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First XXX Adult "Enhanced" E-Book Launched as part of the Wider Screenings TM | Transgressor Adult Cinema Retrospective range of Multi-media interactive PDF E-Books
(updated: 18-Feb-2012 16:12)

The Lotus Flesh of Bob Chinn. At a scant 12 pages, its a mini e-book with a difference - a critical review of the debut novel by adult film pioneer Bob Chinn, Flesh of the Lotus, the enhanced e-book (available exclusively through XinXii) features video extracts from the infamous porn movie of the same name starring XXX hardcore legend John Holmes as hardboiled private eye Johnny Wadd.

"The intent with this e-book - and the developing range around it - is to fully contextualize reviews, analysis and historical portraits of the adult XXX industry by using embedded video extracts of the films and filmmakers under scrutiny, strictly for illustrative purposes. In some ways its a can of worms bringing hardcore "porn" to popular e-books, but the intent is a valid one - considering all the erroneous reporting and hyperbolic moral panic surrounding sexually explicit material, the best way to digitally write about it is to show exactly what you're talking about: if you're reviewing the film Flesh of the Lotus as distinct from the book, then its logical to show some of the film to get the point across - this is critical illustration in an electronic medium." (Robert Cettl, author)

The e-book, a critical review / comparison of the novel and film of Flesh of the Lotus by Bob Chinn, is now available for download. Future XXX adult-reading enhanced e-books are planned for release, including Sex Life of the Prophet - a critical review and filmmaker profile of the hardcore XXX porn film which featured the Prophet Mohammad as a porn star - and Pornoteur #1: Co-Existing Dualities - an auteurist study of XXX movie pioneer Eduardo Cemano (aka Ed Seeman) and his handful of adult erotic features.

DOWNLOAD THE FIRST XXX ADULT-READING ENHANCED E-BOOK HERE

Independent Australian Digital Publishing Responds to Nation's Take-up of E-Book Revolution with Multi-media "enhanced e-catalogue" of Australian made and/or produced E-Books
(updated: 04-Dec-2011 19:45)

At present the first Australian-based sole proprietorship to embrace the e-book revolution with a range of e-book releases on international e-book vendor platforms at GoogleBooks, the Apple iStore, Amazon Kindle, Barnes & Noble, Sony eBookstore, Smashwords, Diesel, Kobo, WH Smith and XinXii (and with library distribution in the pipeline through Lightning Source / Ingram) Wider Screenings TM | Transgressor brings Australian-made and Australian-produced independent e-books to the International scene.

With pioneering LGBT enhanced e-book work, traditional print-based e-books in PDF, ePUB and audio-books in mp3, the Aussie digital publisher wasted no time with the announcement of the opening of the GoogleBooks store in Australia to put together an interactive, multi-media, video-embedded e-catalogue in full-color and with hyperlinks to vendor points of sale and previews. The e-catalogue itself is something of a "first" in Australian indie digital publishing, its easy-to-use design, internal navigation and Internet-compatibility making for a holistic e-reader experience and utilizing the full capabilities of PDF as a multi-media platform,

In an age where many traditional publishers shy away from multi-media, Wider Screenings TM | Transgressor embraces it, with an ever increasing range of video and audio embedded fiction and non-fiction works. Paramount amongst these is its film non-fiction range, with video-embedded scholarly analyses of Australian film censorship practice (READ MORE), individual movie profiles (READ MORE) and multi-media conference papers (READ MORE) which explore within fair use constraints the potential of multi-media to radically expand film and media digital scholarship and bibliographic practices. Australia may have been extremely reticent in embracing the brave new world of e-book and independent digital publishing, but alone amongst the local indie competition, Wider Screenings TM | Transgressor leads the way with a range of e-books spanning the full breadth of possibilities, file formats and e-reader platforms - from Kindle and Nook to the iPad.

DOWNLOAD THE FULLY INTERACTIVE E-CATALOGUE HERE




Australian Indie Publishing Embraces Prize-winning Spoken Word Artist / Writer for Nation’s First “Enhanced e-book" on PDF
(updated: 24-Nov-2011 18:48)

Adelaide-based prize-winning spoken word performance artist / writer Jenny Toune brings her lesbian lust, love and psychedelia poetry to e-book with The Swamp Siren’s Burlesque Bible in an enhanced edition with audio and video content. 

Pioneering Australia’s entry into the e-book revolution, Toune’s work radically transforms the traditional text-based poetry chapbook into a dynamic, interactive, multi-media PDF with full-colour illustrations, rollover graphics, audio songs, performance videos and fully interactive menus.  Intent to give the digital reader a holistic experience in the information age, Toune combines the traditional with new multimedia technology with definitive proof that trans-gender poetry (indeed poetry as a literary form) is alive, well and thriving with invention in the digital age. 

Though Australia was slow to enter the e-book revolution, with Google opening its Australian e-store only last week, Toune wasted no time in getting Australian-made multi-media e-book content online and competing on the international arena.  With her new e-book available in text-only versions for Amazon’s Kindle, Barnes & Noble’s Nook and in an enhanced multi-media version for download at Germany’s English-language XinXii, Toune shows conclusively that Aussie e-books now travel around the world.

For more information, please download the attached flyer HERE.
Visit the e-bookstore page for this enhanced e-book HERE.

Long Time Coming: The Digital Publishing Revolution hits Australia
(updated: 20-Nov-2011 13:20 )

After years of hostility by the hypocritically protectionist Australian print publishing industry over parallel importing, the e-book revolution, finally struck the Land Down Under in November 2011. Wider Screenings TM was there when it happened and serves to bring the best of it to international audiences.

The Australian e-book marketplace was given a boost mid-November 2011 when Google Books announced the opening of its Australian e-book store. With Google's entry into the marketplace, Australian digital publishing's bedrock consists of GoogleBooks, Amazon Kindle and the Apple iStore. Amongst independent (colloquially referred to as "underground") digital publishers / web content providers in Australia, Wider Screenings TM | Transgressor alone has established distribution for its e-book product in each of these venues.

Since its establishment in 2008 with the emergence of the Kindle onto the marketplace, Wider Screenings TM (and the ABN registered name "Transgressor") steadily expanded to break the barriers between populist self-publishing and library / peer review dissemination. Now with populist mass-market distribution via GoogleBooks, Amazon Kindle, the Apple iStore, Barnes & Noble, Sony ebookstore, Kobo, Diesel, Smashwords, Lulu, Goodreads and XinXii and with pending library distribution worldwide via Lightning Source and Overdrive, Wider Screenings TM is the sole independent Australian "underground" publisher to compete on equal terms with both self and mainstream publishers. Patient for years awaiting Australia to catch up to the rest of the world, Wider Screening TM | Transgressor is expanding rapidly, with solid presences on social networking giants Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn.

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