Disney Digital Books interact with young readers

Posted in ebooks by Conner Flynn on October 1st, 2009

Disney Digital Books interact with young readersIf you want to instill a love of reading in your child early on, this may be a good way to do so. Disney’s new range of eBooks will feature a “Disney-level experience” according to the company. These eBooks feature a “look and listen” section for beginners, where the book will be read aloud by voice actors to a soundtrack and each word will be highlighted as it is being spoken.

That should learn them kids. If your child wants to read alone and finds a word he or she doesn’t recognize, they just click on it and a voice will read it to them. It’s a great visual way for kids to learn.

Sony PRS-300 and PRS-600 e-book readers

Posted in ebooks by Conner Flynn on July 30th, 2009

Sony PRS-300 and PRS-600 e-book readersWe now have some images and specs on a couple of new Sony e-book readers, the PRS-300 and PRS-600. The PRS-300 has a 5″ LCD display without audio output, and it will also lack a memory card slot. But you do have 440MB of storage space.

The PRS-600 is the better model, equipped with a 6″ touchscreen display along with audio output and an SD/MS memory card slot. You also get 380MB of storage space. We don’t know if they have Wi-Fi yet, which is what we really want to know.