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
Oceanhouse Media
Oceanhouse Media Expands Its Catalog of Enhanced Ebooks
Oceanhouse Media has developed a large fan base for its work, most of which is centered around enhanced ebooks and fully interactive reading content for children. With the release of dozens of full-color and audio embedded app books for children, many of which include large numbers of titles from juvenile literature icon Dr. Seuss, it has become a mainstay source of content for … [Read more...] about Oceanhouse Media Expands Its Catalog of Enhanced Ebooks
The Year of the Enhanced Ebook
Enhanced ebooks appeared in digital platforms shortly after the floodgates opened for electronic reading, many of which were app books created by self-published digital authors with the technological know-how to develop and market their own works. Some of the features that qualify ebooks as enhanced include audio voiceover, embedded graphics, and a massive complement of … [Read more...] about The Year of the Enhanced Ebook
Oceanhouse Media Releases a New Dr. Seuss eBook Title
We have been tracking Oceanhouse Media for quite some time at Good e-Reader and they are one of those companies that helps foster the next generation of readers. They have a huge library of interactive books, including an expansive Dr. Seuss line. They have just released the first edition in their 'The Cat in the Hat's Learning Library book series, There's No Place Like Space! … [Read more...] about Oceanhouse Media Releases a New Dr. Seuss eBook Title
Kindle Fire Reaching Out to the Family
Barnes&Noble announced an eye-opening statistic this year that the largest customer demographic to purchase (or receive as a gift) the Nook Color was middle-aged women, and after further scrutiny, that news made perfect sense. The Nook Color is a light-weight Android-based tablet which was promoted through media campaigns for simple e-reading of books and full-color … [Read more...] about Kindle Fire Reaching Out to the Family
Tablet Reading Heavily Aimed at Children
GoodEReader.com has profiled a number of companies that create children’s interactive book apps, and the reasons these companies have given for their start-ups are strikingly similar, meaning that app developers worldwide recognize a fundamental problem with children’s literacy: books have to compete. With so much coverage given in the past two years to the so-called “death … [Read more...] about Tablet Reading Heavily Aimed at Children