Archive for January, 2009

Sam’s Fish Bowl - Version 1.0 Release

Friday, January 23rd, 2009

As we kick off an exciting 2009 we are pleased to announce that our popular Facebook application, Sam’s Fish Bowl, is now officially out of Beta.  Version 1.0 went live at 5:30AM PST today and we could not be more pleased with the results.

During our Beta period we added over 2100 users to the application and continue to see almost 98% of those users remain active and faithful to their fish! This growth has happened rapidly and was generated strictly from word of mouth. Thank you users- you are incredible! We simply can not thank everyone enough. Keep those feature requests coming!

For those not familiar with the application it allows you to become the caregiver of a super-unique fish. Your fish is alive and well and lives everyday on Facebook. He will require special care and feeding from both you and your friends, and will certainly become a beloved member of the family. Each time you feed your fish you will earn Super Feeder Points. These points can be shared with your child’s Super Reader Points within Sam’s Interactive Reader. We think you’ll like this casual game and it also helps us spread the word about Storybook Anytime through everyone’s social network on Facebook. Thank you for your support!

Happy New Year Storybook Anytime Fans

Tuesday, January 6th, 2009

After taking a few well deserved weeks off to observe the holidays we are happy to be back in action.

Product Update: Just before the break we were able to release a new version update (1.7) that addressed a few inconsistencies with our transaction system and added some user interface tweaks.

During our break we had time to reflect on our advances in 2008 as well has start our strategic planning for 2009. That said, we would like to give a special thanks to Adobe, specifically the Adobe Air team, who has supported our development efforts and continues to put the word out about Sam’s Interactive Reader and Storybook Anytime. Their efforts in 2008 and plans for 2009 will certainly be an extraordinary benefit for us and we are extremely grateful.

This new year promises to be the best yet for Storybook Anytime and we just wanted to share with everyone a small list of some of the new things you can expect to see as we move through the first quarter of 2009:

  • A variety of new stories, activities and content will be added very soon and with ever increasing frequency
  • Sam’s Fish Bowl (our Facebook app for parents) will move out of Beta with new customization capabilities. We are also working on implementing the user requested features that we have been receiving.
  • New content categories and features will be added to Sam’s Interactive Reader beyond our stories and activities (stay tuned for huge announcements about this specifically in the coming weeks)

We would also like to take this opportunity to thank all of you who have downloaded and installed our product. Without your support and feedback none of this would be possible. Happy New Year everyone.

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