Augmented Reality books—it's the pop-up books of the 21st Century! In October 2012, just in time for Halloween, Goosebottom Books will become the first publisher to offer this innovative technology in book form with its release of Horrible Hauntings, a collection of ten ghost stories. How it works is this: you download a free app for your iPhone or android, iPad and other tablets (available June 1), then point your smart device at one of the pictures in Horrible Hauntings to see the ghost come to "life" in 3D. It's an absolutely amazing interactive experience, and very life-like! Check out the preview here:
Augmented Reality has the potential to become the wave of the future in book publishing, but a book like this is really expensive to produce so I'm urging all you literary connoisseurs and book lovers out there to support this project through Kickstarter. Pledges can be anywhere from $1 and up, and you'll get some free gifts.
Wednesday, May 23, 2012
ASIAN PACIFIC AMERICAN HERITAGE CELEBRATION
Goosebottom Books publisher Shirin Bridges and I will be presenting at the Asian Pacific American Heritage celebration at the Foster City Library this coming Saturday, May 26, from 12 pm. - 12:30 pm. The event is from 10:30 am. - 4:00 pm. and will feature Chinese music lessons, a poetry workshop, speakers/presentations throughout the day, and vendor booths. Stop by and check it out!
Friday, May 11, 2012
ALL ABOUT PICTURE BOOK DUMMIES
Do you need to send illustrations with your picture book text to publishers? What is a picture book dummy? How do you make one? Check out my guest blog post on picture book dummies on Chris Henderson's blog, The Write Chris.
Thursday, May 10, 2012
DASTARDLY DAME AUTHORS CELEBRATE CHILDREN'S BOOK WEEK WITH PRESENTATION
Four of the Dastardly Dame authors—myself (Cixi, The Dragon Empress), Gretchen Maurer (Mary Tudor, Bloody Mary), Janie Havemeyer (Catherine de Medici, The Black Queen), and publisher Shirin Yim Bridges (Agrippina, Atrocious and Ferocious) will be presenting at Book Inc. Laurel Village in San Francisco tonight, May 10, 6 - 7 pm. as part of their Children's Book Week celebration. We'll be signing books as well. If you're in the San Francisco Bay Area, stop on by and say "Hi"!
Celebrate Children's Books
Week! Come to the Dastardly
Dames panel featuring authors
of The Thinking Girl's Treasury
of Dastardly Dames series:
SHIRIN BRIDGES, JANIE HAVEMEYER,
GRETCHEN MAURER, and NATASHA YIM at
Books Inc. in Laurel Village
05/10/2012 6:00 pm
Celebrate Children's BooksWeek! Come to the Dastardly
Dames panel featuring authors
of The Thinking Girl's Treasury
of Dastardly Dames series:
SHIRIN BRIDGES, JANIE
HAVEMEYER, GRETCHEN
MAURER, and NATASHA YIM.
HAVEMEYER, GRETCHEN
MAURER, and NATASHA YIM.
Location:
- 3515 California St.
- San Francisco ,
- California
- 94118-1707
- United States
THE THINKING GIRL'S TREASURY OF DASTARDLY DAMES WINS IPPY AWARD!
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