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#DigitalBookWorld 2013: Joining the Conversation from Twitter

Posted by NG
/ January 15, 2013 / Leave a comment

“It’s a multimedia, cross media world and story is centre stage.” - (#launchkids tweet from Digital Book World Conference 1/15) The cross-media platform approach to books is a chapter of digital storytelling we have just grazed the surface of at Pinwheel Books. This is a theme underlying all the conversations going on...
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The making of the All About Poop App – Part 2

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/ December 10, 2012 / Leave a comment

(check out part 1 here) Part IV: The Troubleshooting Process Written By Tester Bianca Valerio Demibooks, a company founded in the summer of 2010, offers code-free software platforms that provide Pinwheel Books and other publishers (including self-published authors and illustrators) an affordable way to create interactive books for the iPad,...
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Raise a Storyteller

Posted by NG
/ September 27, 2012 / Leave a comment

We are big advocates of the act of storytelling here at Pinwheel. We publish quality, funny, unique stories, but our inspiration comes first from our audience. After all, we are publishing the stories they are going to read! Sometimes we’d rather not admit this, but it seems like kids often...
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More Books to “Fall” in Love with – for the Adults

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/ September 26, 2012 / Leave a comment

Fall is a fantastic time for books. The cooler weather, back-to-school, pumpkin spiced…everything! For us this means we have more time to read the best new books. Of course, we’ve got you covered with kids books, but adults have a plethora of books to choose from: I mean, in this...
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Fresh Fall Start

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/ September 24, 2012 / Leave a comment

It’s the start of Fall, which means a fresh season for Pinwheel Books. We spent the summer months growing our company. That entailed publishing our third book – but with a much stronger marketing push, and national distribution. With our book flying solo through bookstores and online sellers, we focused...
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New Kidslit for Fall

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/ September 24, 2012 / 1 Comment

This past month has been brilliant for kidslit. We’ve seen new characters and old characters grace the NYTimes Bestseller List (Sept.30th), and want to share our thoughts on the latest picture books. Are they a thumbs up, or a thumbs down? 1. Llama, Llama, Time To Share: The Llama, Llama series...
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Embracing “Transmedia” at BEA2012

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/ June 13, 2012 / 1 Comment

This is a term Pinwheel has never written about before: Transmedia. image credit: mentorless The phrase was very popular, especially in the the Digital Zone, at BookExpoAmerica this year. I wondered why I hadn’t heard the term used more often? Apparently, I wasn’t the only one. At one of the panel...
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The Print Book, The E-book, The Enhanced E-book (BEA edition)

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/ June 8, 2012 / 1 Comment

(image credit: Indesignz) One of the most exciting parts about BookExpo America are the panel discussions. Ranging from “What Librarians Wish Publishers Knew”, to “Digital Workflow”, attendees could partake in a range of 50 minute panel discussions lead by our peers. When publishers are listening to their audience, it can only improve the...
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Pinwheel Books makes it to #BEA2012!

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/ June 6, 2012 / Leave a comment

Yes, you’re seeing this correctly. All About Poop is at the New Title Showcase at Book Expo America this year. Today is Day 3 of the fair, but Pinwheel was there Day 2 – the official kickoff of the exhibitors (while Day 1 had limited exhibitions) I took the early...
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What’s Been Happening

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/ June 6, 2012 / Leave a comment

Pinwheel Books had a busy month over on Kickstarter. This amazing platform for creative projects allowed us to share All About Poop with the world, and allow fans to back our project to help it get off the ground. We are slowly but surely building our way up in the...
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