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Tweet Time Alrighty! we are ramping up for #storyappchat tonight with @EliNoyes! Who else is out there brooks_jones too? Show of hands? Mon, 06 May 2013 01:02:17 +0000 swimfreak78 #storyappchat Hi! I am here from @TheiMums Mon, 06 May 2013 01:02:29 +0000 DavidBFox I'm here! #storyappchat Mon, 06 May 2013 01:02:51 +0000 swimfreak78 @brooks_jones @elinoyes I am here from @imums #storyappchat Mon, 06 May 2013 01:03:16 +0000 roxiemunro Hi folks, glad to be back! #Storyappchat Mon, 06 May 2013 01:03:32 +0000 I'm here too! elinoyes #storyappchat Mon, 06 May 2013 01:03:37 +0000 @Julia_Brannon: Starting now! Join us with app creator Eli Noyes - follow on Twitter 6-7p PT (9- TheiMums 10p... http://t.co/2qtBeH4Ff0 #storyappchat Mon, 06 May 2013 01:03:56 +0000 @swimfreak78 @TheiMums @DavidBFox @EliNoyes @roxiemunro Glad to have you with us brooks_jones tonite for #storyappchat! Mon, 06 May 2013 01:04:10 +0000 ruBORED @Julia_Brannon #storyappchat hi everybody. Glad to be here. Sounds like good topic. Mon, 06 May 2013 01:04:11 +0000 Hello everyone! Julia_Brannon #storyappchat Mon, 06 May 2013 01:04:22 +0000 missmashable newbie here! #storyappchat Mon, 06 May 2013 01:05:44 +0000 brooks_jones @ruBORED @Julia_Brannon welcome to #storyappchat tonite! Mon, 06 May 2013 01:06:20 +0000 brooks_jones @missmashable Welcome! Delighted to have you with us for #storyappchat tonite! Mon, 06 May 2013 01:06:42 +0000 Time for #storyappchat with our friends from Wanderful and Digital TheiMums Storytime on Twitter Mon, 06 May 2013 01:06:44 +0000 ruBORED @missmashable #storyappchat hi welcome Mon, 06 May 2013 01:07:05 +0000 brooks_jones @DeclicKids Glad you could make it for #storyappchat tonite! Welcome :) Mon, 06 May 2013 01:07:25 +0000 swimfreak78 @missmashable welcome #storyappchat Mon, 06 May 2013 01:07:51 +0000 RT @brooks_jones: Alrighty! we are ramping up for #storyappchat tonight with @EliNoyes! iPad_storytime Who else is out there too? Show of hands? Mon, 06 May 2013 01:08:08 +0000 brooks_jones RT @DeclicKids: @brooks_jones here too! #storyappchat Mon, 06 May 2013 01:08:57 +0000 Please help me welcome @EliNoyes, interactive media veteran and talented illustrator! He's brooks_jones here to guest host #storyappchat tonite! Mon, 06 May 2013 01:10:33 +0000 @brooks_jones @elinoyes @DavidBFox Welcome Eli - sorry if I'm late to #storyappchat, stuck iPad_storytime on 101 coming home from #CaPTAConvention Mon, 06 May 2013 01:10:42 +0000 swimfreak78 #storyappchat Welcome Eli! I loved reading about your graphics for @WanderfulBooks Mon, 06 May 2013 01:12:43 +0000 roxiemunro So, Eli, how many apps have you worked on? #Storyappchat Mon, 06 May 2013 01:13:21 +0000 elinoyes Hi everybody, Eli here. Glad to be here. Ready to start talking about Ruff's Bone #storyappchat Mon, 06 May 2013 01:13:22 +0000 I met @elinoyes 20 years ago around the time he was first working on Ruff's Bone. DavidBFox @Annie_Fox and I fell in love w/his art #storyappchat Mon, 06 May 2013 01:13:33 +0000 @EliNoyes has shared some great sketches from Ruff's Bone and the Raymond + Sheila books brooks_jones on our #storyappchat blog too. Mon, 06 May 2013 01:13:40 +0000 @roxiemunro Roxie, this is my only app! And it was done before there were apps! When elinoyes