tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3816075755902555378.post6996263175842328302..comments2024-03-22T05:09:57.169+00:00Comments on Cloud 109: How To Get Your Apps Noticed - Elly Minus Emma Part 2Peter Richardsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15566601617123798061noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3816075755902555378.post-57886069160982611642010-05-10T15:50:10.350+01:002010-05-10T15:50:10.350+01:00Thanks guys for all your supportive comments - it ...Thanks guys for all your supportive comments - it counts for a lot - just seen the price of the ipad, its a teeny bit ouch ! Thought it might come in around £350 (even that is more than the dollar conversion) which sounds a tad better than £429 for the basic ipad...mmm, wonder if they'll sell as well at that price over in the UK - it's churlish really because my first Mac in the 1990's cost the equivalent of a small caravan but then again technology's plummeted and we're all used to cheapness - a friend bought a mobile phone new for a tenner the other day.....Jon Highamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09434004014784259027noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3816075755902555378.post-87372213673645694802010-05-08T11:18:34.864+01:002010-05-08T11:18:34.864+01:00I think Jon's little girl Holly might be well ...I think Jon's little girl Holly might be well up for the Ninja Reindeer idea.<br /><br />Only recently turned five she's already a keen student of Studio Ghibli - in fact I think she's seen all the films and several of them many times over.Peter Richardsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15566601617123798061noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3816075755902555378.post-79267761474059037952010-05-08T08:52:31.850+01:002010-05-08T08:52:31.850+01:00For some reason I keep imagining Brennan Brown and...For some reason I keep imagining Brennan Brown and Steve Furst (from the Orange adverts) as a pair of high-powered publishing executives determined to acquire Elly for their own apps platform:<br /><br />"...OK, so she's a reindeer - but she's a ninja reindeer, and get this: her antlers are made of retractable razor-sharp adamantium, and every time she uses them they go 'SNIKT!'"Phil Rushtonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11115717268103349676noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3816075755902555378.post-70249188558414583222010-05-07T15:00:21.679+01:002010-05-07T15:00:21.679+01:00The great thing with Jon's apps is his price p...The great thing with Jon's apps is his price point. I don't think the big ol' publishers can compete, even with their back lists because they've got all their massive internal overheads (exec lunches, etc.) to fund. Meanwhile Jon and Dipali are reaping more, in pence per sale, than even a generous publishing contract would generate. The publishers will quickly discover there's very little space for them in the digital book market.Leo Hartashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14417174942647091006noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3816075755902555378.post-77222124214881926632010-05-07T14:14:57.213+01:002010-05-07T14:14:57.213+01:00I totally agree, Peter. The only publisher who rea...I totally agree, Peter. The only publisher who really seems to understand the possibilities for apps is Kate Wilson at Nosy Crow. All the others are still just thinking of it as business as usual but on a new reading device. But then crows are a lot brighter and more nimble than their dinosaur ancestors.Dave Morrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14468228790874490693noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3816075755902555378.post-39853831363623271732010-05-07T14:06:48.289+01:002010-05-07T14:06:48.289+01:00I was speaking to Jon last night Dave and to say t...I was speaking to Jon last night Dave and to say that he's really enthused about the opportunities that Apps present to creatives would be an understatement.<br /><br />Not that I think it's going to be easy, especially now that the brain in the tail of the Brontosaur has started sending messages to the equally small brain in the head of the beast that Apps may well be more than a nine day wonder. We're shortly going to see the ITunes store awash with Banners and Pop Ups from the big beasts of publishing but it still creates huge opportunities for creator/publishers and smaller (and fairer) publishers to market their wares in a more even playing field.Peter Richardsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15566601617123798061noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3816075755902555378.post-56674105307573661432010-05-07T13:16:39.353+01:002010-05-07T13:16:39.353+01:00This is not only a fantastic vindication of Jon...This is not only a fantastic vindication of Jon's creative vision, but a signpost of how writers and artists can free themselves from the deadening effect of Emmas everywhere. <br /><br />I'm sure that those publishers will all come out of the woodwork now, begging for the chance to publish the Elly books in print. Stick it to 'em, Jon ;-)Dave Morrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14468228790874490693noreply@blogger.com