'Harold And The Purple Crayon' Debuts On Top Grossing iPad App List

To prepare for Mediabistro’s upcoming Publishing App Expo on December 7-8, we will be spotlighting the top grossing book apps every week–helping our readers discover and analyze successful content.

Classic children’s book Harold and the Purple Crayon launched as a book app this week from Trilogy Studios and the app is currently No. 3 on the top grossing iPad book app list. Marvel Comics, Comics and DC Comics continued to rank high on the list this week, as did two different Cars 2 book apps from Disney.

Below, we’ve listed the top ten grossing iPad apps of the week. We’ve linked to the online pages for the individual apps so you can explore the content without opening iTunes.

Top 10 Grossing iPad Book Apps

1. Marvel Comics

2. Comics

3. Harold and The Purple Canyon

4.DC Comics

5. The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morris Lessmore

6. Cars 2 World Grand Prix

7. Bible+

8. Ultimate Sharks

9. The Elements: A Visual Exploration

10. VIZ Manga for iPad