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Rescooped by @CotCotCotApps from Publishing Digital Book Apps for Kids onto Must Read articles: Apps and eBooks for kids |
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Here’s the main problem with book discovery online: Right now, it doesn’t really work. New research shows that frequent book buyers visit sites like Pinterest and Goodreads regularly, but those visits fail to drive actual book purchases.
interesting viewpoints.
Missing: the role of libraries + traditional medias like print newspapers and magazines in spreading the word...
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Books are changing, and the publishing world itself is taking on a new form where designers, animators and technologists will be essential, says Sophie RochesterIn 2013 we’re likely to see much more experimental participation from the writers themselves, and we expect to see many more teaming up directly with technologists to create new kinds of work. (...) Authors will want to collaborate directly with designers, animators and technologists, and vice versa. And we’ll see many projects initiated by designers, animators and technologists bringing their creative instincts and experience to the storytelling arena. These innovative approaches to content are what we’ll be looking to cover with the most interest through 2013.
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love this article! experimental projects, innovative approach to content and storytelling, collaboration is the only way forward for apps and ebooks!!!
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Very insightful analysis ...
In such a noisy market, book discovery is the greatest challenge for children's and young adult authors/publishers.