Touch Press

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Touch Press
Founded 2010
Founder Theodore Gray, Max Whitby, John Cromie, and Stephen Wolfram
Country of origin United Kingdom
Headquarters location London
Publication types Books, iPad apps
Official website www.touchpress.com

Touch Press is an acclaimed[1][2][3] app developer and publisher based in West London. The company specializes in creating in-depth premium apps on educational subjects including the Periodic Table,[4] Beethoven,[5] the Solar System,[6] T.S. Eliot,[7] Shakespeare,[8] and others. Their app Barefoot World Atlas was named one of the top 10 apps of all time by Apple.[9] Of Touch Press's most recent app, Disney Animated, iTunes's App Editor noted, "We’re absolutely spellbound."[10]

Origins

Touch Press was founded by Theodore Gray, Max Whitby, John Cromie and Stephen Wolfram shortly after the announcement of the launch of the iPad.[11][12] The first published app was "The Elements," a continuation of the founders' work together on a coffee table book about the periodic table.[13]

Design Philosophy

Touch Press creates "living books."[14] Their apps feature many interactive elements and seek 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.[15][16] Touch Press is particularly notable for their partnerships both within and outside the publishing industry. To date, the company was worked with Disney,[17] Deutsche Grammophon,[18] Faber and Faber, Seamus Heaney,[3] Bjork,[19] Fiona Shaw, Patrick Stewart, Stephen Fry, Andrew Motion,[20] Stephen Hough,[21] Esa-Pekka Salonen and the Philharmonia Orchestra,[1] and National Geographic[22]

Apps Published by Touch Press

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Wall, Seth Colter (2012-12-21). "The Perfect Classical Music App". Slate. Retrieved August 12, 2013. 
  2. ↑ Banks, Dave (2013-06-14). "App is Truly an Ode to Joy". Geek Dad. Retrieved August 12, 2013. 
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Richmond, Shane (2011-07-15). "The Waste Land iPad app review". The Telegraph. Retrieved August 12, 2013. 
  4. ↑ "The Elements: A Visual Exploration". PC Mag.com. PC Magazine. Retrieved 12 August 2013. 
  5. ↑ Thompson, Damian (2013-05-25). "Four recordings of Beethoven’s Ninth on a $15.47 app". The Spectator. Retrieved August 12, 2013. 
  6. ↑ Lawton, Chuck (2011-01-31). "Touch The Solar System on Your iPad". Wired. Retrieved August 12, 2013. 
  7. ↑ Dredge, Stuart (2011-08-08). "The Waste Land iPad app earns back its costs in six weeks on the App Store". The Guardian. Retrieved August 12, 2013. 
  8. ↑ Ng, David (2013-05-20). "Shakespeare's sonnets get a new iPad, iPhone app". The Los Angeles Times. Retrieved August 12, 2013. 
  9. ↑ Rosen, Judith (2013-07-09). "Two Book Apps Among Apple’s All-Time Top 10". Publishers Weekly. Retrieved August 12, 2013. 
  10. ↑ "Disney Animated By Disney". iTunes. Apple. Retrieved 22 August 2013. 
  11. ↑ Roush, Wade (2011-07-29). "TouchPress: Theodore Gray Tests His Mettle in the App World". Publisher's Weekly. Retrieved August 12, 2013. 
  12. ↑ Wolfram, Stephen (2010-12-24). "Touch Press: The Second Book". Stephen Wolfram Blog. Retrieved August 12, 2013. 
  13. ↑ Pham, Alex (2010-04-27). "The curious tale of the wooden table that became an iPad book". The Los Angeles Times. Retrieved August 12, 2013. 
  14. ↑ Ng, David (2012-04-27). "The Coffee Table eBook: iPad Apps From Touch Press Transform The Act Of Reading". Forbes. Retrieved August 12, 2013. 
  15. ↑ Roush, Wade (2012-05-11). "Touch Press, the iPad, and the New Golden Age of Multimedia". Xconomy. Retrieved August 12, 2013. 
  16. ↑ Boehret, Katherine (2010-04-07). "For the iPad, Apps With Their Own Wow Factor". The Wall Street Journal. Retrieved August 12, 2013. 
  17. ↑ Padilla, Richard (2013-08-08). "'Disney Animated' for iPad Covers the History of All 53 Disney Films". Mac Rumors. Retrieved August 12, 2013. 
  18. ↑ Service, Tom (2013-05-31). "'Beethoven's Ninth, the app: an Ode to iJoy". The Guardian. Retrieved August 12, 2013. 
  19. ↑ Burton, Charlie (2011-07-26). "'In depth: How Björk's 'Biophilia' album fuses music with iPad apps". Wired. Retrieved August 13, 2013. 
  20. ↑ Caplan, Lisa (2012-12-14). "'Touch Press brushes the dust off The Sonnets by Shakespeare". Appolicious. Retrieved August 12, 2013. 
  21. ↑ "Stephen Hough And Touch Press Release Ground-Breaking iPad App Coinciding With Opening Concert Of BBC Proms". Classical Source. 2013-07-10. Retrieved August 12, 2013. 
  22. ↑ Grabarek, Daryl (2011-10-21). "Review: ‘March of the Dinosaurs’ for iOS". School Library Journal. Retrieved August 12, 2013. 

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