TeleRead: News and views on e-books, libraries, publishing and related topics » children’s books http://www.teleread.com News & views on e-books, libraries, publishing and related topics Sat, 18 May 2013 18:30:53 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 Actor Jim Carrey to self-publish children’s book http://www.teleread.com/books/actor-jim-carrey-to-self-publish-childrens-book/ http://www.teleread.com/books/actor-jim-carrey-to-self-publish-childrens-book/#comments Wed, 27 Mar 2013 14:12:41 +0000 Susan Lulgjuraj http://www.teleread.com/?p=82081 Self-publishing means anyone can put out a book—from first-time authors trying to make a name for themselves, to celebrities who have the star power necessary to move units. The next big name to jump into the self-publishing fray? Actor Jim Carrey. According to a video interview Carrey conducted with the website, Hit Fix he’s publishing a children’s book [...]

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]]> http://www.teleread.com/books/actor-jim-carrey-to-self-publish-childrens-book/feed/ 1 Bookboard announces paid subscription model for streaming children’s books http://www.teleread.com/ebooks/bookboard-announces-paid-subscription-model-for-streaming-childrens-books/ http://www.teleread.com/ebooks/bookboard-announces-paid-subscription-model-for-streaming-childrens-books/#comments Mon, 25 Mar 2013 14:22:29 +0000 Susan Lulgjuraj http://www.teleread.com/?p=81983 After launching a free public beta late last year, Bookboard is ready to put itself on the market. The iPad app features a way to stream children’s books and uses incentives to unlock achievements. The company announced the start of paid subscriptions with premium features on Thursday. In addition to the already more than 300 books available, Bookboard [...]

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]]> http://www.teleread.com/ebooks/bookboard-announces-paid-subscription-model-for-streaming-childrens-books/feed/ 0 The Problem with Children’s Books: A Parent’s Perspective http://www.teleread.com/books/the-problem-with-childrens-books-a-parents-perspective/ http://www.teleread.com/books/the-problem-with-childrens-books-a-parents-perspective/#comments Tue, 26 Feb 2013 19:04:10 +0000 Joanna Cabot http://www.teleread.com/?p=80034 We recently had our Family Day long weekend, and the Beloved and I spent some of it at the home of his sister. She’s the mother of a toddler and a newborn, and while we were visiting, the subject of books came up. I enjoyed having the opportunity to pick the brain of a parent [...]

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]]> http://www.teleread.com/books/the-problem-with-childrens-books-a-parents-perspective/feed/ 11 Morning Links — E-Book Sales Are Up http://www.teleread.com/ebooks/morning-links-e-book-sales-are-up/ http://www.teleread.com/ebooks/morning-links-e-book-sales-are-up/#comments Tue, 26 Feb 2013 13:49:30 +0000 Joanna Cabot http://www.teleread.com/?p=79983 Children’s and YA Revenue up Nearly 22% (Galley Cat) AAP Reports eBook Sales Up 46% in 2012 (The Digital Reader) eBooks Represent 17% of Sales At Penguin (App Newser) Librarian Cites ‘Concerning’ Trends in Digital Collection Development (The Digital Shift) Kindle Daily Deals: Guinness World Records 2013 (and 3 others)

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]]> http://www.teleread.com/ebooks/morning-links-e-book-sales-are-up/feed/ 0 Free Webinar: The ABCs of Kids & Ebooks http://www.teleread.com/events/free-webinar-the-abcs-of-kids-ebooks/ http://www.teleread.com/events/free-webinar-the-abcs-of-kids-ebooks/#comments Fri, 25 Jan 2013 21:38:18 +0000 Dan Eldridge http://www.teleread.com/?p=77478 Our friends over at Digital Book World are partnering with PlayScience, a New York-based children’s entertainment and education research company, to produce a free hour-long webinar, The ABCs of Kids & Ebooks. The webinar, which will look at the e-reading habits of children aged two to 13, is scheduled to take place from noon to 1 [...]

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]]> http://www.teleread.com/events/free-webinar-the-abcs-of-kids-ebooks/feed/ 0 5 Great Digital Book Apps for Kids that Truly Deliver http://www.teleread.com/ebooks/great-apps-for-kids-and-digital-books-that-deliver/ http://www.teleread.com/ebooks/great-apps-for-kids-and-digital-books-that-deliver/#comments Thu, 20 Dec 2012 21:16:21 +0000 Aggregated Content http://www.teleread.com/?p=75767   By Brian Burton With the introduction of children’s books to various app stores, countless learning opportunities are presenting themselves for you and your children.  With the moderation process on Apple’s app store being spotty at best, you want to make sure you’re getting the most bang for your buck.  I have read and scoured [...]

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]]> http://www.teleread.com/ebooks/before-the-next-e-book-surge/feed/ 0 Amazon Turns Kindle FreeTime Into a Paid Subscription Service http://www.teleread.com/ebooks/amazon-turns-kindle-freetime-into-a-paid-subscription-service/ http://www.teleread.com/ebooks/amazon-turns-kindle-freetime-into-a-paid-subscription-service/#comments Fri, 07 Dec 2012 02:22:37 +0000 Aggregated Content http://www.teleread.com/?p=75379 By Jeremy Hill | for Technology Tell Earlier this year, Amazon turned on a new service for its Kindle Fire HD tablets called FreeTime. FreeTime is a kid-friendly interface that allows parents to pick and choose which apps, videos and web content their kids can access. On Tuesday, Amazon announced its plans to automate the service [...]

