Sourcebooks launched its highly innovative personalized children's reading experience only a few months ago, but in that time, the Put Me In The Story platform has grown to include some of the most beloved characters in all of children's reading. Today, Sourcebooks announced the addition of the Berenstain Bears, a classic for over fifty years. “We are delighted the … [Read more...] about Sourcebooks Adds New Favorites to Put Me In The Story Platform
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Audiobooks Get Personal with StorEbook
With all of the enhancements and innovations in digital reading, perhaps one of the most exciting is the more natural-sounding audio narrations coming out for ebooks. While audiobooks recorded by celebrity voices and trained actors are still a favorite for book listening, we've come a long way since the first edition Kindle would robotically read the text of an ebook. One of … [Read more...] about Audiobooks Get Personal with StorEbook
Sourcebooks Dominique Raccah Speaks on Driving Innovation
Digital Book World's annual conference brings together a wide variety of experts across so many specialties in digital publishing to give insight into what makes the industry work. Once again, Sourcebooks' CEO and publisher Dominique Raccah was an invited guest to speak on driving innovation in publishing and agile publishing. One of the ways that Sourcebooks has proven … [Read more...] about Sourcebooks Dominique Raccah Speaks on Driving Innovation
Sourcebooks Brings Sesame Street to a More Personal Level
At last month's FutureBook Conference, Soucebooks' CEO and publisher Dominque Raccah sat down to speak with GoodeReader about the newly launched Put Me In The Story platform, an interactive ebook publishing model that lets parents and educators use the readers' own pictures and names in the bestselling children's storybooks. At the time, one of the more innovative features of … [Read more...] about Sourcebooks Brings Sesame Street to a More Personal Level
Sourcebooks’ New Platform Has Educational Impact
Good e-Reader is on location in London for the FutureBook conference tomorrow, but the interviews started today with Dominique Raccah of Sourcebooks. The publisher had a very recent launch of an exciting new digital platform called Put Me in the Story, and the reactions to this new personalization platform have been astounding. Aside from the ability to form special moments … [Read more...] about Sourcebooks’ New Platform Has Educational Impact
Sourcebooks’ New Digital Platform Personalizes Children’s eBooks
While many digital publishers are reaching out to their audiences—and the parents who ultimately make the purchasing decisions on which content to buy—with standard add-ons such as voice-over narration and full-color high resolution illustrations, Sourcebooks unveiled a new digital project that will foster an even greater connection with the story. By allowing parents to … [Read more...] about Sourcebooks’ New Digital Platform Personalizes Children’s eBooks
FutureBook Conference, Digital Innovation Awards Announced
Registration is open for The Bookseller’s third annual FutureBook Conference is slated for early next month, and like most conferences it will highlight some of the biggest names in the digital publishing industry. What is different about this event, however, is a startling admission from its blog. According to Sam Missingham, “Digital is no longer siloed, existing as an … [Read more...] about FutureBook Conference, Digital Innovation Awards Announced
Children’s Digital Publishing Becomes Greater Industry Focus
When ebooks and dedicated e-reading devices first grew in popularity, a sizeable section of the digital reading public felt that children’s books didn’t lend themselves well to ebooks. Aside from the concerns over handing a young reader an expensive device, some likened the reading experience as being too close to other forms of electronic entertainment for children. Others … [Read more...] about Children’s Digital Publishing Becomes Greater Industry Focus
SourceBooks and the Genuinely Interactive Book
When the world of tablet reading exploded, so did the numbers of people looking for ways to enhance books, thereby almost changing what it meant to read. Voice-over narration, embedded soundtracks that shift with the action in the story, even hyperlinks or pop-up pictures and videos were added to titles. Children’s titles seemed to benefit the most from the engaging features, … [Read more...] about SourceBooks and the Genuinely Interactive Book
Sourcebooks Unveils Digital Children’s Books with Full Audio
Sourcebooks has once again improved the world of kids’ and teen’s reading content by introducing its HEAR IT READ IT Classics line of ebooks. While digital content for younger readers is a booming business, especially among app developers who have created dynamic interactive edutainment with the capabilities, Sourcebooks has actually stepped away from some of the … [Read more...] about Sourcebooks Unveils Digital Children’s Books with Full Audio