Tigers Launch Boris Baloo
March 1, 2010
Leicester Tigers supporters were treated to a extra special reading of Boris Baloo, when the book was officially launched at Welford Road on Sunday.
Author and Assistant Coach, Ben Herring was joined by Tigers prop Boris Stanokovich and flanker Geoff Parling to give their first public reading to more than 100 attendees.
Herring said:
“The launch went superbly and we couldn’t have asked for a better turn out. The room was pretty much full so we were absolutely delighted. It was nice to read to a captive audience. The children were all listening with their eyes up to the front and we got a real kick out of it.”
Visit the Leicester Tigers website to watch an exclusive interview with Ben Herring from the book launch as well as a star reading with the author and Boris Stankovich.
Printed copies of Boris Baloo will be available from a stall in Final Whistle in the Caterpillar Stand at Tigers next home game against London Irish on Saturday (kick off 5.35pm) for a recommended £10 donation to the Matt Hampson Trust. Copies are also available to order online from the Matt Hampson website.
Sleepydog’s eBook version of Boris Baloo for the iPhone and iPod touch is available to download now from the iTunes App Store. The eBook costs £2.99 with all proceeds going to the Matt Hampson Trust.
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Slingers Featured in SFX
February 11, 2010
Sleepydog’s forthcoming television series, Slingers has been featured in the latest issue of SFX magazine.
Talking about how we developed the Slingers concept, writer Mike Atherton said:
“Our approach was always that Slingers would be a ’60s-style heist show that just happened to be set in space. I’m not trying to dismiss the SF element because I live and breathe this stuff myself, but our initial take was to try and focus on something different from just the tech and the ships.”
The coverage also includes some fantastic concept art by the Brownlee Brothers, so grab a copy of this month’s SFX magazine to read the full article.
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New eBooks available on iTunes
February 11, 2010
Our latest eBooks for the iPhone and iPod touch are now available to buy on the App Store.
Beneath the Moon and Beneath the Stars are two delightful collections of poems for children, written by Hazel Bowden.
Priced at just £1.19, each eBook features beautiful illustrations and also includes a fun, interactive quiz to test your knowledge!
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In Video: eBooks Get Kids Reading
January 12, 2010
We’ve been spreading the word about our range of eBooks for a while now, and as our library of titles available on iTunes grows, we thought it was about time we dusted off our video camera to put together this short video.
A big thank you to everyone involved for giving up their free time to help make it.
Incidentally, we’ve also just added an additional 11 new titles to our range of FREE eBooks, giving you the chance to read one chapter from each eBook in the Mad Myths, Tales of the Dark Forest and Colin the Barbarian series.
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FREE Festive eBook Now Available
December 14, 2009
Our latest eBook for the iPhone and iPod touch is now available to buy on the App Store.
Who’d Be A Dog At Christmas is a FREE eBook written by Tiny Tim, a scruffy but loveable mongrel who loves to rap! Find out what happens when he’s awoken early by the sounds of excited children on Christmas morning, and the trouble he gets into when Granny comes to visit!
For a bit of extra festive fun, this eBook also includes a Christmassy quiz about dogs at the end!
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Slingers Gets Web Buzzing
December 9, 2009
It’s been an exciting time for the Slingers team, as interest in the TV project was ignited across the web after award-winning comic book author, Warren Ellis posted a link to our sizzle reel over on director Steve Barron’s website.
Referring to it as “your new favourite TV show”, Warren’s post sparked a flurry of comments, blog posts and tweets around the world.
John Rogers, creator and writer of hit US TV show, Leverage tweeted:
We’d already noticed that some Leverage fans had taken a shine to Slingers by interacting with Mike on Twitter. It’s been great to see what these very early supporters of the show had to say once they’d seen the characters come to life – if only for a few minutes.
We’re still compiling all the feedback almost a full week later, but we did a get a massive kick out of Duncan Jones, director of the critically acclaimed movie, Moon describing the show as: “Where you need to be”.
So far Slingers has been mentioned on:
The conversation around the show has continued on countless blogs and forums and Slingers has had some very interesting people in Los Angeles reaching for the phone. With well over 50,000 views of the sizzle reel on Vimeo and counting, the positive reaction to Slingers has been overwhelming to say the least!
We’ve also been lucky enough to have been mentioned in the same breath as shows that we’re huge fans of here in the Sleepydog office.
A massive thank you to everyone for their fantastic encouragement and support.
We’ll be posting more news on Slingers in the coming months, and have also setup a Facebook page to share updates on the project. Watch this space!
Hot Off The Press
November 30, 2009
Authors Steve Barlow and Skidmore (a.k.a. The 2 Steves) have been featured on literary website, Fantasy Book Review.
Speaking about their range of eBooks for the iPhone and iPod touch, the 2 Steves said:
We’ve been showing kids all our titles, including Vernon Bright, on the iPhone/iPod touch during our school visits, and they love the idea of reading on these devices – for the disaffected readers they’re not reading a book, they’re using an app (there’s a world of difference!) and everyone enjoys the rolling text on Star Bores and the quizzes.
To read the full article, visit www.fantasybookreview.co.uk
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Children’s Laureate Praises eBooks
October 30, 2009
Sleepydog’s range of eBooks for the iPhone and iPod touch has been given the thumbs up by Children’s Laureate, Anthony Browne.
Our approach to eBooks has been developed in partnership with award-winning children’s author, Steve Skidmore, and is based around the core aim of encouraging kids to read.
Speaking to Skidmore, Browne said: ”This is a great idea! Anything that makes reading cool and gets kids reading for pleasure must be a good thing.”
With a total of 12 eBooks for children now published on iTunes, we’re looking forward to releasing many more titles in the coming months.
Want to find out more? Download our eBooks brochure to understand the Sleepydog approach to eBooks:
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Colin Available on iTunes
October 30, 2009
Our latest eBooks for the iPhone and iPod touch are now available to buy on the App Store.
Colin the Barbarian is a series of two eBooks written by internationally known children’s authors, Steve Barlow and Steve Skidmore. The story follows the hilarious adventures of an ordinary boy, who is magically transported into the world of video games.
Priced at just £1.19, each eBook also includes an interactive bonus quiz to test your Colin knowledge!
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Hot Off The Press
October 6, 2009
Sleepydog’s range of eBooks for children have been featured on top tech website, Macworld.
The article includes great coverage of our Vernon Bright series of eBooks, which are now available for the iPhone and iPod touch.
To read the full article, visit www.macworld.co.uk.
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