I've been looking at software programs to create apps and trying to figure out what to use.
On the following websites you use their software and keep all your intellectual property rights:
Interactive Touch Books http://www.interactivetouchbooks.com They take a 30% commission after third party fees and your app appears in the bookstore on their site. You can't publish the same content elsewhere.
Moglue http://moglue.com You pay a flat fee at publication (currently $199 for one app for iOS, $299 for one app for iOS and Android) which includes submission to Apple's app store. You keep all royalties.
Talespring http://www.talespring.com They take a 50% royalty on all sales based on the sales price. It's $150 to publish, which includes submission to Apple's app store. Your app also appears in the bookstore on Talespring's site.
Storybuilder http://www.littlerobot.com They take a small commission (not clear how much) based on net sales. You can publish to Apple's app store. There will also be a bookstore on Storybuilder's site. Things are still under development.
There's a definite advantage to easy-to-use software and the marketing exposure and tech support offered. It's probably well worth the fees.
At this point, what interests me is Adobe's Digital Publishing Suite. It seems very flexible, though I'm guessing it won't be
as easy as the animation effects available through the software above.
I already use InDesign and Photoshop. I signed up for Adobe's Creative Cloud, downloaded Flash Pro and Edge Animate. I bought some how-to books and watched some instructional videos. I still have a LOT of reading and learning to do.
Regardless, learning new things (like animation) is exciting. I'm thinking it should improve my drawing abilities.
I have been looking up the same information and I was just curious if you need to have Flash to create an app... Do you know?
ReplyDeleteThanks!
P.S. I also loved Tom Bancrofts Character Mentor, just fyi!