Touchpress

Touchpress
Founded2010
FounderTheodore Gray, Max Whitby, John Cromie, Stephen Wolfram
Country of originUnited Kingdom
Headquarters locationLondon
Publication typesBooks, iPhone and iPad apps

Touchpress was an app developer and publisher based in Central London. The company specialised in creating apps on educational subjects including the Periodic Table,[1] Beethoven,[2] the Solar System,[3] T.S. Eliot,[4] Shakespeare,[5] and others.

In October 2016, Touchpress sold its portfolio of apps to a publisher, Touch Press Inc. The company has rebranded to "Amphio".'[6]

Origins

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Touchpress was founded by Theodore Gray, Max Whitby, John Cromie, Stephen Wolfram and others shortly after the announcement of the launch of the iPad.[7][8] The first published app was "The Elements," a continuation of the founders' work together on a coffee table book about the periodic table,[9] which they followed up in 2014 with "Molecules", allowing users to touch and discover the basic building blocks of the world.[10]

Design philosophy

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Touchpress creates "living books."[11] Their apps feature many interactive elements and seek to engage readers with a deeper understanding of the subject. The company is part of a broad movement to re-define books and the reading experience for the 21st century.[12][13] Touchpress is particularly notable for their partnerships both within and outside the publishing industry. To date, the company has worked with Juilliard, Disney,[14] Deutsche Grammophon,[15] Faber and Faber, Seamus Heaney,[16] Björk,[17] Fiona Shaw, Patrick Stewart, Steve Reich, Stephen Fry, Andrew Motion,[18] Stephen Hough,[19] Esa-Pekka Salonen and the Philharmonia Orchestra,[20] National Geographic,[21] and more.

Apps published by Touchpress

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References

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  1. ^ "The Elements: A Visual Exploration". PC Mag.com. PC Magazine. Retrieved 12 August 2013.
  2. ^ Thompson, Damian (25 May 2013). "Four recordings of Beethoven's Ninth on a $15.47 app". The Spectator. Retrieved 12 August 2013.
  3. ^ Lawton, Chuck (31 January 2011). "Touch The Solar System on Your iPad". Wired. Retrieved 12 August 2013.
  4. ^ Dredge, Stuart (8 August 2011). "The Waste Land iPad app earns back its costs in six weeks on the App Store". The Guardian. Retrieved 12 August 2013.
  5. ^ Ng, David (20 May 2013). "Shakespeare's sonnets get a new iPad, iPhone app". The Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 12 August 2013.
  6. ^ "Touchpress unveils new strategic direction and rebrands as Amphio | The Bookseller". www.thebookseller.com. Retrieved 1 December 2016.
  7. ^ Roush, Wade (29 July 2011). "TouchPress: Theodore Gray Tests His Mettle in the App World". Publishers Weekly. Retrieved 12 August 2013.
  8. ^ Wolfram, Stephen (24 December 2010). "Touch Press: The Second Book". Stephen Wolfram Blog. Retrieved 12 August 2013.
  9. ^ Pham, Alex (27 April 2010). "The curious tale of the wooden table that became an iPad book". The Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 12 August 2013.
  10. ^ Stockton, Nick (20 October 2014). "Explore the Building Blocks of Everything From Poison to Soap". Wired. Retrieved 17 December 2014.
  11. ^ Ng, David (27 April 2012). "The Coffee Table eBook: iPad Apps From Touch Press Transform The Act Of Reading". Forbes. Retrieved 12 August 2013.
  12. ^ Roush, Wade (11 May 2012). "Touch Press, the iPad, and the New Golden Age of Multimedia". Xconomy. Retrieved 12 August 2013.
  13. ^ Boehret, Katherine (7 April 2010). "For the iPad, Apps With Their Own Wow Factor". The Wall Street Journal. Retrieved 12 August 2013.
  14. ^ Padilla, Richard (8 August 2013). "'Disney Animated' for iPad Covers the History of All 53 Disney Films". Mac Rumors. Retrieved 12 August 2013.
  15. ^ Service, Tom (31 May 2013). "'Beethoven's Ninth, the app: an Ode to iJoy". The Guardian. Retrieved 12 August 2013.
  16. ^ Richmond, Shane (15 July 2011). "The Waste Land iPad app review". The Telegraph. Retrieved 12 August 2013.
  17. ^ Burton, Charlie (26 July 2011). "'In depth: How Björk's 'Biophilia' album fuses music with iPad apps". Wired. Archived from the original on 15 April 2014. Retrieved 13 August 2013.
  18. ^ Caplan, Lisa (14 December 2012). "'Touch Press brushes the dust off The Sonnets by Shakespeare". Appolicious. Archived from the original on 9 December 2014. Retrieved 12 August 2013.
  19. ^ "Stephen Hough And Touch Press Release Ground-Breaking iPad App Coinciding With Opening Concert Of BBC Proms". Classical Source. 10 July 2013. Retrieved 12 August 2013.
  20. ^ Wall, Seth Colter (21 December 2012). "The Perfect Classical Music App". Slate. Retrieved 12 August 2013.
  21. ^ Grabarek, Daryl (21 October 2011). "Review: 'March of the Dinosaurs' for iOS". School Library Journal. Retrieved 12 August 2013.
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