Dinosaurs Across America Interactive Ebook Wows on PCs
Educational comic helps children learn US states; iPad app to be released.
- (1888PressRelease) January 28, 2011 - With a plethora of tablet PCs about to be released, 2011 is turning into the year of the tablet - and content providers are preparing to slug it out on these nifty devices. Interactive ebook creator KooBits is now challenging established ebook sellers with an interactive reincarnation of famed cartoonist Phil Yeh's popular comic, Dinosaurs Across America.
Taking advantage of the largely non-chronological nature of the original bestseller, which has sold 190,000 copies to date, KooBits has created Dinosaurs Across America with an innovative angle. In addition to a flip-through story mode, users can explore the book using a jigsaw of the United States map. Placing the states in their right places brings users to pages containing Phil Yeh's witty illustrations of dinosaurs sharing nuggets of American history trivia. A cultured female voice pronouncing each state and amusing sound effects complete the ebook's educational yet fun content.
What really makes Dinosaurs Across America stand out from most other interactive ebooks, however, is that it's developed for PCs as well as the iPad. The ebook can be purchased and read in KooBits 4.0, KooBits' free ebook reader and organizer app, and synced with up to three devices - including tablets running Windows. The ebook's iPad app, as well as KooBits 4.0 for Mac, will be released in coming weeks.
KooBits CEO Stanley Han describes Dinosaurs Across America as an incredible learning experience for the startup. "Phil Yeh and the publisher shared their insights with us - the purpose of the book, how it would appeal to children - we learned how to really build a book. And our goal is to make such interactive ebooks available to anyone with a computer." The company will be targeting the children's book market, armed with a custom template for enhancing ebooks and more titles in the works.
Dinosaurs Across America can now be purchased for US$9.99 in the KooBits 4.0 Bookstore and on http://www.koobits.com/books.aspx?bk=1182, where KooBits 4.0 can also be downloaded for free.
Product video available at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P5ujtsPbGzE. Images available from brooke ( @ ) koobits dot com. Free download coupon for reviewers available from brooke ( @ ) koobits dot com.
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