Kids Book Apps Need Curating

Kids book apps lack curating, according to Rick Richter, CEO of Rukus Media, in a panel at Digital Book World today called, “A New Kind of Publisher for a New Kind of Product: Emerging Models for Children’s Book Publishing.”

Richter said that there are about 30,000 kids apps in Apple’s App Store and about 27,000 horrible kids apps. “There are a lot of kids books out there, but in the print world there are retailers and book clubs that curate the space,” he said.