Although there are a number of digital publishers producing exciting, quality children’s app books with full catalogs of interactive titles, many of them have remained strictly in the iOS platform. A number of factors have come into play for that decision towards exclusivity, including working around variations in screen size and the desire to put their titles in the single … [Read more...] about Nosy Crow Expands to the Android Market via Nook
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Celebrating New Children’s Digital Apps
While parents might hesitate to hand Junior a $600 tablet to read a book, more and more parents are seeing the value in guiding young children through the basics of tablet computing. As a 21st century skill, tech savvy parents are responding to the wealth of content available for tablets in order to prepare their kids for the kinds of technological expectations they may find in … [Read more...] about Celebrating New Children’s Digital Apps
Scholastic Enhances Kids’ eReading App in Time for Back to School
Scholastic’s popular kids’ e-reader app Storia, which comes pre-installed with five children’s digital titles, has partnered with digital publisher Trajectory to add well-known illustrated classics titles to the app. These titles will be available for purchase beginning in November, within only a few months of school resuming for another academic year.“Trajectory is a good … [Read more...] about Scholastic Enhances Kids’ eReading App in Time for Back to School
Digital Publishers and iStorytime Develop Content Specifically for the New iPad
As digital publishers battle it out to produce the most innovative content in order to compete for consumers’ reading dollars, one developer of children’s content has found that the key to dynamic material lies in the new iPad retina screen. iStoryTime, creators of a number of top-selling iTunes app books for children and the definitive source for material utilizing DreamWorks’ … [Read more...] about Digital Publishers and iStorytime Develop Content Specifically for the New iPad
Tools of Change Conference Kicks Off Bologna Book Fair
Bologna is one of the premier annual publishing events, and the beauty of Bologna (besides being in Italy, of course) is the centralization around children’s literature. This year’s book fair is the second year in a row to see such an emphasis on digital children’s books and enhanced app books, with several ToC speakers and panels dedicated to where the ebook market is going to … [Read more...] about Tools of Change Conference Kicks Off Bologna Book Fair
uTales Develops Digital Access for Children’s Content
Arguably the hottest demographic of reading consumers in digital publishing is the young readers of interactive storybook readers. GoodEReader.com has covered a large number of companies like iStoryTime that focus on fully-interactive illustrated and narrated book apps for children. These apps are the top-of-the-line reading option when it comes to juvenile content, … [Read more...] about uTales Develops Digital Access for Children’s Content
Scholastic Book Clubs Heading to the Small Screen
For over sixty years, Scholastic book clubs have been providing cost-effective editions of the most popular children’s, middle grade, and young adult novels and reference titles to school children. Through its in-house publishing division, classroom materials selection, and age- and interest specific book clubs, it has become a mainstay of juvenile reading content in the … [Read more...] about Scholastic Book Clubs Heading to the Small Screen