RECKLESS ROAD: GUNS N’ ROSES And The MAKING Of APPETITE For DESTRUCTION by Marc Canter and Jason Porath [Review]

| Jul 9 | 1 Comment

Reckless Vook

Vook.com recently released an outstanding version of Reckless Road: Guns N’ Roses And The Making Of Appetite For Destruction by Marc Canter and Jason Porath. What makes a Vook different than a regular book is that it’s an ebook that is viewed online via your PC, iPhone, or iPad and contains videos. This particular ‘Vook’ contains 17 short videos that add up to over 40 [...]

MORE

Karen Armstrong Vook

| Jul 3 | 0 Comments

Karen Armstrong

Media Bistro recently released a story about a new Vook being released by TED prize winner Karen Armstrong. The Vook is titled “A Compassionate Life in 12 Steps” and is available now, before the official Random House release of the hardcover book in 2011. Armstrong is a religious scholar and her vook/book speaks to how we can all be more compassionate in our own lives. [...]

MORE

FROM CAPE TOWN WITH LOVE by Blair Underwood, Steven Barnes, and Tananarive Due [Review]

| Jun 9 | 0 Comments

From Capetown with Love vook

Vook.com recently released their version of From Cape Town With Love, the third novel in the Tennyson Hardwick series. A vook is an ebook that also contains videos, and can be viewed on your computer or iPhone. The From Cape Town With Love vook contains six videos with Blair Underwood starring as Tennyson Hardwick. He’s an ex-gigolo, an actor, and a private detective who lives [...]

MORE

What the Heck is a Vook?

| Mar 9 | 2 Comments

The Master of the Rampling Gate by Anne Rice

I consider myself both a bibliophile and a technophile but up until a few days ago, I had never heard of a vook. And just what the heck is a vook, you ask? Created by Vook.com, it’s a video-book hybrid that integrates video and hyperlinks into a book. You can read/watch on your laptop using a web-based application or on your iPhone using the Vook [...]

MORE