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Ave!Comics Production is a French company editing comics on smartphones, tablets and computers. It was founded in August 2009 and it is a subsidiary of Aquafadas, a software development company in digital publishing.

AveComics is a platform selling and distributing digital comics and graphic novels, widely used by French as well as international publishers since 2009. AveComics uses a unique technology for comics transformation, distribution and reading based around its AVE format, created by Aquafadas. AveComics includes a website and an app for iOS, Android and WebOS. AveComics allows users to buy and read Comic Books, Mangas and Graphic Novels on smartphones, tablets and computers in French, English and Spanish.

Key advantages

 * Over 2000 titles available...and counting
 * 80 international publishers
 * AveComics offers several reading modes: a unique reading experience through cinematic reading that combines animations, transitions and automatic zoom. And a full page reader that will pan and zoom for customers while maintaining their preferred zoom factor.
 * AveComics is a platform. You buy ONCE, you read ANYWHERE, in a format that is suited to your device (computer, smartphones, tablets...)
 * AveComics guarantees unlimited access to your comics
 * AveComics is economical: only $ 0.99 for a complete album

Web Store
AveComics’ main activities are distributing, promoting, and selling comics through its website and smartphones’ stores, such as iTunes or Appworld. Its online store allows clients to buy comics and read them from different medias and without any time limit.

AveComics Application
This application is available on the AppStore for Apple products, and also on Google Play Store for Android products. The final user can retrieve his comic books everywhere, because the same account can be connected on different devices.

Reading System
Comics published by AveComics are stored in files using the «.AVE» format (« Adaptative Viewer Experience »). This format offers both a «basic» and an «animated» reading system, including automatic zoom, animations, sounds, and videos.

Publishing and distributing software
Comics from AveComics are adapted to different definitions with a software developped by Aquafadas: «ComicComposer», which is able to create «enriched» exportable comics onto several medias under .AVE format. Another software, «LayoutEditor», helps creating a comics-selling website.

Features

 * A revolutionnary reading experience using kinematics that create an animated path through the stories.
 * Full page reader that will pan and zoom for you while maintaining your preferred zoom factor.
 * Inbuilt store (powered by the AppStore) featuring a growing selection of comics in several languages. Comics are added on a weekly basis.
 * Inbuilt collections with free content, including Golden Age comics, animated using the AVE technology.
 * Syncs with your AveComics account
 * Page mode to display the original layout of the comic book.
 * Scene mode to focus on the cells of the comic book.
 * Easy and intuitive navigation between pages and animations.
 * Ability to change the playback speed of the kinematics.
 * Easy access to the history of readings as well as the recently added items
 * Ability to add ratings and find books by rating,
 * Ability to search books by name, keywords, ...
 * Full support for multi-touch, swipe gestures, zoom gestures, portrait and landscape mode.
 * Goto any page quickly using a dedicated page scroller

AVE Format
This is a new document format designed for comics and manga. Enjoy a unique reading experience through cinematic reading that combines animations, transitions and automatic zoom.