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Sam’s Fish Bowl is now “Reef Life” - and it’s awesome!

Sunday, September 20th, 2009

The long anticipated upgrade is here!

We are pleased to announce the latest offering from Storybook Anytime. Our popular Facebook application, Sam’s Fish Bowl, has been massively upgraded and is now called “Reef Life”. Over six months of around the clock work by our team has produced an immersive underwater world/social game that has raised the bar for social games.

You can find out more at the game micro-site http://becomeawhale.com

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The Story

You were once a small fish living the good life inside a fish bowl. While on a Caribbean cruise with your human family, your bowl accidentally fell overboard. As you drifted through the vast depths of the ocean, you came to rest on a large coral reef. You soon discover that this reef is actually an amazing underwater world filled with all kinds of interesting characters and unique marine life. You are immediately taken under the fin by “Reef Whale”, Ronald Trout. Mr. Trout is going to teach you how to start living the “Reef Life” and in the process, how to become a whale yourself.

Life on the reef is a fragile balancing act, but there is plenty of opportunity for you and your friends. You can find starfish and recycle bottles to earn coins- the main currency of the reef. If you are really entrepreneurial, you can rent neighborhoods with businesses to give yourself even more earning potential. Good luck and welcome to your new “Reef Life”.

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Sam’s Fish Bowl 2.0 - A small fish in a big pond.

Saturday, July 11th, 2009

The wait is nearly over! Over the last few months our team has been feverishly working on our new top secret project, Sam’s Fish Bowl 2.0 - A small fish in a big pond. The next version of our popular Facebook application is nearly ready for private beta. We are still in stealth mode regarding the actual game details but we assure you it is undergoing an amazing transformation and upgrade. Because of this massive upgrade we have created a website specifically for Sam’s Fish Bowl.

This marks the first in a series of announcements that we will make over the coming weeks. We are pleased to let you know that http://www.samsfishbowl.com is now live and hosting a beta registration page. We encourage you to register today. The site will contain the latest details specific to Sam’s Fish Bowl 2.0. Of course as always, we will keep you updated from our blog and website as well. Check it out today!

In addition, we encourage you to follow the Sam’s Fish Bowl Twitter feed for the absolute latest up to date announcements.

Seeking Creative Submissions - Sell Your Work Through Sam’s Interactive Reader

Monday, April 6th, 2009

img-creativesWe are pleased to announce the official launch of “Creative Submissions“.  This is a new area of our web site specifically for content creators to contribute their works for sale within Sam’s Interactive Reader.  Storybook Anytime Creative Submissions is looking for original creative works that are unique and interesting.  This includes live action video, animation, children’s music, and educational and fun games for kids.  Sam’s Interactive reader is known for its quality “Edutainment” content. There are many talented and creative individuals that are producing this type of content.  Creative Submissions gives them the perfect opportunity to present this content to a focused audience in the appropriate environment and earn a flat royalty rate of 50% for each purchase of their accepted work.

We believe this new initiative allows the community to participate in the content that is distributed through our flagship product,” says Angie Johnston, President of Storybook Anytime.  “There is a wealth of fantastic, contemporary children’s content that the world has not yet seen and we are proud to make it possible for that content to be published.

Creative Submissions also represents a new strategic business initiative for Storybook Anytime.  The introduction of user-generated content along side its original works provides huge benefits to its customers.  These benefits include less time between new content releases and more diverse and contemporary subject matter.  In addition, it extends the financial benefit not just to Storybook Anytime but allows us to share revenue with content creators in a way that benefits everyone.

Sam’s Fish Bowl Highlighted at Facebook Review

Wednesday, March 4th, 2009

The editors at FBReview.com have written an in-depth review of our Facebook application, Sam’s Fish Bowl. They give a fantastic overview of how the application operates and why so many Facebook users have found it fun and entertaining. We think it is worth mentioning that they noticed our active users have doubled in the last month. We are very happy about this fact, and, as an update, we are on track to double again in March (fingers crossed). Please take a few moments and read the full review- thanks FBReview!

Excerpt:

From January to February the number of the active users of Sam’s Fish Bowl application has increased from around 2000 to approximately 4000. Use this game together with your children and friends as well and enjoy a nice time by taking care of your unique fish.

Read the full article at: http://www.fbreview.com/2009/03/03/adopt-a-fish-today/

Storybook Anytime presented at the Adobe MAX Conference in Milan

Wednesday, December 10th, 2008

We are very excited to see that the Adobe Air team presented Storybook Anytime during the Adobe MAX conference in Milan, Italy this past week. Robert Christensen presented a session titled “Monetizing Applications with Adobe AIR” in which he examined case studies that describe how developers are attempting to monetize and market AIR applications. The featured case study was Storybook Anytime and our two flagship products Sam’s Interactive Reader and Sam’s Fish Bowl. It included a glimpse into our social and online marketing and techniques used via Facebook (and now Twitter) to generate interest in our product and company.

You can view the full presentation here at the Adobe Air blog.

The Adobe MAX conference continues in Tokyo, Japan after the holidays — January 29 - 30, 2009. Once again, thanks Adobe. You guys rock!

Introducing Sam’s Fish Bowl - a Facebook App for Parents

Tuesday, November 25th, 2008

Ok parents we have released a Facebook application just for you. Sam’s Fish Bowl 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!

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