http://www.thehappyaccident.net/weekend-reading/ Greg Pincus talks social media and happy accidents (and sometimes chocolate) Wed, 28 Jul 2010 22:08:23 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 http://www.thehappyaccident.net/weekend-reading/comment-page-1/#comment-1082 Greg Pincus Sun, 31 Jan 2010 18:07:34 +0000 http://www.thehappyaccident.net/?p=1669#comment-1082 I think, over time, the iPad and others like it will open up a world of possibility. The Apple bookstore model, too, is a game-changer. iTunes really had no established digital competitor, unlike iBooks with Amazon, so it's not clear how this'll all play out. But it's another step... and yes, I agree: color and interactivity mean picture books (or digital versions of what they can be) will have another outlet. I think, over time, the iPad and others like it will open up a world of possibility. The Apple bookstore model, too, is a game-changer. iTunes really had no established digital competitor, unlike iBooks with Amazon, so it’s not clear how this’ll all play out. But it’s another step… and yes, I agree: color and interactivity mean picture books (or digital versions of what they can be) will have another outlet.

]]> http://www.thehappyaccident.net/weekend-reading/comment-page-1/#comment-1080 Mary Bowman-Kruhm Sun, 31 Jan 2010 14:24:13 +0000 http://www.thehappyaccident.net/?p=1669#comment-1080 Thx, Greg. The evening Jobs introduced the iPad, I posted on a listserv of published children's writers that I thought, given the color advantage, it will change the face of picture book publishing--one of the most costly, time-consuming products in the kidlit publishing world. The only responses I got were links to the hokey YouTube video. I thought I stood alone until I read this post. Thx, Greg. The evening Jobs introduced the iPad, I posted on a listserv of published children’s writers that I thought, given the color advantage, it will change the face of picture book publishing–one of the most costly, time-consuming products in the kidlit publishing world. The only responses I got were links to the hokey YouTube video. I thought I stood alone until I read this post.

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