By Ashley Taylor
As the publishing environment shifts and transitions into an E-publishing format, there are more and more genres and presses that are making this change, following suit from other big name publishing companies such as Random House, Simon & Schuster, Scholastic, and many more. The article, entitled, "Xist Publishing Creates Digital-First Children's Books" tells the tale of a woman who started up her own press, mainly to give her daughter the ability to be able to read books on her Kindle. As the environment shifts to a more digital age, it is clear, in stories such as these, that readers, young and old alike, will want to be able to still enjoy the books and magazines that they love, in various different formats. With the new influx of products such as E-Readers, Kindles, iPads and several of the like, reading is becoming an integral part of these products, with several apps and products enabling readers to be able to do so on the products that they love. In the article, the press that was developed is primarily for children, showing that this genre and this type of press is extremely popular and has a large following and fan base. The link for the article is found below:
http://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/childrens/childrens-industry-news/article/59438-xist-publishing-creates-digital-first-children-s-books.html
As the publishing environment shifts and transitions into an E-publishing format, there are more and more genres and presses that are making this change, following suit from other big name publishing companies such as Random House, Simon & Schuster, Scholastic, and many more. The article, entitled, "Xist Publishing Creates Digital-First Children's Books" tells the tale of a woman who started up her own press, mainly to give her daughter the ability to be able to read books on her Kindle. As the environment shifts to a more digital age, it is clear, in stories such as these, that readers, young and old alike, will want to be able to still enjoy the books and magazines that they love, in various different formats. With the new influx of products such as E-Readers, Kindles, iPads and several of the like, reading is becoming an integral part of these products, with several apps and products enabling readers to be able to do so on the products that they love. In the article, the press that was developed is primarily for children, showing that this genre and this type of press is extremely popular and has a large following and fan base. The link for the article is found below:
http://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/childrens/childrens-industry-news/article/59438-xist-publishing-creates-digital-first-children-s-books.html