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MetaFilter Roundup Of Unlikely Kids Book Authors
daddytypes.com 4 weeks agoMetaFilter has a nice thread about kids books by people you might not have expected to write kids books. Many of them have been mentioned on DT before: Gertrude Stein [ twice, kind of ]; bell hooks ; Graham Greene ; and Sylvia Plath , of course. And there's a whole blog about such books, We, Too, Were Children, Mr. Barrie , which is very handy and attractive. I will be raiding it shortly. Meanwhile, there is much you should check out and comment upon. We, Too, Were Children, Mr. Barrie, by Ariel S. Winter [
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Apple Announces Free IBooks Author OS X App For Publishing Books To The App Store
engadget.com 3 weeks, 5 days agoWe're here at Apple's education-themed event at the Guggenheim museum in New York City, and the company's just followed up its long-awaited textbook announcement with something unexpected: iBooks Author, a free OS X program for creating books. The intent is really for teachers and other educators to produce educational materials, but Apple says the format can apply to any genre. Aside from the free part, the real story here is ease of use, with the ability to drag and drop photos, videos and even Microsoft










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