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S&S to Publish Preschool Titles for CoCoMelon
Simon & Schuster Children’s Publishing has secured the master publishing rights for CoComelon, a preshool entertainment franchise licensed by Moonbug. Simon Spotlight will release the first four books an 8x8, a tabbed board book, a novelty title, and a shaped book with working wheels in fall 2021, with a total of 10 titles to be published within the first year.
CoComelon’s content consists of animated, brightly colored videos of nursery rhymes and songs. A core group of characters, led by JJ, serve as role models to teach basic concepts, from letters and animal sounds to tying shoes and preparing for the first day of school.
Tapas Sees Big Gains for Digital Comics By Rob Salkowitz | Jan 20, 2021
Digital comics delivered via mobile devices are starting to take significant creative and commercial steps forward. Last year Webtoon, owned by Korean tech giant Line, posted dramatic user and revenue growth, driven by large investments in attracting new customers. That was not a fluke: Tapas, a smaller U.S.-based mobile comics startup, has also announced impressive recent growth, along with plans to partner with traditional print publishers like Scholastic.
Founded in 2012, Tapas has grown a dedicated community of readers and creators through a popular mobile app, Tapas.io, which features “snackable” vertical-scroll episodic webcomics and stories. In the last year, the privately-held company announced it had reached 100 million episode-unlocks (paid content transactions) and saw total 2020 payments to Tapas creators rise to $14 million. Though the company does not make its financi