Re: Anyone doing picture books as ebooks?

On Jul 29, 2010, at 8:21 PM, [email protected] wrote:

> I am finally contemplating, maybe, jumping into publishing my own works. I 
> know I do not have the money to do print. I decided that since I have an art 
> background, I could do the illustrations. It will be hard for me, but I 
> guess with practice and lots of goofs, I can do well. This will lower my 
> monetary output by a lot.
> 
> Is any one doing picture books as ebooks? Do you think there is a market 
> for them in Kindle or iPad?

I know Hachette has done something like that, and I'm pretty sure they're planning more. To be honest, I think this is going to be a huge market for the iPad; not so much for the Kindle, since it doesn't (yet) handle color.


Kirk

Kirkville -- http://www.mcelhearn.com
Writings about more than just Macs





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