'Winnie the Pooh' ebook set to come on Nintendo DS.Byline: ANI London, Oct 9 (ANI): Get ready to welcome 'Winnie the Pooh' on your Nintendo DS “NDS” redirects here. For other uses, see NDS (disambiguation). The Nintendo DS (sometimes abbreviated NDS or DS) is a handheld game console developed and manufactured by Nintendo, which was released in 2004 in Canada, U.S., and Japan. , for Egmont-the publisher of the cuddlesome cud·dle v. cud·dled, cud·dling, cud·dles v.tr. To fondle in the arms; hug tenderly. See Synonyms at caress. v.intr. To nestle; snuggle. n. bear's stories-has struck a deal with EA Games to create ebooks for children. Rob McMenemy, the Danish publisher's managing director has said that while there will "always be a market for traditional books and magazines", the children's publishing industry needs to better embrace digital methods. The group has announced the deal with Nintendo, which reportedly also involves Penguin penguin, originally the common name for the now extinct great auk of the N Atlantic and now used (since the 19th cent.) for the unrelated antarctic diving birds. . "The Nintendo DS is extremely popular with children, so it made sense to use it as a way of encouraging them to read," the Telegraph telegraph, term originally applied to any device or system for distant communication by means of visible or audible signals, now commonly restricted to electrically operated devices. Attempts at long-distance communication date back thousands of years (see signaling). quoted McMenemy as saying. The ebooks, initially pitched at seven to 11 year-olds, will go by the name of Flips and feature books such as the Enid Blyton series and a book for young boys called Too Ghoul for School. "This is not reading in a linear fashion. There is an interactive element," he said. (ANI) Copyright 2009 Asian News International The Asian News International (ANI) agency provides multimedia news to China and 50 bureaus in India. It covers virtually all of South Asia since its foundation and presently claims, on its official website, to be the leading South Asia-wide news agency. (ANI) - All Rights Reserved. Provided by Syndigate.info an Albawaba.com company |
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