Press Release E-Strips 4-12-2013
Press release e-Strips 4-12-2013 e-Strips: Standaard Uitgeverij and Ballon Media are joining forces to develop a digital platform for graphic novels and comics. Together with technology partner Crius and with the support of iMinds Mix, an innovative and unique comic platform is being created. So what is the point of the e-Strips project? We want to provide a single place where readers can find digital copies of all graphic novels and comics, both recent and older titles. Even the series you no longer find in the shops these days, but which constitute an indispensible part of our comic culture. The objective is to develop one central platform with innovative tools for digitalising and enriching graphic novels. That way, various generations of readers will be treated to a unique, adapted reading experience. Belgium has a rich tradition in the comic world. In the past, the newspapers provided a daily encounter with the many comic characters. Nowadays, all comic publishers are looking for new ways to reach large numbers of readers. After all, the number of digital readers is increasing, as is the number of foreign initiatives. As the biggest publishers, we consider it to be our responsibility to take the lead here: to aim for a single standard for the sector, which we set, not Silicon Valley or Beijing. The future of Belgian comics concerns us all, so Ballon Media and Standard Uitgeverij are joining forces to provide a unique place for comics, as part of Belgian cultural heritage, in the digital universe, too. Once this platform is up and running, it will be opened to all publishers.
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