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Our favourite children's books

We love books and recently got the chance to decide which were our favourite! Find out what we all chose. We'd love to find out what your favourite is!

By emc design|2017-01-11T15:57:47+01:00August 17th, 2011|Categories: Design, eMC folk, Publishing|0 Comments

QR Codes & @melvillehouse Publishing

As we predicted publishers are starting to use QR codes in their printed materials. para k sirve el ivexterm Have a look at this article from Melville House Publishing | Hybrid Books about integrating QR codes into new publications. We think it’s a great way to add value to printed material as readers get so much more [...]

By emc design|2022-07-23T16:11:44+01:00August 11th, 2011|Categories: Design, Design & Technology, Ebooks, Publishing|1 Comment

Confused.com by digital publishing?

So were we! So we started to compile a document with all the different electronic publishing platforms, file formats and devices as there didn't seem to be anything really comprehensive out there. It makes for an interesting (free) read and we hope it will be useful to those who are struggling to get to grips [...]

By emc design|2011-08-10T11:27:51+01:00August 10th, 2011|Categories: Design & Technology, Ebooks, Publishing, Updates|0 Comments

How to get in to the mobile app game without losing your shirt

How to get in to the mobile app game without losing your shirt This is a fantastic article written by Andrew Roberts (Thanks Book Machine) and highlights many of the things we are looking at as a studio. There is so much scope out there to enhance and add value to the printed books we [...]

By emc design|2022-07-19T02:05:45+01:00August 5th, 2011|Categories: Design, Design & Technology, Ebooks, Publishing, Updates|0 Comments

OUP's lucky learners

Oxford University Press – English Language Teaching Global Blog @OUPELTGlobal. Fantastic article from OUP about how publishers recognise the need to offer a wide variety of ways for learners to engage with educational material and content. It is no longer about supplying just textbooks and great teaching resources. It's now about understanding that learners themselves, [...]

By emc design|2017-01-11T15:57:48+01:00August 3rd, 2011|Categories: Design & Technology, Ebooks, ELT, Publishing|0 Comments

Let There Be Facebook!

Let There Be Facebook! – in schools! This article discusses how one school has embraced Facebook to engage with their student’s summer reading habbits. And so far it sounds like it has been a huge success. اربح مال According to the author of the article, Tiffany Della Vedova, teachers are struggling to engage students during [...]

By emc design|2022-07-18T13:30:32+01:00August 2nd, 2011|Categories: Design & Technology, Ebooks, Publishing|1 Comment

Is this the future of the textbook?

Amazon Lets Students Rent Digital Textbooks - Slashdot. I came across this article whilst on one of our LinkedIn groups and it poses an interesting solution to some of the set backs of digital editions of text books. The idea of Amazon loaning textbooks and students still being able to retain their [...]

By emc design|2017-01-11T15:57:48+01:00July 19th, 2011|Categories: Design, Design & Technology, Ebooks, Publishing, Updates|0 Comments

Has "Our Choice" been blown out of the water?

So yesterday we posted the video from Push Pop Press's "Our Choice" book by Al Gore for the i-pad. And today we have just come across this beast. Which depending on where you come from potentially trumps the "Our Choice" book. "The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morris Lessmore" has been created by ex Pixar [...]