Dracula on iPad

The following is a press notice about a soon to be released (this Halloween!) iPad/ebook app featuring our favorite vampire Count. Looks interesting. Too bad I don't have an iPad!

Download a trailer about it Here

Toronto, Canada - The original vampire who gave us a reason to fear the dark is coming to Apple iPad as a whole new, frightfully interactive experience! PadWorx Digital Media, Inc., an independent developer of a new category of interactive eBooks for tablet PCs, announced today it will release Bram Stoker's Dracula on the App Store in time for this Halloween. Dracula will be the first eBook title for the Apple iPad built from the ground up on PadWorx Digital Media's proprietary game engine, giving readers the chance to experience a new level of entertainment through the combination of text, animation, gameplay, touch screen interaction, social media, original soundtrack and music, sound effects and more.

"Our new interactive version of Dracula is unlike anything I've ever seen on the iPad," said Jeffery Alan Schechter, director and producer at PadWorx Digital Media, Inc. "From fans of the original classic tale, to the blood and romance fans of the Twilight books and movies, to tech savvy enthusiasts, there are plenty of elements to keep everyone reading for hours. We've created original illustrations, animation, sounds and touch screen elements that work together with the text on each page, drawing readers in and allowing them to uncover a new tale worth telling."  Read more

Laurie Rauch - Executive Editor of Samhain Publishing- Questions and Contest

Please welcome Laurie Rauch Executive Editor of Samhain Publishing. 

She will be stopping by throughout the day to answer your questions about Samhain and publishing in general. 


Place your questions in the comments field!

[Questions sent to me earlier have been forwarded to Laurie]



Contest: Two commenters will be selected to receive a copy of an ebook. This contest open internationally!


To get things started Laurie has answered questions I sent to her earlier.


PVN: How long have you worked in the publishing industry?

LR: I’ve been with Samhain Publishing since 2006, and I took on the
Executive Editor role in mid-2009. I've worked as an editor since
1997, in all sorts of industries, including finance, marketing,
telecommunications, legal, and insurance, but I find editing romance
the most fun. Education-wise, I have a Bachelor of Fine Arts in
Theatre and a post-graduate diploma in Book and Magazine Publishing.

PVN:  Describe your typical day as an editor.

LR: I answer emails, process forms, review cover art, review blurbs, talk
books with my authors, talk books with aspiring authors, talk edits
with my editors, and spend some time editing. And try to get in some
time reading submissions. And answer more emails.


PVN:  Are you looking for any particular types of manuscripts  at this time?

LR: We are open to all genres and all heat levels of romance and erotica,
as well as fantasy, urban fantasy or science fiction with strong
romantic elements.

PVN:  Would you discuss Samhain's interest in paranormal romance?

LR: We love paranormal romance. Shifters, vampires, any kind of paranormal
creature, we want to see it.

Upcoming Event - Laurie Rauch of Samhain Publishing Plus Contest

On Thursday January 28  Laurie Rauch Executive Editor of Samhaim Publishing will visit PVN to answer your questions about the publishing world

Have your questions ready!  You can send them to me now - paltner@verizon.net or leave them in the comments area. I will pass them on to her.

Of course you can also ask them Thursday. Laurie will be dropping by throughout the day. She is also offering 2 commenters a digital book. The contest is international!


Samhaim Publishing  launched in November 2005 and was founded with a
goal of bringing to compulsive readers books that allow them to
discover new worlds and be taken on adventures through the creative
minds of today’s brightest authors. Primarily a digital publisher,
Samhain also publishes print versions, which turn our stories—and
beautiful cover art—into something to touch and hold and love.