting, fast moving area of digital publishing.  The product manager will play a key role in working closely with the core internal cross functional team to identifying customer needs, market opportunities, and assure the   Read more…

Stefan Pinto Weighs In

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Power players on Wall Street often project a larger than life image — but for Stefan Pinto, who was working on the Street as a programmer, a diet of white chocolate mochas and pizza lunches had made him physically larger than he ever wanted to be. And when he saw a photo of himself taken at a barbeque, reality hit home. “I thought it fashionable to tuck my Gap sweater into my Old Navy pants,” he said. “Well, that fashion   Read more…

Birdzilla Invades Vook

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“Poor peabody, peabody, peabody.” “Who cooks for you? Who cooks for you-all?” “Tea-kettle, tea-kettle, tea-kettle.” Sound like nonsense? Not to Sam Crow – author of Vooks “Birdwatching Essentials: Birdzilla” and “New York Birds: Birdzilla.” These are the mnemonic sentences he devised to describe the sound of bird songs, in this case the White-Throated Sparrow, the Barred Owl and the Carolina Wren. His Birdwatching Essentials Vook is filled with eight chapters of information about wild bird preferences, birdbaths, binoculars, field guide   Read more…

Vook seeks Creative and User Experience Director

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Overview Vook is recruiting for an exceptional Creative and User Experience Director to join our team.  As the leader in the digital publishing arena, this presents a great opportunity for someone interested in getting in on the ground floor of a company focused on leading the development in the exciting, fast moving area of digital publishing. A successful Creative and User Experience Director is an innovative designer, a decisive product owner, a confident manager, a helpful mentor, a team player,   Read more…

Dr. Vook, Ph.D Visits Vook New York City

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I just had the pleasure to once again chat with Dr. Vook, Ph.D, who dropped by the Vook New York office yesterday. He’s hard at work on his upcoming TextVooks, which include the Civil War, World War I, Western Civilization and History of the Middle East. I can’t wait to check them out. If you haven’t had a chance to download his current American History 101 TextVook, click here.