Entries Tagged as ‘Publishing News’

August 14, 2009

Publisher Finds Missing Illustrator Buried in FTP Server

By AppingoJim, staff
WASHINGTON, DC — After a four-day search involving an entire production team, his family and the local police, a valuable Illustrator was finally discovered buried deep in a publisher’s tangled FTP site.
“I don’t know how it happened,” said the Illustrator after reconnecting with his family. “The thing just ate me up.  I was [...]

August 11, 2009

Publishing Executive Seen Managing Projects… From the Beach!

By AppingoJim, staff
LONG ISLAND, NY— Yesterday, a high-profile production executive was spotted managing the production of several major book projects while enjoying the sun and sipping what appeared to be a frozen cocktail on an East Hampton beach.
Armed only with an iPhone 3G and cooler full of Daiquiri mix, the executive spent the first hour [...]

August 7, 2009

Publishers Rejoice! Appingo Saves Production.

By Appingo Jim, staff
Publishers and their production staffs have joined together this week to celebrate the launch of the Appingo Production Management Suite.
“Finally, I’ll be able to see my kids before bedtime,” one particularly enthusiastic Production Manager exclaimed.
The breakthrough Appingo web-based software brings clarity and efficiency to the process of making books. A simultaneous, [...]

August 5, 2009

Appingo Jim covers the Publishing Beat

We recently launched an email marketing campaign.  I know, I know — email marketing?!?  That is SO 2002! Next thing you know we’ll be talking about building a fancy thing called a WEBSITE.  Bear with us…we’re trying!
Anyway, when we decided to launch an email marketing campaign, we KNEW we didn’t want to do the traditional, [...]