Visual storytelling iPad app Storehouse has raised $7 million in Series A funding. “We’ve been impressed by how creative the everyday consumer is,” said Mark Kawano, the company’s CEO and a… Read more »
Ebook subscription service Oyster has added about 100 titles from Disney and is breaking out a separate children’s section. But most of those books are text-based, not illustrated. Read more »
“Netflix for ebooks” Oyster launched on iPad and opened up to everybody Wednesday; previously it had only been available on iPhone. Rival service Scribd also released some stats showing that most… Read more »
FiftyThree, the company behind the award-winning iPad journaling and drawing app Paper, has partnered with Moleskine to let users order print versions of their journals straight from the app. Read more »
The RSS app Reeder is finally back on iPad. It was down for a couple of months after Google Reader’s demise. If you paid for it once before, though, you’ll have… Read more »
In recent months, unlimited entertainment services for kids have proliferated. We took a look at the options in two categories: Ebooks and video. Read more »
Long-form journalism site Byliner has a new iPad app that aims to match readers with articles based on how much time they have to read. The app is also going to… Read more »
Neal Edelstein, producer of hit movies like The Ring and Mulholland Drive, has a new film project: A film delivered in chunks directly through an iOS app. Read more »
iOS reading platform Readmill announced three partnerships Friday. The Berlin-based startup is working with digital marketplace Gumroad, and has also partnered with U.K. companies Faber Factory and Firsty Group, which offer… Read more »