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Electronic Navi Da Vinci is the internet site of the Japanese literary magazine Da Vinci; an essential monthly on the current digital and print book scene.

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.

Actialuna has become a contributing member of the 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.

"Volcano Boy" was rewarded with the 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.

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)

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. 

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. 

The 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)
  

Actialuna's first iPad application was presented during a major exhibition held at La Cité des Sciences et de l'Industrie, from the 23rd to the 26th of June 2011: 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.