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[{"type":"text","content":"\n \nRNS Number : 7660I Zoo Digital Group PLC 21 June 2011 \n \n\n \n \n \n \n21 June 2011\n \nZOO DIGITAL GROUP PLC\n(\"ZOO\" or \"the Group\")\n \nZOO Targets eBook and music industries\n \nZOO, the provider of workflow management software and services for creative media production, is pleased to announce that, following the success of its iTunes production toolset, it has identified further opportunities within the Electronic Sell Through (\"EST\") market, specifically with regards to electronic books and the music industry.\n \nSince announcing in September 2010 the availability of its toolset for iTunes production, ZOO has been working with a number of film studios, including Warner Bros., to adapt video content for sale through Apple's iTunes store and has expanded the range of services it offers to content owners for EST production.\n \nAs a result of this, and given the success of the electronic books market, ZOO has augmented its Media Collaboration platform to include an eBook Builder which provides an efficient and cost-effective way for publishers to repurpose traditional books for sale online, across a wide range of genres including picture books, comics, travel guides, cookery books and reference publications. This new tool works in conjunction with ZOO's software for managing collaborative workflows, adapting materials into multiple languages, and providing storage and distribution of content for multiple eBook vendors. ZOO has begun working with a number of traditional publishers in the US and Europe to enable high quality adaptations of existing products for sale online. According to a recent report from Futuresource Consulting, in 2010 the eBook market grew by more than 200% to a value of more than US$900m.\n \nAnother area of development for ZOO is in the music industry, where publishers are beginning to promote their products with value-added materials using Apple's iTunes LP format. iTunes LP and iTunes Extras are interactive experiences created to accompany music and movies. iTunes LP lets listeners hear an album and view lyrics, liner notes, band photos, performance videos, and more. ZOO has created an Interactive Content Editor to enable the efficient preparation of these and other EST packages to which iTunes LP support has b...