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QBook™ is up to some Monkey Business

Written by Tema Kwan | 02 July 2010

Kiwa Media’s Monkey Business: Zoo You Later QBook™ has come out on top as the pick of the bunch. Apple New Zealand Staff has selected Zoo You Later as their favorite Book app. Kiwa Media’s Marketing editor TemaKwan comments,

“It’s great to see this app up there with the best of the best. This particular QBook has starred in the New & Newsworthy, Apps for Kids and What’s Hot categories at the iTunes apps store too! Good on that little monkey!”

More QBook’s were released recently (http://itunes.com/apps/sallyslothsavestheday) and more to come in early July, expect to see more QBook’s headlining the iTunes apps store, with more Monkey Business.

Sally Sloth is here to Save the Day – for FREE!

Stuck inside with the winter blues? Need something new and exciting to amuse the kids? Well… Sally Sloth is here to save the day! Kiwa Media presents the latest QBook™ release for IPad, Sally Sloth Saves The Day in US English, Spanish and Maori. Join Sally Sloth on a magical, rhyming adventure to find the special talent that can save her furry friends.

QBook is a state of the art eBook, iPhone and iPad app that combines the latest technologies to enhance reading comprehension and literacy amongst kids all over the world. Kids can simply swipe their fingers over the words to hear the story. Touch any word to hear it read or double tap on the words to have QBook spell the word out, it’s as simple as that. Kids can also record their own narration into the book and have their parents check it! This adventurous book combined with the interactive QBook features equals a whole lot of learning and fun for those days stuck in doors.

You can now check out Sally Sloth Saves The Day LITE for FREE! Download this free QBook for iPad now, and let Sally Sloth save your day.

Don't have an iPad? Watch the book trailer...

Writing for the iPad

24 June 2010

Will the iPad change the way we read – and who makes a living from writing? Mark Iles talks to Kiwa Media to find out.

Kiwa Media are an award winning media company based in New Zealand, developing iPhone/iPod Touch and iPad Apps, digital content for books, film, TV and the mobile music industry. The company has seen rapid growth since Apple launched the iPad, opening offices in America principally to service the Latin American market, and another in Bristol to deal with the UK market before moving on to the rest of Europe. Things are looking very good indeed for them. But are the opportunities as good for us writers?

http://www.profwriting.com/articles/writing-ipad

iTunes - Apps for Kids

16 June 2010

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Zoo You Later - Monkey Business has been sitting at Number 1 in the Featured Apps section of the iTunes App Store for the last couple of weeks!

This popular animated QBook by Christopher Cheng can be downloaded from iTunes now.

Watch the Book trailer here.

What’s Hot

31 May 2010

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QBook - What’s Hot & iPad’s New & Noteworthy on iTunes

QBook is becoming the format of choice for children’s books as more international publishers make QBook titles available in the iTunes Store.

Apple have placed two of our popular QBooks Apps, Penguin’s Sebastian’s Tail and Milly Molly & the Tree Hut on their ‘What’s Hot’ page in the App Store. We also have Huia Publishing’s Barnaby Bennett and Penguin’s That Not Junk highlighted as 'New & Noteworthy' for the iPad.

‘It’s great to see QBooks getting so much recognition and having lots of coverage in the App Store. It’s particularly exciting as the release of the iPad across the world is giving consumers a chance to experience QBook on a great device,’ says Roger Shakes.

‘We’ve got some awesome QBooks in production so keep an eye on our new releases.’

Check out all our QBook titles for the iPad & iPhone/iPod Touch itunes.com/apps/kiwamedia

iPad and books - saviour or destroyer?

Written by Mark Webster | 23 April 2010

With the iPad, Apple could become a leading intermediary for the publishing business, as it largely has for the music industry. Magazine and newspaper publishers have been working on iPad editions for months already.

One of the iPhone book companies that has been particularly innovative is Kiwa Media, based in Eden Terrace, Auckland. Luke Tomes, VP Technology of Kiwa Media recently talked to me about the company's QBook and CUT developments.

Kiwi firm set to write new global chapter

Written by Luke Tomes | 23 April 2010

Roger Shakes shows off a QBook on the Apple iPad. Photo / Brett Phibbs

Article by Kelly Gregor - Tuesday Apr 20, 2010

The worldwide release of the iPad will see New Zealand children's literature translated into numerous languages and operating on a global scale never seen before, Kiwa Media says. The Auckland-based business is believed to be the first company in the world to have created an interactive, touchsmart and voice-activated application of children's books for Apple devices. Kiwa Media transforms printed books into digital content that can be downloaded from iTunes. The company's QBook technology is available for iPod and iPod Touches and the iPad version of That's Not Junk is awaiting approval from Apple.

Kiwa Media Attend London Book Fair

01 April 2010

Milly Molly and Betelguise in the iPad Kiwa Media will be attending the London Book Fair with a number of QBook titles on the iPad. QBook on the iPad will give publishers the opportunity to offer their titles with truetype fonts as designed in the printed version.

“We’re already getting orders from publishers,” says Roger Shakes, VP Business Development. “We’re expecting a significant increase in QBook production as more publishers take up the opportunity to have their content on the iPad.”

Kiwa Media recently appointed Dan Witters as General Manager in their UK office as part of the company's continuing expansion. “This is a very exciting time to be working with publishers and helping them navigate the challenge in digital publishing. QBook offers them a low risk, easy entry, high quality product for the iPad.”

You can talk to any of the Kiwa Media team on stand X155 at the LBF between Monday 19th April - Thursday 21st April and take a look at QBook on an iPad.

Digital Intel EP 02

Written by Luke Tomes | 23 March 2010

Keep up to date with the latest digital intel from Kiwa Media’s Vice President of Business Development Roger Shakes. In this podcast Roger talks about the latest news in the digital publishing world, Kiwa Media’s latest product QBook and Apple latest and greatest creation the iPad.

Tools of Change

We were fortunate to view the online Tools of Change conference in New York where Jeff Gomez talked about Transmedia. Transmedia is the art of bringing together multiple media mediums into one flowing platform.

In this respect, CUT is a Transmedia production tool that brings together audio, video and touch media to offer an interactive digital book. It opens the way for Kiwa Media to deliver a range of new interactive e-books for publishers using our Content Universal Tool (CUT). Click on the image to view the media release.