Children's books for mobile devices: PicPocket Books » piracy http://www.picpocketbooks.com Children's books for mobile devices Wed, 25 Jan 2012 18:30:46 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 What’s the future? Children’s Lit and the Digital Age http://www.picpocketbooks.com/whats-the-future-childrens-lit-and-the-digital-age/ http://www.picpocketbooks.com/whats-the-future-childrens-lit-and-the-digital-age/#comments Fri, 18 Sep 2009 20:23:17 +0000 Eva http://www.picpocketbooks.com/?p=601 What’s next for children’s literature? We are zooming into the digital age. Technology keeps changing, and print media is quickly going digital. Is anybody out there nervous? Could we lose something with this change?

An article in Publishers Weekly addresses these questions and more: are publishers ready? What about piracy? How will rights be handled? Will libraries become obsolete?

The article summarizes a forum held by the Children’s Book Council on “The Current State of E: Publishing in the Digital Age.”  One panelist states, “E-books add a fantastic functionality to what a book is. Adding interactivity to that experience is also very interesting. And thinking about ways they can be fun [is important], because it’s for children.”

There’s a lot of potential! What do you think?

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