I am really interested in this as a platform to create my own books as a self-publisher. Will this tool require those who use it to publish through your brand?
Thanks for your inquiry Jason. If you use our InteractBuilder you will only be able to publish your book on our platform. But before this scares you let me give you our sales pitch. There are thousands of interactive books currently being marketed in the app store, it is very difficult for any individual to really distinguish themselves in the marketplace and it costs a fortune to get the right marketing campaign going.
We feel that as a company who is solely focused on interactive books we can create a better opportunity and generate more sales for an author. What we have created is a delivery platform that centralizes user’s interactive books, has it’s own store and provides our users with a totally unique experience. As we grow our company we will become more known and obviously we will have more users which will help promote any new titles that we introduce.
Our application platform distinguishes itself from other offerings from various different aspects including:
1. We are completely focused on Interactive Books (unlike iBooks, Kindle, etc.)
2. Users can have multiple bookcases (especially useful for families with one device but multiple children)
3. Bookcases can be decorated with objects and decorations, this can be another revenue source for our authors
4. Advertising of your physical book can easily be placed on any page
5. Our pages are truly interactive and offer a ton of possibilities leading to what we consider the most flexible engine currently on the market
6. We provide push notification services for authors who want to let users know that their book is available
7. We are building a strong web site presence to help our authors sell their books
8. We have our own market place that will evolve into a strong community and will help market our books
9. We are expanding to the Android and other platforms in the near future
10. We continually expand our engine to provide greater features and flexibility
Our revenue split is very simple: If we do the building for you it is 50%/50% (after Apple takes its cut), if you build the book and all we are doing is publishing the split is (70%/30%) of course in that scenario the 70% is your side of it. If we feel your publication will be a big seller there is absolutely no up front cost to build your book if you have the illustrations in Photoshop and they are layered. If we need to do any art work then there may be a cost to you, but we try to keep the costs low.
I hope we have an opportunity to work with you. Best of luck in whatever direction you decide to follow.
If i published with you and did an interactive book, more than one, do you or can i also place the app on i-tunes to sell my book as well and to promote your site?
The books you develop on our platform are sold through our InteractBooks store which is found within our app. We do not publish individual books to the iTunes store. Right now with over 400,000 apps in the iTunes store it is almost impossible to stand out, this is why we are growing an entire ecosystem devoted to interactive books. We will promote and market your interactive books to our users and to the general public. As we grow we grow a thriving community all of our authors will be able to help each other out.
Please let me know if you have any further questions.
InteractBooks App is not just another book reader, we actually bring books to life. It starts with the ability to customize your bookcase, decorate your bookcase with your favorite characters and download the books that you want.
7 Comments
8:38 am
Lisa Ard
I’m interested in your upcoming webinar, which I heard about through the listserv group for SCBWI. May I have an invitation?
Thanks, Lisa
12:33 pm
Jason
I am really interested in this as a platform to create my own books as a self-publisher. Will this tool require those who use it to publish through your brand?
12:30 am
Ezra Weinstein
Thanks for your inquiry Jason. If you use our InteractBuilder you will only be able to publish your book on our platform. But before this scares you let me give you our sales pitch. There are thousands of interactive books currently being marketed in the app store, it is very difficult for any individual to really distinguish themselves in the marketplace and it costs a fortune to get the right marketing campaign going.
We feel that as a company who is solely focused on interactive books we can create a better opportunity and generate more sales for an author. What we have created is a delivery platform that centralizes user’s interactive books, has it’s own store and provides our users with a totally unique experience. As we grow our company we will become more known and obviously we will have more users which will help promote any new titles that we introduce.
Our application platform distinguishes itself from other offerings from various different aspects including:
1. We are completely focused on Interactive Books (unlike iBooks, Kindle, etc.)
2. Users can have multiple bookcases (especially useful for families with one device but multiple children)
3. Bookcases can be decorated with objects and decorations, this can be another revenue source for our authors
4. Advertising of your physical book can easily be placed on any page
5. Our pages are truly interactive and offer a ton of possibilities leading to what we consider the most flexible engine currently on the market
6. We provide push notification services for authors who want to let users know that their book is available
7. We are building a strong web site presence to help our authors sell their books
8. We have our own market place that will evolve into a strong community and will help market our books
9. We are expanding to the Android and other platforms in the near future
10. We continually expand our engine to provide greater features and flexibility
Our revenue split is very simple: If we do the building for you it is 50%/50% (after Apple takes its cut), if you build the book and all we are doing is publishing the split is (70%/30%) of course in that scenario the 70% is your side of it. If we feel your publication will be a big seller there is absolutely no up front cost to build your book if you have the illustrations in Photoshop and they are layered. If we need to do any art work then there may be a cost to you, but we try to keep the costs low.
I hope we have an opportunity to work with you. Best of luck in whatever direction you decide to follow.
5:19 am
Mia Charro
Great idea! I´d love to join your community and make interactive books with your software
5:20 pm
Ezra Weinstein
Mia,
Please register for our free membership at: we would love to have you in our growing community.
2:44 pm
Gina
If i published with you and did an interactive book, more than one, do you or can i also place the app on i-tunes to sell my book as well and to promote your site?
10:29 pm
Ezra Weinstein
Gina,
The books you develop on our platform are sold through our InteractBooks store which is found within our app. We do not publish individual books to the iTunes store. Right now with over 400,000 apps in the iTunes store it is almost impossible to stand out, this is why we are growing an entire ecosystem devoted to interactive books. We will promote and market your interactive books to our users and to the general public. As we grow we grow a thriving community all of our authors will be able to help each other out.
Please let me know if you have any further questions.
Ezra