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As ebooks garner more and more attention it’s no surprise that some publishers are expanding the format to offer more to their readers. Random House Group recently announced their new site Book and Beyond where you can buy “enhanced ebooks”. According to the site:
Created in collaboration with authors, these ebook extras include audio and video [...]
It’s our favourite time of the year, and to celebrate Halloween we created a new game for your enjoyment. Your village is under attack by hordes of the undead, and only you, with your trusty catapult, stand to fight them. Head on over to our games page and give it a try.
McDonald’s has taken a big stride in the web games arena with a new European marketing campaign for Happy Meals. Instead of plastic figurines, they will offer virtual toys in upcoming Happy Meals, and they will use web games to advertise them.
How can we better educate our children? It’s a question that competes for a voice with Fast Food News headlines and breaking world events. Meanwhile, educators compete with actual fast food and entertainment media for the attention of their students. Ironically, if we focussed more on education around the world, there would be fewer doom-and-gloom [...]