Mariner Expands Its Reach Into the Creative Writing Market by Forming a Partnership With the Online Publishing Company _trekden

Minneapolis, Minnesota (PRWEB) November 02, 2011

Were not sure how Ernest Hemingway would react today. With the availability of a wide variety of creative writing software, anyone who has a story to tell, can write one. Mariners own popular novel writing software, StoryMill, has a numerous and impressive following of both first-time and published professional writers. Established professional writers have a number of options at their disposal to get their writings published. For the rest of the world, whose works remain unpublished, who helps them?

Mariner has teamed up with _trekden, a one-of-a-kind, online publisher, specializing in getting those unpublished stories published using mediums like Apples iBook Store and Amazons Kindle Store. Both companies share a common interest in the creative writing community. Mariner plays a role in the writing process by providing innovative software, like StoryMill, designed to inspire writers to produce their best work. Trekden represents that second step in a writers journey by helping them overcome the administrative and financial hurdles of publishing. Together, Mariner and _trekden will form the complete experience for writers. When using Mariners StoryMill, writers will be able to bring their story from conception to completion. With _trekden, StoryMill users will have the advantage of their stories being expedited through the _trekden publishing process as premium clients.

"The partnership between Mariner Software and _trekden is important for just one reason it creates the turnkey solution for authors to write and publish their books," said T.K. Dennis, President of _trekden. "Becoming a published author is one of the most popular "bucket list" items throughout the world. Thats why _trekden and Mariner Software have teamed up. Our goal is to eliminate as many barriers as we can from the writing and publishing process."

With this collaboration, StoryMill now has a new Publish feature. When the user selects Publish, they will be connected to _trekdens full publishing services which includes general editing, cover design, ISBN assignment, and then, out to the marketplace. This new feature in StoryMill, and _trekdens services, are completely free to the user.

"This integration of publishing through _trekden in StoryMill adds incredible value," said Michael Wray, President of Mariner. "Youre not just buying an app that makes the writing process fun and easy, youre also investing in a means of publishing that will make the dream of becoming a published author a reality."

StoryMill is available as a full working demo from the Mariner Software website. Free review copies of StoryMill are available to the press.

About Mariner Software

Mariner Software Inc, is a developer and republisher of industry recognized Mac OS, iOS and Windows products. Founded in 1990, Mariner has established itself as a leader in the consumer, business and education markets with such products as MacJournal, Mariner Write, Mariner Calc, MacGourmet Deluxe, StoryMill, WinJournal, MacJournal for iPad and iPhone, Mariner Calc for iPad and iPhone and Paperless for Mac and Windows. For a complete listing of all products visit Mariner Software. With customers worldwide, Mariner Software is committed to delivering the highest quality software with an emphasis on total customer satisfaction.

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Church Web Works and Splat Interactive Partner to Reach New Devices Including iPhone, iPad and Yahoo! Connected TV

Renton, WA (PRWEB) March 9, 2011

Church Web Works, an industry leader in web content management for faith-based organizations, today announced a strategic partnership with Splat Interactive to extend their platform to Connected TV and to smart phones. Their partnership with Splat will enable CWWs broad customer base of churches and other Christian non-profits to reach new devices beyond the web.

Consumers expect to access the information they need whether on the web, a Connected TV, or a smart phone, explained Splat's Chief Technology Officer Stephen Fishburn. Church Web Works has an easy-to-use but sophisticated CMS platform that enables Christian organizations to publish to the web. For thousands of churches, our partnership extends that platform to the living room and to the purse or the pocket.

Churches today are actively trying to reach their members and the community at large wherever they are. CWW Version 5, which was released to select customers in January, supports a media center with video and audio streaming, advanced tools to manage a unique look-and-feel for each churchs web site, online form creation, calendaring, and deep integration with Facebook and Twitter.

Church Web Works is pleased to partner with a leading technology company like Splat, said Gavin Fysh, CWWs Chief Executive Officer. Our platform is used by thousands of churches every day to reach their members and their communities. Using the same CWW user interface our customers are familiar with today, well now be able to extend their reach to the three screens people use every day to keep informed, inspired, and entertained.

The three-screen user experience will be launched this spring on the web and Yahoo! Connected TV as well as on iPhone and iPad with New Life Church in the Seattle area and with World Vision, a Christian humanitarian organization dedicated to working with children, families, and their communities worldwide to reach their full potential by tackling the causes of poverty and injustice.

Church Web Works has done a great job helping us connect with our community through our web presence, said Pastor Loran Lichty at New Life. We love Church Web Works, and were looking forward to extending our web presence to the TV and to smart phones.

In addition to enabling new features on the web with Version 5, features unique to Connected TVs and smart phones will be implemented including a store front for distributing small group content, mobile giving, video streaming, and audio streaming of Christian radio stations.

About Church Web Works

Church Web Works develops creatively inspired software for churches and faith-based organizations, cultivating connection and empowering people. The company builds simply powerful websites on its content management platform, which places easy-to-use tools in the hands of people and allows any church to have an engaging web presence.

For the latest demonstrations of Church Web Works Version 5 platform, please visit http://www.churchwebworks.tv.

Church Web Works is a Razor Planet, Inc. company.

About Splat Interactive

Splat Interactive offers applications and development services in Connected TV and mobile to consumers and media companies throughout the world. The company operates both professional services and consumer products divisions including the entertainment application Splat.TV, an app that makes TV more social. The companys blog, TekNerve, offers daily news and opinion on industry trends.

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