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  • Green Mountain Digital Finds Success in Nature Vertical

    With 29 apps, most selling for $11.99, in the market through early March, Green Mountain has annual sales of over $8 million.

  • Ruckus Ramps Up

    Since its launch in September 2010 by former Simon & Schuster executive Rick Richter, Ruckus Media Group had released 20 apps, but the company plans a big increase in 2012, with 100 new titles scheduled. To increase its output, Ruckus is using a mix of original stories and licensed properties; in the past few months, it has signed licenses with a diverse roster of companies.

  • Warner Bros. and ScrollMotion Kids Launch New Scooby-Doo Apps

    Fans of Scooby-Doo will welcome the release today of four new apps, including a first-ever Sticker Activity Book, from Warner Bros. Consumer Products and ScrollMotion Kids.

  • Barefoot Launches First iPad App—with Touch Press

    With the arrival of the third generation iPad, Barefoot Books’s first app, The Barefoot World Atlas, is one of only a handful optimized to take advantage of the new retina display.

  • This Week in Apps: March 16, 2012

    This week in apps features NeuroApps: MRI Atlas of Human White Matter, a comprehensive, interactive look at the brain.

  • This Week in Children's Apps: March 15, 2012

    This week in children's apps features My A-Z, an app for building reading and writing skills, with the added ability to create your own alphabet cards, complete with audio. Also out this week is Planes - Byron Barton, which shows children all the different ways we interact with planes.

  • Reading Rainbow Gets an App

    RRKidz, who helped to relaunch the Reading Rainbow television series, has partnered with Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, Holiday House, and Charlesbridge Publishing for a Reading Rainbow app, set to launch this spring.

  • Disney Launches First Language Learning App

    Disney Publishing Worldwide has launched its first language learning product, Learn Chinese: Toy Story 3. The app will be available in the U.S., China, Australia, and 25 additional countries throughout Europe and Asia.

  • This Week in Apps: March 2, 2012

    This week in apps features a pair of Dr. Seuss apps: The Lorax and Oh Say Can You Say Di-No-Saur?

  • This Week in Children's Apps: March 1, 2012

    This week in children's apps features a pair of Dr. Seuss apps: The Lorax and Oh Say Can You Say Di-No-Saur?

  • Penguin Launches Richelle Mead Community-Based App

    Bestselling author Richelle Mead will get her own app, The World of Richelle Mead, launching March 2 from Penguin.

  • iStoryTime Releases First Wee Sing App

    iStoryTime and Wee Sing have announced their first education app, called Wee Sing & Learn ABC.

  • Japan Falls in Love with Oxford English Apps

    On February 14, English language learning apps featuring Alice in Wonderland and Sherlock Holmes took the top slots on Japan’s App Store in the education segment.

  • This Week in Apps: February 17, 2012

    This week in apps features The Drinking Man's Diet Cookbook, which includes over 100 recipes and wine pairings.

  • This Week in Children's Apps: February 16, 2012

    This week in children's apps features The Prisoner of Carrot Castle, a story about a boy's dislike of vegetables, Stephen Huneck PuzzleSpace, and Five Little Monkeys Go Shopping.

  • TOC 2012: Children's Books Must Exist in Digital and Print

    The "What Works Well Where? Considering Books for Children in Different Formats" session at TOC 2012 stressed the necessary coexistence of digital and traditional books for children, an opinion put forth by Junko Yokota, director of the Center for Teaching Through Children’s Books.

  • This Week in Apps: February 10, 2012

    This week in apps features My Artist's Way Toolkit, the interactive app based on the bestselling book for unlocking your inner artist's potential.

  • This Week in Children's Apps: February 9, 2012

    This week in children's apps features Alphabet Adventure!, an interactive exploration of the alphabet including hundreds of images and sounds, and multiple narration voices speaking each letter and word.

  • This Week in Apps: February 3, 2012

    This week in apps features two Dr. Seuss apps, including And to Think That I Saw It on Mulberry Street, the very first Dr. Seuss book ever published.

  • This Week in Children's Apps: February 2, 2012

    This week in children's apps features two Dr. Seuss apps, including And to Think That I Saw It on Mulberry Street, the very first Dr. Seuss book ever published.

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