Broderbund was doing a series of CD... #storyappchat Mon, 06 May 2013 01:15:40 +0000 If you haven't looked at @EliNoyes' illustrations, look at the PDF he's given us at DavidBFox http://t.co/mkmypoNRVf #storyappchat Mon, 06 May 2013 01:16:15 +0000 ...called "Living Books" We all thought that everybody would buy these CDs at $30 a pop. And elinoyes so we could afford... #storyappchat Mon, 06 May 2013 01:16:25 +0000 #storyappchat and @elinoyes what made you decide to start illustrating apps and postage swimfreak78 stamps? Do you do illustrations via pen and ink? Mon, 06 May 2013 01:16:39 +0000 ...lots of animation. Mickey Mantle of Wanderbooks recently tracked them down and is elinoyes converting them to apps #storyappchat Mon, 06 May 2013 01:16:55 +0000 swimfreak78 #storyappchat and @elinoyes or via an electronic medium? Mon, 06 May 2013 01:17:07 +0000 @elinoyes The first CD-ROM version of LivingBooks (Grandma and Me) was pretty DavidBFox groundbreaking. #storyappchat Mon, 06 May 2013 01:17:20 +0000 YourMomBot @Julia_Brannon Your mom's talking about Ruffs Bone #storyappchat Mon, 06 May 2013 01:17:31 +0000 RT @elinoyes: Hi everybody, Eli here. Glad to be here. Ready to start talking about Ruffs Bone Julia_Brannon #storyappchat Mon, 06 May 2013 01:17:31 +0000 roxiemunro Eli, were you in on the CD ROM thing in the 90s? #Storyappchat Mon, 06 May 2013 01:17:41 +0000 @swimfreak78 I found that increasingly I was working in InDesign and drawing my little hand elinoyes off and loving it. #storyappchat Mon, 06 May 2013 01:17:58 +0000 Ever since discovering photoshop I have been experimenting with drawing on paper, scanning elinoyes in line drawings and coloring #storyappchat Mon, 06 May 2013 01:19:02 +0000 Don't forget, we have both Mac and iOS versions of Ruff's Bone to give away tonite. We will be brooks_jones RTing to win a little later in #storyappchat! Mon, 06 May 2013 01:19:02 +0000

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First LivingBooks took at least 1 minute to load per page on state-of-the-art computers and fastest CD-ROMS in 1992 #storyappchat Mon, 06 May 2013 01:19:09 +0000 So how do you do the animations? #Storyappchat Mon, 06 May 2013 01:19:34 +0000 @roxiemunro I tried to be part of that CD thing. Loved the idea of interactive. Ruff's Bone was elinoyes my big attempt... #storyappchat Mon, 06 May 2013 01:20:09 +0000 Julia_Brannon @DavidBFox We've come a long way #storyappchat Mon, 06 May 2013 01:20:26 +0000 iPad_storytime @elinoyes What an interesting path to building an app! #storyappchat Mon, 06 May 2013 01:20:27 +0000 drawbeard Hey everyone, sorry I'm late! @elinoyes, 1 minute/page sounds pretty bad. #storyappchat Mon, 06 May 2013 01:20:56 +0000 San Francisco Chronicle article from 2 years ago on Eli and his Go Green stamps that came out DavidBFox then http://t.co/Sl3MhwGysO #storyappchat Mon, 06 May 2013 01:21:04 +0000 Wow! We were all in it! I did a CD ROM game w/ByronPreiss Multimedia & Dutton/Penguin roxiemunro here in NYC. #Storyappchat Mon, 06 May 2013 01:21:06 +0000 @Julia_Brannon Really! Who'd wait a minute even for a full app to load nowadays! DavidBFox #storyappchat Mon, 06 May 2013 01:21:22 +0000 @roxiemunro Back in the dark ages Ruff's Bone was done in a program called "director". I tried elinoyes to