Actialuna | news actialuna.com Fri, 19 Apr 2013 10:10:44 +0200 Zend_Feed_Writer 1.11.6 (http://framework.zend.com) http://actialuna.com Da Vinci (Japan) gives Ebook award for 2013 to "Volcano Boy"
As every year, Electronic Navi Da Vinci announced its list of prizes to reward the best works of the year in various categories.

The Ebook award 2013 was given to the Japanese version of "Volcano Boy," which has already won more than 60,000 readers in Japan.

]]> Fri, 19 Apr 2013 10:10:44 +0200 http://actialuna.com/en/news?expand=221 http://actialuna.com/en/news?expand=221 Actialuna rejoins the IDPF International Digital Publishing Forum (IDPF).  The IDPF is an organization that supports the development of digital publishing and whose chief role is the standardization of a digital book format called the ePub.In collaboration with LIP6 (The Pierre and Marie Curie University) Actialuna's contribution is focused on the establishment of specifications for multilingual books.

Actialuna was invited to address this subject during the first conference IDPF held in France, during the Paris Book Salon of 2013.
]]> Fri, 19 Apr 2013 10:10:40 +0200 http://actialuna.com/en/news?expand=222 http://actialuna.com/en/news?expand=222 "VOLCANO BOY" DIGITAL BOOK AWARD (LA NUIT DU LIVRE 2012) Digital Book Award during the 10th ceremony of La Nuit Du Livre, held on the 8th March in the magnificent library of the Automobile Club of France.

La Nuit de Livre honors each year the works related to manufactures and publishers for the realization of specially beautiful pieces of work. The "beautiful digital book" award joined, for the first time, the list of prizes and it went to this animated book co-published by Flammarion & Actialuna.

]]> Thu, 01 Mar 2012 18:06:42 +0100 http://actialuna.com/en/news?expand=158 http://actialuna.com/en/news?expand=158 "VOLCANO BOY" EMBRACES THE PRESS Being launched in the middle of December, " Volcano Boy " has already got a great coverage through media, with many reviews among that of 20 Minutes, Le Point, L'Express, France Culture, Livres Hebdo, the front page of Metro, some other specialty websites including foreign media. 

If you do not have time to read everything, here are the ones to reserve : 


  • " An application of burning poetry " (Metro) 
  • " We can find here Tim Burton's " The Melancholy Death of Oyster Boy " bittersweet, poetic and funny atmosphere " (Le Point) 
  • " A small revolution of writing specially thought for tablets " (20 Minutes) 
  • " A masterpiece both at the technical and artistic level " (iDboox) 
  • " Volcano Boy succeeds while others fail, by avoiding the pyrotechnics of special effects or the hyper-interactivity that spoils the contents instead of enriching " (eBouquin)

]]> Thu, 01 Dec 2011 18:06:44 +0100 http://actialuna.com/en/news?expand=157 http://actialuna.com/en/news?expand=157 "VOLCANO BOY", CO-PUBLICATION FLAMMARION / ACTIALUNA Actialuna co-published with Flammarion a fiction e-book for adults in the form of book application, written by Mathias Malzieu, accompanied with animated and interactive illustrations of Frédéric Perrin and the original music produced by Dionysos. 

"Volcano Boy" is a tender and melancholy story of a young girl whose little brother falls into a volcano and dies. She is reunited with him when, one day, her brother comes back to her in the form of a fiery little ghoul. 



Making-of "L'Homme Volcan" (Mathias Malzieu) par Actialuna


This book, realized in partnership with Centre National du Livre, is available for iPad and iPhone (4.99 ). It can be read in French, English, Japanese and Spanish. 

]]> Tue, 01 Nov 2011 10:10:34 +0100 http://actialuna.com/en/news?expand=156 http://actialuna.com/en/news?expand=156 ACTIALUNA SUCCEEDED FUND-RAISING Just one and a half year after its beginning, Actialuna executed its first fund-raising of 300 000 € from 2 business angels, with valuation of 2.5 million euros for the company. This fund-raising has been announced on Le Figaro Économie. 

]]> Tue, 01 Nov 2011 10:10:29 +0100 http://actialuna.com/en/news?expand=155 http://actialuna.com/en/news?expand=155 LAUNCHING OF "DIMENSIONS"  photographer Sara Maroto Hebrero invites you for a trip at the heart of the minimalist and poetic universe of her " Piccolinis ", pigmies who move about in our daily life and, at sight of them, the reader will feel as if he or she became Gulliver. 


This photo book, available for free for iPhone and iPad in 5 languages (English, Spanish, French, Japanese, and Italian) was ranked as the n°1 free app for iPad in November 2011.
Since its launch, the application has been very well received, especially in France, Japan and Spain : 

  • " Application dimensions, it's a tiny pearl (...) an enchanting trip into the world of smallness " (Application iPhone)

  • " A must-have " for people who love photographies, want to find photographies or love unique projects " (VIPad)

]]> Sat, 01 Oct 2011 10:10:31 +0200 http://actialuna.com/en/news?expand=154 http://actialuna.com/en/news?expand=154 ACTIALUNA'S INNOVATIVE INTERFACE UNVEILED Hello Demain
77 000 visitors joined this event to wander amidst the innovations shown, including that of Actialuna's flipping interface, displayed on 6 iPads through 2 applications realized in partnership with the independent publisher "Les Faux Papiers ": Face to facets, already available on the AppStore. ]]> Wed, 01 Jun 2011 22:10:58 +0200 http://actialuna.com/en/news?expand=61 http://actialuna.com/en/news?expand=61