Ebook App Creation Demystified: A Case Study

May 7, 2013 | Amy Friedlander | 1

This blog post is an excerpt from a case study that is available as a PDF download from Digital Book World. To download the entire case study, click here. In digital publishing today, storybook app creation is still a niche. …

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