Kids’ e-book subscription plan from Disney
Could Disney get kids excited about books by offering a subscription plan?
DisneyDigitalBooks.com will offer 500 e-books for children from three to 13 years old—for $8.95 monthly, reports the New York Times. Annual fee is $79.95 a year (lower month cost).
Winnie the Pooh and Tigers, Too and Hannah Montana: Crush-tastic are among the offerings. Excerpt from the Times:
In the “look and listen” section for beginning readers, the books will be read aloud by voice actors to accompanying music (with each word highlighted on the screen as it is spoken). Another area is dedicated to children who read on their own. Find an unfamiliar word? Click on it and a voice says it aloud. Chapter books for teenagers and trivia features round out the service,
“For parents, this isn’t going to replace snuggle time with a storybook,” said Yves Saada, vice president of digital media. “We think you can have different reading formats co-existing together.”
September 29th, 2009 at 3:09 pm
I think this has great potential. 1) It gets kids reading on ebooks readers; 2) It Gets parents thinking about ebook readers. 3) Parents will then buy a reader of their own. Win, win, win.