A recent post on Mashable Business talked about how Amazon will be offering 450 children's books for the Kindle Fire:
"In a strike against Apple and Barnes & Noble, Amazon’s publishing
unit has acquired 450 children’s titles from Marshall Cavendish
Children’s Books, which the company plans to format for its full-color Kindle Fire tablet...."
Competition in the ebooks business is great. I wonder what's coming in the future??
Showing posts with label childrens literature. Show all posts
Showing posts with label childrens literature. Show all posts
Thursday, December 8, 2011
Saturday, September 10, 2011
Back in March The New York Times listed the best children's books for the iPad. Kids will surely love these books.
"Once upon a time (five years ago), e-books for children came on shiny CD-ROMs that cost $40, plus a few dollars for sales tax. Today’s children’s e-books cost just that sales tax. All you need is a $500 iPad.
Just a fad, you say? Perhaps, but recent e-books for Apple’s iPad indicate that the professionals have arrived in the app stores. These e-books can sound out difficult words and move you with illustrations that change based on the tilt of the screen. Today’s children can actually blow the little pig’s house down, by way of the iPad’s microphone...."
"Once upon a time (five years ago), e-books for children came on shiny CD-ROMs that cost $40, plus a few dollars for sales tax. Today’s children’s e-books cost just that sales tax. All you need is a $500 iPad.
Just a fad, you say? Perhaps, but recent e-books for Apple’s iPad indicate that the professionals have arrived in the app stores. These e-books can sound out difficult words and move you with illustrations that change based on the tilt of the screen. Today’s children can actually blow the little pig’s house down, by way of the iPad’s microphone...."
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