eBook Creation & Publication Options For You - Apple Books Or Private Editions:

We have a few paths that help deliver your thoughts and ideas to your guests, visitors, clients, donors, investors and hundreds of millions of potential iTunes Members/readers worldwide by creating digital eBooks for iPads, iPhones and Macs.

Your audience engages with and experiences you and your property, destination, etc., via the iBooks app, incorporating interactive opportunities with the best of your content via photo galleries, video clips, etc.  Give us your best and we will give you the opportunity to engage your audience, enhancing their desire to be a part of your world.

Option 1 -  Apple Books:

Our initial option is to work with your chosen images, videos, content, etc., to create these new and exciting eBooks that are then available to your audience for download via Apple Books, being available to millions in over fifty countries worldwide, to be read and engaged with via the Books app on the iPad, iPhone and Mac.

Once approved by Apple, your publication will be authorised to display on your website and in print, with either Apple logo, with hyper links to your publication in the iBooks Store country of your choice.  (Please note that approval by Apple is required for publication on Apple Books.)

We want you and your publication to succeed, and as such, we then support your marketing efforts with Tweets and ReTweets via our Twitter account @BlkSandDigital, as well as featuring your publication on our website.  (Please note that it's important to know that the success of your downloads or sales from the iBooks Store is reflective of your marketing plans and activities and that we will assist you in any way that we can.)

Option 2 - Private Editions - Bespoke Creations for Your Select Elite Audience:

The second path is designed for your very specific or private targeted audience (therefore, not available to the public via Apple Books).  As above, we create this marvellous interactive and engaging eBooks, which are then transferred or pre-loaded individually to one or numerous iPads or Macs, for you to present to your selected elite audience.

Our initial project met with raves reviews, as we collaborated with a world-leading marine foundation, taking their amazing images, best video clips and well planned out content to create a 'donor eBook presentation' to support their international fund-raising activities.

Examples:

1. Apple Books:

These 50+ Apple Bookstores are a great please to share your property's interactive cookbooks (see our "A Taste of St. Lucia With Recipes by Cap Maison"); share your property or island's interesting history in a storytelling format; or your destination's best recommendations (e.g., "The Hotel ABC Concierge's Top Five Things To Do" or "Caribbean Island XYZ's The Best of The Best".)

[For clarification, we can create a 'marketing piece' for you providing it teaches the audience transferable skills (e.g., a cookbook) or tells a story, etc., along with your information about your products and services, providing that it meets Apple's requirements of being a 'book'.  If you wish to create a marketing piece where you simply share your property's products and services, then an Apple 'app' is the tool for you.  It's these marvellous interactive eBooks that we thrive on creating for the hospitality and tourism industry.]

2. Private Editions - Selected Elite Audiences:

These private eBooks can create interactivity for elite audience, e.g., your guests and clients, with the your best video clips, imagery, content, etc., chosen specifically for a very special eBook.

Examples Include:

• Fund-raising Activities:
  
  Combining your current presentation media and content into an interactive eBook, displayed beautifully on your private iPad(s) or Mac(s) (as created with Marine Megafauna Foundation for their private-donor fund-raising activities).

• Elite VIP Holiday and Thank You Gifts - Festive Seasons:
  
  For example, your property wants to thanks your guests who have chosen to spend their Christmas, New Year, Special Holidays with you, with all the special events and details laid out for your guests to reference during their stay, festive menus and recipes, carols and stories...
  
  Chapters & Topics Could Include:
   

• Images and video messages from the team to the guests for this season.

• Images and videos from past Holiday Celebrations.

• Special Activities for adults and children for the holiday.

• Food and Beverage, menus, events and activities.

• Menus and possible recipes of beverages, dishes, etc.

• Christmas carol song-sheets (working with all appropriate copyright laws, etc.).

• Christmas stories for the children (working with all appropriate copyright laws, etc.).

• Things to See and Do on island, with images, links, etc.

• Apple Maps.

• The names and contact details of the special team members dedicated to their needs this special season...
   

• Private Jets; First Class & Business Class - Special Menus:
  
  You and your executive chef have created a gourmet menu, featuring the finest and freshest ingredients. 
  
  These enhanced eBooks provide an engaging way for your culinary team to share their passions with your guests and passengers through videos, recipes and wonderful images.
   

• An Interactive Portfolio:
  
  From the compact iPad mini to the spectacular iPad Pro, you have the opportunity to 'wow' your prospective clients as you walk them through your talents and offerings. 
  
  The artist's portfolio or a simple website can come alive during a client meeting, flowing through your story, sharing how you will enhance their world.