NEW YORK, Dec. 15, 2010 /PRNewswire/ -- HarperCollins
Children's Books announced today that more than 30 of its most
beloved picture books are available as e-books in time for the
holidays. For the first time, Fancy Nancy, Splat the Cat, and that
feisty dog Marley can be viewed digitally on the iPad, iPod touch,
and iPhone through the Apple iBookstore and on NOOKcolor by Barnes
& Noble.
"We are thrilled that our most enduring picture book characters
are available digitally in time for the holidays. We worked
scrupulously to ensure that the digital reading experience upholds
the quality of the print book," said Susan
Katz, President and Publisher of HarperCollins Children's
Books. "For the first time, we are seeing a successful translation
of picture books to the digital format. As more people embrace
digital reading, we want to ensure that our authors' and
illustrators' works are available in new formats for families to
enjoy."
HarperCollins continues to work with all sales agents to make
its books available to the widest possible audience, including all
new devices that support e-picture books. The current list of
HarperCollins e-picture books includes: Almost; Amelia Bedelia's First Apple Pie; Cats; A
Christmas Carol; Dogs; Fancy Nancy: Bonjour, Butterfly; Fancy
Nancy: Explorer Extraordinaire!; Fancy Nancy: Ooh La La! It's
Beauty Day; Fancy Nancy: Splendiferous Christmas; Fancy Nancy: Tea
Parties; Fancy Nancy's Favorite Fancy Words; It's Not Fair!;
Kindergarten Diary; Love, Splat; Marley and the Kittens; Marley
Goes to School; Mathilda and the Orange Balloon; Merry Christmas,
Splat; Not a Box; The OK Book; Out of the Ballpark; Pete the Cat: I
Love My White Shoes; Rescue Bunnies; Russell the Sheep; Russell's
Christmas Magic; Splat the Cat; A Very Marley Christmas; and
Zoomer.
HarperCollins Children's Books is the #1 publisher of
picture books. Respected worldwide for its tradition of publishing
quality, award-winning books for young readers, HarperCollins is
home to many timeless treasures—Charlotte's Web, The
Chronicles of Narnia, Goodnight
Moon, Where the Sidewalk Ends, the Ramona series,
Where the Wild Things Are; and popular new classics—The
Graveyard Book, A Series of Unfortunate Events,
Warriors, and Fancy Nancy. HarperCollins Children's
Books is a division of HarperCollins Publishers, one of the leading
English-language publishers in the world and a subsidiary of News
Corporation (NYSE: NWS, NWS.A; ASX: NCP, NCPDP). Headquartered in
New York, HarperCollins has
publishing groups in the US, Canada, the UK, Australia/New
Zealand, and India. You can
visit HarperCollins Children's Books at
www.harpercollinschildrens.com and HarperCollins Publishers at
www.harpercollins.com.
SOURCE HarperCollins Children's Books