Poughkeepsie Enhanced Collector’s Edition App Tour

Welcome to the Poughkeepsie Enhanced Collector’s Edition App Tour!

Poughkeepsie by Debra Anastasia has been a cult hit bestseller since 2011. A homeless guy counting the smiles of a kind train commuter spiraled into a novel that was nominated by the Rockstars of Romance as one of the most romantic stories ever and won 2^nd place!   It was a story that deserved getting a jumbo-sized enhancement. Extra scenes out the ying yang was, of course, a huge part of the fun. Getting to spend some of those previously undiscovered first moments with Blake and Livia or the moment he proposed was worth exploring. In Debra’s wildest dreams she imagined Poughkeepsie with its own soundtrack, anchored by her favorite musicians. When blockbuster talent Ron Pope signed on with fourteen songs and then Rustic Overtones agreed as well, she knew things were going to get crazy cool.

After almost two full years of development, the Enhanced Poughkeepsie is ready.  Debra lost count of the hours spent, as did the developer poured into this. It was beast, and more amazing than she could have ever imagined. This app became the most exceptional reading experience Debra could devise for her readers.

Check out what’s in store for you:

This app will be available for all kinds of devices!

It is available now as Enhanced Poughkeepsie for iPad. 

Website for Droid, iPhones, and Computers is coming soon! 

Visit http://www.DebraAnastasia.com

https://twitter.com/Debra_Anastasia

Debra’s Facebook Page

For more information. The website app (which is the same content as the iPad app) will be available this week.

For this tour, there is one HUGE giveaway that you totally should treat yourself to entering.

a Rafflecopter giveaway 

Rafflecopter direct link: http://www.rafflecopter.com/rafl/share-code/Y2U1YWJmZWJkNDA5ZWY5N2Y3ZWI5ZmE5ZGNkMzk4OjIz/

Summary

Immerse yourself in the world of Debra Anastasia’s Poughkeepsie.

Experience this bestselling novel for the first time…again as you break all the rules about books with Omnific Publishing and Debra Anastasia. In this enhanced version of the novel, you’ll enjoy insights from the author, music by Ron Pope and other artists to set the mood, and images and video that bring the scenes to life as you read. You’ll delve deeper into the world of Poughkeepsie through nearly 50,000 words of added scenes (more love, more drama, more romance!) and informative insights into how this marvelous story and its characters came to be.

Self-contained in this app (no wifi needed after downloading):

• complete novel Poughkeepsie by Debra Anastasia
• author/director’s pop-up commentary
• music by Ron Pope, Rustic Overtones, Monoxide G, Violet Winter, Bo Heart, and Jeff Epstein and the City Line Singers
• more than 100 images to enhance the story
• videos of your favorite characters in action
• special animation
• sound effects
• interviews with the characters, author, and more
• interactive games
• trailers for the Poughkeepsie Brotherhood series
• how-to knitting instructions
• how-to instructions for making a paper rose
• recipe for the dinner Livia makes for Blake

The Author

Debra’s Twitter https://twitter.com/Debra_Anastasia

Debra’s Facebook https://www.facebook.com/pages/Debra-Anastasia/429939037076457

Debra’s website http://www.debraanastasia.com/

The Pixie Reader is also delighted that Debra has taken time off from her wonderfully crazy schedule to share with us some of her thoughts about the app

Omnific Publishing approached me to enhance Poughkeepsie I said yes immediately with no reservations. And then I realized there was no template for this. There is no guidebook about how to make an enhanced app from scratch. That realization started the journey that ended up with the Poughkeepsie Enhanced Collector’s Edition app. At first I didn't know how I was going to do it. I went into the first chapter and I tried to jam pack it with everything I wanted. I found myself backtracking over and over. So I had to scrap that method and put it on the cutting room floor. I realized that I needed to plan my enhancements and lay them out like layers. My first layer was the author’s commentary. I just reread the story and picked out little points that I wanted to share with the readers. I’d find a story and then I will link it to a comment about how that story involved from my real life or what it reminded me of, or who it honored. When that was finished, I went through the manuscript again and I added extra scenes to the tune of almost 50,000 extra words added to the story. It was like fanfiction of Poughkeepsie written by the original author. And from there I added the layers: games, images, videos sound effects, every enhancement had a layer. It was the only way I could keep track or understand what I was making. It took almost two years from the first phone call to the app appearing on iTunes. I had no idea when I first accepted the challenge how long it would take and what a large passion project it would be. I have absolutely no regrets because Enhanced  Poughkeepsie is my dream right now. It completely encapsulates the entire experience of writing it for the reader with the music and the images all the things that influence the story. 

Thank you so much to The Pixie Reader for allowing me to play on the blog today. XO