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Mantano officially recognized as “innovative company”!

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Thanks to an audit achieved by an expert of the french Government of Education and Research, Mantano’s R&D projects have been officially recognized as innovative by OSEO! This is great news for our team, since this label will allow us to further increase R&D efforts.

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Chicago Suntimes: “Thanks to Mantano Reader [...], I now have what I’ve always wanted”

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Thanks to Mantano Reader ($7.49 and well worth it), I now have what I’ve always wanted: a Kindle that can open and read ePUB books. Mantano even supports Adobe DRM . . . so at least in theory, the Kindle Fire can even import the books you might have bought from a competing digital shop, such as the Google eBookstore. The Fire would be much less than it is if Amazon decided to shut out any app that competed with the company’s own products.

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Bye-bye Trial, welcome Free!

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We’ve decided to further widen the audience of our book reading application, by replacing the 7-days Trial version by a Free one. You can download it from the Android Market or through this direct link. Of course we need funding to keep improving the app, developing new features,

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Mantano Cloud: you can now share books and annotations!

Mantano Cloud has reached an important milestone: you can now share your books and its annotations with your friends or colleagues! Click on the small “Share” icon close to the book cover in the Library; Select a set of contacts or enter their emails; They will receive

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A welcome cloud!

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At Mantano, we definitely prefer deep blue skies and shining sun. But when it comes to securing our beloved readings and sharing our annotations with friends, clouds are welcome!

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Mantano Reader for Android: Great for reading World Adventure Kids!

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When I designed and formatted World Adventure Kids, I saw it mainly as an e-reading text ideal for desktop computers, laptops, notebooks and tablet devices.

Trying it out on my Galaxy S smartphone confirmed my suspicion it wouldn’t work that well on a mobile phone. The screen still feels too small for comfortable reading, and the Adobe Reader for Android (for some baffling reason) rendered out the interactive functions that make World Adventure Kids a fluid and pleasant touch/click experience.

As it turns out, it wasn’t the smartphone (or its size) that was the problem; it was the e-reader app itself.

I uploaded a different e-reading app for Android by a company called Mantano (easy to find in the Android store connected to the phone) and I was blown away by what this reader did for an interactive text like World Adventure Kids. Not only could I now read and interact with the story on a smartphone, it was really clear and easy and… fun!

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Mantano Reader for Android 1.5, a great milestone!

So good I bought it twice! I’ve tried all the rest, Mantano and the team blow all the rest out of the water. A+ for the app and A+ to the devs. Almost perfect!!! I downloaded all the Ebook and PDF apps I could find… I uninstalled

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The surprising launch of Mantano Reader

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Selling a first app on the consumer market is always a challenge for a young company. I’m not sure I know how to succeed in this exercise but I’d like to share some funny and interesting facts from our recent experience at Mantano when launching our Mantano

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Frankfurt Book Fair (Germany), October 12-16, 2011

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Mantano will be at the Frankfurt Book Fair, Germany, from 12 to 16 october, 2011. To make sure we can have enough time to discuss potential business opportunities, it’s safe to contact us before to schedule a meeting during the event. Over 280,000 inquisitive book and media

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IFA, Berlin (Germany) – September 2-7, 2011

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Mantano will be at the IFA 2011 in Berlin, Germany, from 2 to 7 september, 2011. To make sure we can have enough time to discuss potential business opportunities, it’s safe to contact us before to schedule a meeting during the event. ThIFA global trade show for

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