"BE THERE" BEDTIME STORIES
New Website Enables Families to
Be There for the Holidays
IRVINE, CA, December 1, 2010
Webcam bedtime stories is an innovative new technology being added to the list of family-friendly media, this Christmas. ALISON SANSONE is Creator of BE THERE BEDTIME STORIES, a new website that combines e-books and video of a family storyteller.
Irvine, CA (PRWEB) December 1, 2010
The process takes place entirely on the
BE THERE BEDTIME STORIES website
in three steps:
1) select a children’s book from the bookstore,2) read the story in front of a webcam as it displays on the computer screen,
3) the child receives an email with the link to view the e-book on the website with video of the storyteller positioned on each page.
The beta website went live in September of this year with over one hundred published children’s books available in the online bookstore. There are one hundred more titles in production with the interface, from five different publishers so far, including ten original works to be published by
BE THERE BEDTIME STORIES.
The business model for BE THERE BEDTIME STORIES was inspired by her own problem of living far from her only two nieces, who live in Chicago. SANSONE was working in video production at the time, in Orange County, California. “I was unable to be a part of their development - unable to be recognized when I would visit once a year,” SANSONE explains her frustration. “Bedtime stories seemed a convenient and entertaining activity that would solve that problem.”
SANSONE explains the findings of the initial two months of testing. “The effects exceeded my expectations. When I visited my nieces for the first time after four story recordings, they instantly latched onto me from the moment I walked in the door.”
An additional finding from the beta launch is children were excited to read a story back to family members, regardless of their reading level. “We believe this broadens the scope of users and the value to families as a fun and new alternative to existing multi-media products on the market,” SANSONE concludes.
SANSONE expects grandparents and military families] to see the value of a recorded bedtime story over live or real-time webcam services as a way to utilize more family members for childhood development, and to preserve those family memories for future generations. The stories are priced at $11.99 for unlimited children and there is currently a Buy One Get One Free holiday special. Live storytelling and Mobile App delivery are
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Margot, these look like great books. I am going to get some for my grandkids.
Carma
http://carmaswindow.blogspot.com
Thanks Carma. GAP has a lot of terrific books for kids. They are wonderful to work with too.
And you can get an autographed copy of my "Rattlesnake Jam" + a coloring sheet, through my website.
http://www.magotfinke.com
Looks like a great publisher.