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Kids E-Book Ideas?
wraith808:
After Borders closed, showing that all brick bookstores will die eventually, buying a Nook from the other big brick-and-mortar bookstore seemed like a sure dead end, and Amazon seemed like it would be the last bookstore standing. At least the partnership with Microsoft seems to change that, so in that sense it is an improvement.
-daddydave (September 21, 2012, 05:07 AM)
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Borders closing doesn't imply that all brick bookstores will die eventually, IMO. Borders was badly managed from a high level (as shown by the really stupid bid to buy B&N), was too late to the web and e-books and didn't make the transition well (B&N did both early enough and well enough, though they still have strides to make), opened too many stores that tried to be too trendy in places with very high rent, over invested in music and movies and then over-priced them, created an irresponsible level of debt, and created an unworkable inventory management system that locked indie choices out of their stores.
Being in the book industry for a while, I still follow the trends and have seen several successes and failures, and a lot of the reasons behind them. Being a brick and mortar store has never been the wrong step to take, even now. It's just the failure to pay attention to trends and adapt to them. It's pretty much the same for all retailers- and many of them are taking the wrong steps currently. This has nothing at all to do with having a physical presence, and a lot to do with not knowing your competitors and your customers, and not offering people a reason to buy from you. Borders was always busy, but the people were looking, not buying.
Update: Added a few reference links
http://moneyland.time.com/2011/07/19/5-reasons-borders-went-out-of-business-and-what-will-take-its-place/
http://www.businessinsurance.org/the-8-reasons-borders-went-bye-bye/
Renegade:
Has "choose your own adventure" made it into ebooks? Seems like a ripe area for some really cool stuff as it would be SOOOOO easy to expand on that idea of a guided story in software.
Renegade:
Checked - they have books for iPad/Phone. Haven't seen them though.
I think REAL software to have puzzles and games in a book that "make" decisions would be fantastic. e.g. Shoot your way through an asteroid maze to your chosen destination.
wraith808:
Another good option for the interactive books is Frotz, a z-machine interpreter, like used in the Infocom games.
Renegade:
Another good option for the interactive books is Frotz, a z-machine interpreter, like used in the Infocom games.
-wraith808 (September 21, 2012, 10:29 AM)
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s... o... teric. :)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Z-machine
But very cool! :)
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