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Appy Alloween... an announcement!

Did you notice some Halloweeny things happening to Allsorts today? My Zoe avatar donned a bee costume, and I tweaked the design of the blog a bit in honor of the spooky season. I consider Halloween to be the savory appetizer to the multi-course banquet of the holidays. It's a nice counterpoint to the visual feast of Christmas to come! 

But, on to the announcement. Remember how last year I created On Halloween as an interactive book for ITB? Well, I revamped the entire book, and now it is available as a free-standing app in iTunes! I added tons of interactions, and little Miss Zoe has two new costumes, a scarecrow and fortune teller. We also lowered the price to $1.99! Boo! ...I mean yay! Every page has new goodies... there are cute crows, cats, bats, spiders, ghosts and pumpkins galore that bounce, roll, dance... even moo! I hope kids will have as much fun playing with it as I had making it!

I'd be thrilled if you check it out, and especially grateful if you spread the word about it. I put so much love into this and I'm tremendously honored that ITB decided to make it into a free-standing app. You can find it in iTunes by searching for "On Halloween" ~ or simply click -->here<--- And a big big thank you from the bottom of my heart!

Cheers,

Jenny

It's just around the corner...

You kiddies be good now... I'll be back on Tuesday. Hope you have a splendid Halloween... don't eat too much chocolate!

 

Cheers B~O~O~S!

Jenny

Halloween freebie time ~ printable round spooky things

How's about a little freebie? I've used these guys for mini-garlands and as dangles on my spooky Halloween tree, but they'd be cute as cupcake toppers, too! Right-click the name below to download the jpg, then print on card stock or glossy photo paper and cut out.

Allsorts-round-spooky-things

In other unrelated news, it finally turned cooler here, so I'm much more in the autumnal spirit. In a brief spurt of motivation, I rooted through the attic and wrestled down the boxes of Fall/Halloween decorations. Don't know how far I'll get in putting anything up, but at least I'm feeling more inspired!

Cheers,

Jenny

Remember Zoe? Now she's an interactive ebook!

This has been a day of learning for me. I figured out how to shoot video with my iPhone, how to get it onto YouTube, how to embed it in a blog post, and here it is! I decided it was the best way to show my latest interactive book for iPad. It features Zoe, my little rag-doll alter-ego and her annual indecision over what to wear on Halloween. And you get to hear my squeaky little voice! I swear I'm older than the 8-year-old I sound like. Ack. Maybe my next book should be about mice.  :o\

As you see, it's called On Halloween, and is available to buy online now by following this link --->On Halloween<--- And you can find my other interactive books there, too. A couple of them are even free!

So... a little more info. I'm still using (and very happy with) Interactive Touch Books online book-building tool to assemble and publish my projects. If you write and illustrate, and have a notion to publish a children's book on iPhone or iPad, you should seriously look into it. Zero cost, you get 70% of net sales, and no waiting for Apple to approve. It works like magic. Oh, and I just sold my 1000th book!

Winning!

Jenny