The Market for Fiction eBooks, Children’s Story

“Reading is to the mind what gymnastics is to the body,” says Joseph Addison (1672-1719), English writer.”

Reading fiction is beneficial to children because it can offer an escape from the real world into worlds imagined by creative authors. eBooks have words and pictures, just like traditional print books. They can also have interactive elements like Animations and games, that can help children understand and recall story details. Music that can help children understand characters and plot developments. Recorded Narration, that can help children learn words and expand vocabulary.

There are some positive and negative implications of Children’s Story eBooks. Positiv is of course that eBooks are significantly lighter and smaller than conventional books and therefore they are ideal for children. In addition to those, countless books can be stored on the eReader without weighing down the child’s backpack, therefore it’s also ideal for vacations or small children’s rooms. It also has a long battery life and ebooks can be bought online really fast. Guardians can also protect children from unsafe content while using an eReader instead of using a normal tablet and the use of the device can be easily monitored, so that Parents have access to administration. Furthermore, you have a clear view of how much your child has read. You can also set clear reading goals through monitoring. Goals could have a positive influence on children’s motivation. Of course, the eReader for kids can also be used for learning. The multitude of providers like Kindle, Tolino and Kobo have a built-in dictionary function. The high quality dictionaries can be used as vocabulary trainers. The use of electronic children’s books is also useful for those with dyslexia. The device can even make books easier to read. Readers such as Kobo or Tolino have certain fonts with a special design. Another option is to improve readability by making the lines shorter. And at least they are cooler than normal books for many children. On the other hand, there are also some negative implications on this topic: First of all, there are some Acquisition costs for the reader. Picture books cannot be presented so beautifully on the small display and large format picture books made of paper are simply better suited for cozy reading sessions. And first-time readers often follow letter by letter and putting letters together to form syllables and syllables together to form words. They often help themself by touching the book and therefore touch screen eReaders are less suitable for this. Another point is that the feeling for the book length is missing. Besides that, eBooks are not available used and they cannot be sold. eReaders are also not as robust as paper books and this is especially important for children. Last but not least, introducing electronics to younger children is sometimes controversial. In today’s day and age, it has become more normalized to introduce electronics to children at younger ages. When I was a child, I didn’t remember being able to access a tablet or phone until the age of 10, now I’m seeing children as young as 2 being able to access games on an iPad. In my opinion, electronic devices should be introduced to children who are in elementary school and not earlier, because children do not learn how to use electronic devices correctly in school before about 6 years old.

According to Selfpublishing.com the twelfth most popular fiction genre on Amazon Selfpublishing is children’s fiction. With this genre being so highly sought after, it is one of the main assets that is contributing to the success of the industry. E-books and electronics are becoming increasingly more popular and being introduced at earlier ages therefore allowing the younger generation to be equipped with technology, with this it is only a matter of time before eBooks take over. But as you can see from the video below physical books are still the top money makers for publishers. Publishing market research shows that the traditional book is still a commercial all-rounder. While publishers are experimenting with different media formats – especially audiobooks – they continue to invest most of their marketing efforts in selling physical books.