1. The ChangingWorld ofChildrens BooksTools of Change BolognaMarch 2012Dominique Raccah Publisher & CEOSourcebooks, Inc.

2. How childrens books areevolving in the U.S. 3. 2012 NYT BestsellerIts a Big World, Little Pig! 4. YA 5. Sourcebooks2011 eBook Sales 6. 1% 1% 13% Adult Non-Fic Adult Fiction Kids YA85% 7. 2%Adult Non-Fic4% 23% Adult Fiction Kids YA71% 59% from 2011 8. Ebooks are 5-7% of 2011U.S. childrens books sales 9. Some of the challenges:1. The files are BIG 10. Some of the challenges:2. Illustration and animation 11. Some of the challenges: 3. Platforms and formats 12. Some of the challenges: 4. Pricing 13. Some of the challenges: apps or ebooks 14. App marketplace: Crowded (500,000+ apps) Discovery is difficult Prices are challenging 15. Some of the challenges:1. The files are BIG2. Illustration and animation3. Platforms and formats4. Pricing5. Device availability among kids 16. Amazon 17. Barnes & Noble nook kids 18. In education,the leader is Apple 19. The U.S. digital kidsmarket(both trade andeducation) is developingdifferently than the adultmarket 20. NewDevelopments 21. 1. Growing functionality of ebooks 22. Animation, narration & interactivityApple iBooks fixed format + nook kids 23. The Future of Childrens eBooks1. eBooks that allow children control over the narrative2. eBooks that support 21st century skills3. eBooks that nurture exploration Source:GeekDad 24. New childrens models 25. 2. Scholastic StoriaEnriched ebooks (activities, quizzes, games) 26. 3. Capstones MyOnSeat-based subscription model 27. 4. Some of the big technology trendstaking place in US education: 1-2-1 ipadvsbyod (bring your own device) Flipped classrooms Personalization Gaming Social learning Open ecosystems; distributed repositories, cloud based learning resources Student data; data dashboards; outcomes reporting 28. 4. PBSkids: Curious George Counting Games 29. PBSkids Curious George:Learning thats multisensory 30. 5. Platform focused on bedtime reading 31. Youve got to start with thecustomer experience and workback toward the technology not the other way around. Steve Jobs, May 1997 32. Slides and notes @ TOC and sourcebooks.com next blogEmail: dominique.raccah@sourcebooks.comTwitter: @draccahBologna: Hall 25A, Booth #113