When is an eBook not an book? Over at GalleyCat’s digitally obsessed sibling, eBookNewser, they reported on a eBook update to an old classic.
Here’s more from the post: “iPhone app developer Oceanhouse Media has announced the release of three Seuss Enterprises-licensed apps based on the Dr. Seuss classic ‘How the Grinch Stole Christmas.’ Two are games–‘Grinchmas,’ a kind of digital snowball fight; and ‘The Dr. Seuss Camera-Grinch Edition,’ a greeting-card maker–and are already available in the app store. The third, which the company says will be out in time for the holidays, is an e-book version of the book itself.”
The post looks at the eBook’s new features, but points toward an important question: are digitally enhanced eBooks for kids books? Or are they games? As more and more digital children’s eBooks hit the market, publishers and book-lovers will have to confront these questions.