Below is a video of Enhanced Editions’ Ignite speech from this year’s Tools of Change conference, originally intended to be delivered by Rhys Cazenove but eventually given by Peter Collingridge. Beneath that is a transcript of the speech, including the slides.
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Tools of Change: Enhancing the Ebook 28/02/10
Below is a video of Peter Collingridge’s Keynote speech from this year’s Tools of Change conference; beneath that is the full transcript, including slides.
Enhanced Editions’ founders to speak at Tools of Change 19/02/10
Both Peter Collingridge and Rhys Cazenove have been invited to speak at O’Reilly’s prestigious conference.
Peter will be giving the first keynote address of the conference, on Tuesday at 8:45am EST / 1:45pm GMT, in which he will address some of the crucial issues affecting the publishing industry today, such as the relevance and value of books in a digital landscape, the challenges involved in tailor-making digital books, and why he believes publishers need to solve such technical problems, as opposed to technologists solving publishing problems.
He will also be turning a critical eye on Enhanced Editions, breaking down and analyzing the inception of the business, the mistakes made along the way, and the pitfalls and anxieties of developing for the App Store.
For the first time, O’Reilly will be streaming all of the keynote speeches online. If you can’t make it to the conference this will be a great way to keep your finger on the pulse. Further details TBC.
Rhys Cazenove will be taking part in the first ever Ignite event at TOC, on Tuesday at 4:05pm EST / 9:05pm GMT. Using only 15 slides, which rotate every 20 seconds, Rhys will be giving the publishing industry an analytics wake-up call, showing the integral part that analytics play in forming a digital strategy, and asking why some publishers have been neglecting such figures entirely.
David Graham adds to Enhanced Editions 21/10/09
October 21, 2009 – Enhanced Editions is pleased to announce that David Graham, the former Managing Director of Granta Publications and Canongate Books is to work with the company as a Senior Advisor.
Graham brings 20 years of experience in trade publishing and will help drive Enhanced Editions’ strategic direction and growth. Graham was Managing Director at Granta from 2006 to 2009 and before that the Managing Director of Canongate Books from 2000 to 2006.
“Enhanced Editions has created the first genuinely innovative product in digital publishing,” said Graham, “and I am looking forward to helping develop the company’s commercial strategy to ensure that Enhanced Editions remains at the forefront of this new and exciting publishing channel.”
Enhanced Editions MD Peter Collingridge adds “Enhanced Editions is growing fast, and the unique reading experiences we create are attracting interest from across the publishing industry and the broader media landscape. David’s skills and experience will be invaluable at this critical stage in our development. On a personal note I am also delighted to build upon our long-standing relationship as a new chapter opens in publishing’s history.”
Enhanced Editions works with publishers to create bespoke digital books for the iPhone. Their release of Nick Cave’s Bunny Munro (in association with Canongate Books) was described by The Bookseller as “the moment digital publishing came of age”. Core features of the title included embedded video, audio, and a soundtrack synchronised to the text, as well as live news feeds and a range of interface features that enable readers to customise the reading experience.
For further information contact Enhanced Editions.
ENDS
Twitter Chatter 11/09/09
Very pleased to see a fair bit of chatter on Twitter (where you can follow us for more updates) about our Bunny Munro app. Here’s just a sample:
Reviews from the App Store 10/09/09
Bunny Munro, our new app featuring the new novel by Nick Cave, has only been in the App Store for a few days, but we’re chuffed to bits to see some great reviews from users already appearing there:
Brilliant 
by jacklouisburns – 6th September 2009
“A fantastic way to really get into a book.”
Enhanced Editions in the Press 10/09/09
We’re really pleased to see some recent and very kind mentions of Enhanced Editions and our new Nick Cave / Bunny Munro app in the press – including some of our favourite blogs:
Wired: Hear Nick Cave Read The Death of Bunny Munro
The multiformat release turns the tables on the traditional roles of reader and writer: In the audiovisual versions, Cave drives your emotions where he wants them to go. Readers get inside his head rather than projecting their own ideas on the work.
Bunny Munro Approved 05/09/09
We’ve just found out that Bunny Munro has finally been approved by the App Review team. More to follow, but right now, you’ll find the Bunny Munro app in all its delights, on the App Store.
This App is available worldwide, so if the above link doesn’t work for you (it should), just search for “Bunny Munro”.
Bunny Munro currently still in review 02/09/09
Thanks everyone for your support. Just a quick update.
The Bunny Munro app is currently in review at Apple. We had hoped to clear the process before yesterday’s iTunes podcast and audiobook went live, and before the Guardian ran a piece about Enhanced iPhone books, but haven’t quite made it.
Still, the book officially comes out on September 9th in the UK, and we’re talking to a lot of people at Apple, all of whom are being really helpful, and hope to resolve this really soon.
More info as soon as we have it.
Podcast of Nick reading from Bunny Munro at the iTunes festival
Audiobook version of Bunny Munro
Guardian piece
