Which ebook format is best for Children's books

ryntau · 01-05-2012, 10:23 PM

For example a Dr. Seuss type book with mostly pictures, and some text.

banjobama · 01-06-2012, 12:43 AM

I'd guess PDF

ryntau · 01-06-2012, 12:56 AM

I'm looking for something that flows better.. auto resizes to fill screen..

wizwor · 01-06-2012, 06:45 AM

My kids enjoyed LivingBooks interactive books on a computer when they were small. There are a lot of similar offerings on the Fire. For very young children, I think this is the best way to encourage an interest in reading.

I *thought* an inexpensive e-ink reader would be a hit with older kids, but, having introduced a Kindle/79 and Fire at a number of events with a lot of kids, I now *know* that they prefer the Fire...even to read a book.

The Fire would be my recommendation. It has a nice e-reader app (in fact, you can load any number of reader apps for different experience/preferences/formats), can play music and other media, and runs other apps (games are popular).

There are four areas where my k/79 beats the fire: Price, Size, Battery Life, and glare/print free screen. None of these matter as much as I thought.

elemenoP · 01-06-2012, 08:54 AM

B&N has "Nook Kids Read and Play" which has the book plus interactivity, read-aloud, etc. They can be read on Nook Color and ipad. I don't know what the underlying format of the file is.

http://www.barnesandnoble.com/ebooks....asp?PID=37879

eP

HarryT · 01-06-2012, 08:56 AM

The ideal format for "interactive" books is probably a custom app on a tablet such as the iPad.

astrodad · 01-06-2012, 11:25 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by HarryT

The ideal format for "interactive" books is probably a custom app on a tablet such as the iPad.

Agreed. I tried Sandra Boynton's "The Going to Bed Book" on the iPad and my little one loved it. The music and touch elements really created another work of art, in addition to the pictures and text of the original book.

elemenoP · 01-06-2012, 01:57 PM

I'm curious how the "single book as an app" format compares to the Nook "Read and Play" format? Has anyone tried both? Obviously the advantage of an app is that you can do anything you want, and the advantage of a format is that you don't have to program it yourself. But in terms of what people are actually doing, I wonder how comparable they are. And now that the Kindle Fire is out, does Amazon have a similar format with color and interactivity?

eP

elemenoP · 01-06-2012, 02:19 PM

And also a note about epub and illustrations (in case you are just looking for a format where the text flows and you can have pictures): I have noticed that in books that do have pictures, the pictures are always quite small. But I don't know if the pictures are small because that's how the epub was set up, or that's how the Sony Reader displays it. Ideally you would want to be able to embed a pretty large picture, and have the reader downscale it to fill up one screen. I don't know if epub can do this or not, because I've never seen it work that way on my reader. But I don't read children's books on my reader, so my sampling is small.

eP

ryntau · 01-08-2012, 12:03 AM

from what i've been reading, it sounds like and SVG image is the way to go if you ware looking for dynamic scaling.

Dr. Drib · 01-08-2012, 09:04 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by astrodad

Agreed. I tried Sandra Boynton's "The Going to Bed Book" on the iPad and my little one loved it. The music and touch elements really created another work of art, in addition to the pictures and text of the original book.

I have this same app for my Nook, and my child likes it, too.

Don

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01-06-2012, 12:43 AM	#2
banjobama Busy Read'n Posts: 980 Karma: 5039283 Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Auburn, WA Device: Pocketbook Touch Lux 5	I'd guess PDF

01-06-2012, 12:56 AM	#3
ryntau Member Posts: 10 Karma: 43516 Join Date: Jan 2012 Device: none	I'm looking for something that flows better.. auto resizes to fill screen..

01-06-2012, 06:45 AM	#4
wizwor Wizard Posts: 1,068 Karma: 23867385 Join Date: Nov 2011 Device: kindle, fire	My kids enjoyed LivingBooks interactive books on a computer when they were small. There are a lot of similar offerings on the Fire. For very young children, I think this is the best way to encourage an interest in reading. I thought an inexpensive e-ink reader would be a hit with older kids, but, having introduced a Kindle/79 and Fire at a number of events with a lot of kids, I now know that they prefer the Fire...even to read a book. The Fire would be my recommendation. It has a nice e-reader app (in fact, you can load any number of reader apps for different experience/preferences/formats), can play music and other media, and runs other apps (games are popular). There are four areas where my k/79 beats the fire: Price, Size, Battery Life, and glare/print free screen. None of these matter as much as I thought.

01-06-2012, 08:54 AM	#5
elemenoP Wizard Posts: 1,717 Karma: 3790058 Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: NYC Device: Kindle Paperwhite, Sony 650	B&N has "Nook Kids Read and Play" which has the book plus interactivity, read-aloud, etc. They can be read on Nook Color and ipad. I don't know what the underlying format of the file is. http://www.barnesandnoble.com/ebooks....asp?PID=37879 eP

01-06-2012, 08:56 AM	#6
HarryT eBook Enthusiast Posts: 85,544 Karma: 93383099 Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: UK Device: Kindle Oasis 2, iPad Pro 10.5", iPhone 6	The ideal format for "interactive" books is probably a custom app on a tablet such as the iPad.

01-06-2012, 01:57 PM	#8
elemenoP Wizard Posts: 1,717 Karma: 3790058 Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: NYC Device: Kindle Paperwhite, Sony 650	I'm curious how the "single book as an app" format compares to the Nook "Read and Play" format? Has anyone tried both? Obviously the advantage of an app is that you can do anything you want, and the advantage of a format is that you don't have to program it yourself. But in terms of what people are actually doing, I wonder how comparable they are. And now that the Kindle Fire is out, does Amazon have a similar format with color and interactivity? eP

01-06-2012, 02:19 PM	#9
elemenoP Wizard Posts: 1,717 Karma: 3790058 Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: NYC Device: Kindle Paperwhite, Sony 650	And also a note about epub and illustrations (in case you are just looking for a format where the text flows and you can have pictures): I have noticed that in books that do have pictures, the pictures are always quite small. But I don't know if the pictures are small because that's how the epub was set up, or that's how the Sony Reader displays it. Ideally you would want to be able to embed a pretty large picture, and have the reader downscale it to fill up one screen. I don't know if epub can do this or not, because I've never seen it work that way on my reader. But I don't read children's books on my reader, so my sampling is small. eP

01-08-2012, 12:03 AM	#10
ryntau Member Posts: 10 Karma: 43516 Join Date: Jan 2012 Device: none	from what i've been reading, it sounds like and SVG image is the way to go if you ware looking for dynamic scaling.

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