UpRise Books Project is on a mission to get banned and challenged books directly into the hands of underprivileged middle school and high school students.
Demibooks Composer Enables Apps for Authors
Demibooks Composer is an iPad software platform that allows publishers to create interactive e-books without any coding.
Emma Thompson to Pen Peter Rabbit Sequel
Frederick Warne announced the publication of The Further Tale of Peter Rabbit in September 2012, the 110th anniversary of the bunny’s first appearance in print.
Yes, You Can Buy Children’s Book Rights at the Frankfurt Book Fair!
Bologna may be the major children’s book fair, but Frankfurt’s 7,500 exhibitors from 100+ countries is another opportunity to mine the best the world has to offer.
JibJab’s App Lets Your Child Star in Their Own E-book
The new JibJab Jr. Children’s Starring You app uses photos of your child and makes them the lead character in their own e-book.
When a Coloring Book is More Than a Coloring Book
Promoted as an educational coloring book, We Shall Never Forget 9/11: The Kid’s Book of Freedom fails the grade.
How Do You Inspire Your Child or Teenager to Read?
My 11-year-old nephew is reading War and Peace. How did that happen? It all has to do with his parents and the way they inspired him from an early age.
Storytime Goes Digital: Assessing the Children’s E-Book and App Market at TOC Bologna
O’Reilly’s Tools of Change conference at the Bologna Children’s Book Fair focused on apps vs. e-books, legacy publishers vs. start-ups, and adapting to this digital world. By Sophie Rochester The children’s market is a huge opportunity within the digital publishing arena, but for the first time, computer and tech publishing giant O’Reilly Media took it’s “Tools of Change” conference on …
Could a Daily Children’s Newspaper Succeed in the US?
By Edward Nawotka As discussed in today’s lead story, Play Bac’s daily newspapers for children remain very popular. The model has proven so successful, that Play Bac has licensed the model to publishers in Hong Kong and the Middle East. In the UK, there’s First News — a weekly pring newspaper — but there is nothing similar in the US. …
With 150,000 Daily Print Subscribers, France’s Children’s Newspapers Remain Popular Despite “Digital Distractions”
By Olivia Snaije At least French kids are reading newspapers. There is always a business model that works against the odds. France’s book publisher Play Bac presse, which also publishes three newspapers for children, is simultaneously celebrating its 25th anniversary, and its founding paper, Mon Quotidien’s (My Daily) 15th birthday. At a time when newspapers worldwide are struggling, and in …