Archive for March, 2010

Progress Update: 2010

Sunday, March 7th, 2010

Asalaamu’alaikum warahmat’ullah

Here’s a rundown of the current books we plan to release in 2010 insha’Allah, from StoneFaruq, and the Seerah Foundation.

Muhammad - Encyclopaedia of Seerah
Currently, almost half of the 8 volumes of the encyclopaedia are out of print, or very low in stock. Insha’Allah, we hope to be able to print the missing volumes this year, so that we will have at least 200 full sets in stock. More news on this once they have gone to print insha’Allah.

StoneFaruq - Books for Children
Our four children’s books are still available, now distributed worldwide by Kube Publishing Ltd., and insha’Allah, we hope to have four more in print this year.

My Mummys Fat Tummy

The four titles are: My Mummy’s Fat Tummy, about the arrival of a new baby in the family, from a young girl’s point of view (an early mockup of the cover can be seen above). One, is another ‘collage style’ illustrated book, all about Tawhid. Insha’Allah We’ll Get There, is a rhyming story about journeying to Makkah for Hajj. Lastly, Auntie Eemaan’s Eid Party, which is fairly self explanatory. :)

More on all of these books, and others, in the near future. Please make du’ah for us insha’Allah, so we achieve that which we set out to do, in Allah’s cause.

Wassalaamu’alaikum Warahmat’ullahposted by Faruq

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The future of books?

Saturday, March 6th, 2010

Assalaamu’alaikum Warahmat’ullah

There are interesting developments going on in digital media all the time, but right now, books and magazines moving into the digital space is a great area of interest.

With the upcoming launch of Apple’s iPad, there finally looks like there will be a viable platform for consuming content like this is a new and accessible way. Below is a video of a Penguin Books presentation, featuring demos of some books they will be launching on Apple’s new device.

 

 

Some interesting ideas, but I think still quite limited compared to what could potentially be possible on this platform. So, what would you like to see on the ipad? Interactive children’s books? or, something new and completely different?

Let us know insha’Allah. Wassalaamu’alaikum Warahmat’ullahposted by Faruq