{"id":1480,"date":"2012-09-28T10:55:11","date_gmt":"2012-09-28T15:55:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.litquotes.com\/blog\/?p=1480"},"modified":"2012-09-28T10:56:06","modified_gmt":"2012-09-28T15:56:06","slug":"the-odyssey-and-ebooks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.litquotes.com\/blog\/2012\/09\/the-odyssey-and-ebooks\/","title":{"rendered":"The Odyssey and eBooks"},"content":{"rendered":"

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This morning NPR had an interesting story, Put Down Your E-Reader: This Book Is Better in Print<\/a>.\u00a0 Click on the link to read or listen to the whole story.\u00a0 Here’s an excerpt:<\/p>\n

Gillian Cross’ new retelling of Homer’s The Odyssey is aimed at kids 8 and up, and like many children’s books, it’s brightly colored and beautifully illustrated. But the artwork in this book \u2014 illustrated by Neil Packer \u2014 seems sophisticated for a kids’ book. These are not your standard depictions of gods and goddesses with chiseled features in flowing gowns. The images are stylized, multi-layered, richly colored and a little edgy.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The article goes on to question if such a book would ever make a good eBook.\u00a0 Are some books destined for print? What makes a book a good fit for an E-Reader?<\/p>\n

You’ll also want to be sure to check out the book in question. The illustrations for The Odyssey<\/a> are truly beautiful. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

This morning NPR had an interesting story, Put Down Your E-Reader: This Book Is Better in Print.\u00a0 Click on the link to read or listen to the whole story.\u00a0 Here’s an excerpt: Gillian Cross’ new retelling of Homer’s The Odyssey …<\/span> <\/p>\n ","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1483,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[114],"tags":[320,319],"class_list":["post-1480","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-litnews","tag-homer","tag-the-odyssey"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t