Tak jsem se posledni dobou trochu odmlcela, protoze jsem se plne ponorila do noveho podnikatelskeho zameru. Ja vim, je to srandovni, ze uz zase a porad nic, ale i velci podnikatele rozjizdeci tvrdi, ze vyjde tak jeden ze tri pokusu, takze tenhle uz bude ten on
Zustala jsem konzistentni alespon v oboru, jsou to zase detske knizky, nyni pod znackou Okenko Books. I kdyz tentokrat jsem zvolila mobilni platformy jako medium, jako je Kindle, smartphones a ted nove i iPad. S tim, ze kdyz se mi podari na to vydelat, tak by posleze doslo i na papirove knihy. Takove pokusy se posmesne oznacuji 'digital first', ale ja to myslim uprimne a taky doufam, ze se mezitim posune/zlevni POD (print on demand) a ze to bude dostupna alternativa ke skladovemu hospodarstvi se stakliky knih.
Takze jsme zacali knizkou O schodisti, ktere polykalo lidi pro Kindle, v priprave jsou knizkove aplikace pro Android a iPhone Hadanky a komiks o Sip'n'Cup. A pokracujeme dale s tim, ze bychom chteli nabidnout rodicum predplatne, kdy by na jejich telefony prichazely pohadky automaticky dvakrat do mesice treba. Nevim jak v Cesku, ale tady jsou aplikace pro deti na telefonu rodicu celkem velky byznys.
Psychicky, financne a programatorsky me v cele veci podporuje Laku, obe aplikace na smartphones napsal on a jeste na tom dal pracuje smerem k tomu predplatnemu. Samozrejme zasadni na cele veci je marketing, v tehle veci spolupracuji s jednou dalsi matkou ze San Matea. Takze vyuzivame Twitter, Facebook, blog nas a blogy cizi, kde lidi pisou reviews na aplikace, jsme ve sdruzeni rodicu vyvijejicich aplikace pro deti atd atd. Je toho nekdy docela dost a tak se ucim cedit, tridit zrno od plev, clovek ma zafixovano sledovat veci poradne, ale to u dnesniho 'social networking' neni proste mozne, lita to kolem neuveritelnou rychlosti...
Jestli se chcete podivat na nas blog/stranku tak tady, ale teprve se to rodi, zaciname, tak je to skrovne zatim. A jestli mate Android phone, tak se na MarketPlace muzete podivat na nasi hru PairIt, kterou jsme udelali s Laku jen tak ze srandy, jeste nez jsme se pustili do tohohle. Drzte nam palce!
Showing posts with label children books. Show all posts
Showing posts with label children books. Show all posts
Wednesday, 3 March 2010
Tuesday, 15 December 2009
Children's Picture Books with No Snow :( - California XXIV
Yesterday, I went to Borders to find a little book for my 5yo son for his Tooth Fairy gift. I wanted something simple, warm, eventually with a winter, maybe even Christmas, theme. Besides that I didn't find anything suitable about winter and snow that wouldn't offend my illustrations taste, it took me nearly two hours to sift through tons of unusable picture books. In the end I left with six little books instead of one with the idea of giving him one at a time as a reward or just as a little present. And most importantly, I wanted to spare myself from the ordeal of going through all that again.
So here are my catches. Hope this can help with some decisions and save you some precious pre-christmas time. Enjoy your holidays.
So here are my catches. Hope this can help with some decisions and save you some precious pre-christmas time. Enjoy your holidays.
Labels:
borders,
children books,
illustrations,
little presents
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