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Vook, Maker of Multimedia E-Books, Raises $2.5 Million
Brad Inman wants to bring books into the 21st century. His year-old startup, Vook (which we’ve written about here and here ) mashes and mixes videos and photos with text to create multimedia books for devices like the iPhone and soon, the iPad.

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