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]]> http://www.teleread.com/ebooks/amazon-turns-kindle-freetime-into-a-paid-subscription-service/feed/ 1 Reading Rainbow comes to iPad http://www.teleread.com/ebooks/reading-rainbow-comes-to-ipad/ http://www.teleread.com/ebooks/reading-rainbow-comes-to-ipad/#comments Wed, 20 Jun 2012 12:00:46 +0000 Chris Meadows http://www.teleread.com/ebooks/reading-rainbow-comes-to-ipad/ TechCrunch has an article and an 18-minute video segment (embedded below) about the new Reading Rainbow iPad app, launched by Reading Rainbow host LeVar Burton’s and producer James Wolfe’s startup RRKidz. The literacy-promoting show ended its 26-year run a couple of years ago, but Burton and Wolfe didn’t stand still. Looking at TV as the [...]

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]]> http://www.teleread.com/ebooks/reading-rainbow-comes-to-ipad/feed/ 0 How Harry Potter has changed children’s books, and their future http://www.teleread.com/ebooks/how-harry-potter-has-changed-childrens-books-and-their-future/ http://www.teleread.com/ebooks/how-harry-potter-has-changed-childrens-books-and-their-future/#comments Mon, 23 Apr 2012 14:15:00 +0000 Chris Meadows http://www.teleread.com/ebooks/how-harry-potter-has-changed-childrens-books-and-their-future/ On the Horn Book, a site devoted to children’s and young adults’ books, editor in chief Roger Sutton has an editorial adapting a speech he gave a year ago at the Fay B. Kaigler Children’s Book Festival. In main, the article is about the change in children’s literature and adults’ appreciation of children’s reading habits [...]

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]]> http://www.teleread.com/ebooks/how-harry-potter-has-changed-childrens-books-and-their-future/feed/ 1 Barnes & Noble allows Amazon-published children’s books back into stores through loophole http://www.teleread.com/chris-meadows/barnes-noble-allows-amazon-published-childrens-books-back-into-stores-through-loophole/ http://www.teleread.com/chris-meadows/barnes-noble-allows-amazon-published-childrens-books-back-into-stores-through-loophole/#comments Thu, 05 Apr 2012 06:23:45 +0000 Chris Meadows http://www.teleread.com/chris-meadows/barnes-noble-allows-amazon-published-childrens-books-back-into-stores-through-loophole/ Remember when Barnes & Noble proclaimed it would not carry any books offered by Amazon publishers (in stores—if people wanted to order them from BN.com, they would be happy to ship them) if B&N would not be able to carry the e-book versions for its Nook? At the time, I wrote: B&N is making a [...]

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]]> http://www.teleread.com/chris-meadows/barnes-noble-allows-amazon-published-childrens-books-back-into-stores-through-loophole/feed/ 0 13 Judy Blume titles to be released as e-books http://www.teleread.com/ebooks/13-judy-blume-titles-to-be-released-as-e-books/ http://www.teleread.com/ebooks/13-judy-blume-titles-to-be-released-as-e-books/#comments Thu, 15 Mar 2012 14:15:00 +0000 Chris Meadows http://www.teleread.com/ebooks/13-judy-blume-titles-to-be-released-as-e-books/ Random House Children’s Books will be releasing ten of author Judy Blume’s well-known (not to mention often controversial) children’s books as e-book titles on March 21st. The titles include Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret, Blubber, and Tiger Eyes. Three more titles, including Freckle Juice, will be published at a later date. Blume, currently [...]

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]]> http://www.teleread.com/ebooks/13-judy-blume-titles-to-be-released-as-e-books/feed/ 0 The BolognaRagazzi Digital Award – A New Generation of Children’s Stories http://www.teleread.com/paul-biba/the-bolognaragazzi-digital-award-a-new-generation-of-children%e2%80%99s-stories/ http://www.teleread.com/paul-biba/the-bolognaragazzi-digital-award-a-new-generation-of-children%e2%80%99s-stories/#comments Tue, 13 Mar 2012 13:58:53 +0000 Paul Biba http://www.teleread.com/?p=64106 From the press release:   One of the stories of the 49th Bologna Children’s Book Fair is the new Bologna Ragazzi Digital Award. With over 250 entries from every continent , this award for excellence in digital story publishing is recognition from the world’s largest children’s publishing fair  that new digital formats have now joined [...]

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]]> http://www.teleread.com/paul-biba/the-bolognaragazzi-digital-award-a-new-generation-of-children%e2%80%99s-stories/feed/ 0 Picturebook Lessons: The Art of Letting Readers Fill In the Blanks http://www.teleread.com/paul-biba/picturebook-lessons-the-art-of-letting-readers-fill-in-the-blanks/ http://www.teleread.com/paul-biba/picturebook-lessons-the-art-of-letting-readers-fill-in-the-blanks/#comments Thu, 08 Mar 2012 14:13:10 +0000 Paul Biba http://www.teleread.com/?p=63979 That’s the title of an article by Peter Meyers on his blog A New Kind of Book. The iPad can display almost anything an author imagines. But are we shortchanging readers by overstuffing our apps? Isn’t it ironic how a device whose design embodies minimalism often gets used to show off overwhelming amounts of media? [...]

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]]> http://www.teleread.com/paul-biba/picturebook-lessons-the-art-of-letting-readers-fill-in-the-blanks/feed/ 0 Scholastic launches Storia Beta – ebook program for kids’ books http://www.teleread.com/uncategorized/scholastic-launches-storia-beta-ebook-program-for-kids-books/ http://www.teleread.com/uncategorized/scholastic-launches-storia-beta-ebook-program-for-kids-books/#comments Tue, 06 Mar 2012 16:16:10 +0000 Paul Biba http://www.teleread.com/?p=63938 From Publishers Weekly:   After more than 18 months of development, Scholastic has begun beta tests for Storia, its proprietary e-book platform for selling and distributing its trade titles as well as digital editions of titles from other children’s houses. The beta test features 1,300 titles with the vast majority published by Scholastic; Deborah Forte, [...]

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