learn. But... #storyappchat Mon, 06 May 2013 01:21:26 +0000 brooks_jones @drawbeard Glad to have you here for #storyappchat tonite, Adam! Mon, 06 May 2013 01:21:27 +0000 ...I was a director at Colossal Pictures which had an animation department and thank god they elinoyes did all that based on my layouts #storyappchat Mon, 06 May 2013 01:22:05 +0000 @drawbeard remember, though, that CD-ROMs were so cool then because of their "huge" DavidBFox storage of 700MB! #storyappchat Mon, 06 May 2013 01:22:24 +0000 roxiemunro CD ROMs for kids never took off the way the publishers hoped. #Storyappchat Mon, 06 May 2013 01:23:06 +0000 I made a pdf for you all to look at so you could see some of the creative ideas I played with elinoyes back then. It was not obvious... #storyappchat Mon, 06 May 2013 01:23:10 +0000 @DavidBFox @julia_brannon sad but true. I remember those days of waiting for the CD Rom swimfreak78 to churn up #storyappchat Mon, 06 May 2013 01:23:12 +0000 @DavidBFox Haha, I remember. I played my copy of Myst until it wouldn't load anymore. drawbeard #storyappchat Mon, 06 May 2013 01:23:41 +0000 @EliNoyes did you have to do anything for the recent release of Ruff's Bone to iOS and Mac? DavidBFox #storyappchat Mon, 06 May 2013 01:23:51 +0000 ...how to write an interactive story. At least for me. And so the notion of a pursuit that allowed elinoyes me to invent worlds #storyappchat Mon, 06 May 2013 01:23:57 +0000 DavidBFox @drawbeard Yes! And then there were games that had 2-5 CD-ROMS! #storyappchat Mon, 06 May 2013 01:24:23 +0000 @roxiemunro Yes, we all thought this would be the answer to all those short animated films elinoyes we made for schools back then #storyappchat Mon, 06 May 2013 01:24:48 +0000 Eli, so do you actually do the animation for your illos, or does someone else, or a program? roxiemunro #Storyappchat Mon, 06 May 2013 01:25:16 +0000 In just a sec, we'll give away the MAC, I repeat the MAC version of Ruff's Bone. Get ready to RT! brooks_jones #storyappchat Mon, 06 May 2013 01:25:20 +0000 I really thought it would be a way to make short, creative, educational films that could be seen elinoyes widely by familys and... #storyappchat Mon, 06 May 2013 01:25:26 +0000 elinoyes ...bypass the "system", the networks, etc. #storyappchat Mon, 06 May 2013 01:25:49 +0000 @roxiemunro so true - I remember buying a few CD-Rom interactive books when my son was iPad_storytime very young but not much selection ... #storyappchat Mon, 06 May 2013 01:26:26 +0000 @DavidBFox David, no I had very little to do with the rerelease of Ruff. Mickey Mantle did it all. elinoyes Of course we all know him! #storyappchat Mon, 06 May 2013 01:27:33 +0000 brooks_jones OK! First 3 ppl to RT this will get the Mac version of Ruff's Bone by @EliNoyes! #storyappchat Mon, 06 May 2013 01:27:43 +0000 swimfreak78 @iPad_storytime @roxiemunro do they make CD Rom stories anymore? #storyappchat Mon, 06 May 2013 01:27:58 +0000 @iPad_storytime I think I forgot to welcome you but we are glad you are here for brooks_jones #storyappchat :) Mon, 06 May 2013 01:28:23 +0000 @roxiemunro Increasingly I am doing books, which don't move. Just did one with David and elinoyes Annie Fox. I love self-publishing #storyappchat Mon, 06 May 2013 01:28:36 +0000 Publishers dumped a lot of $ into CD ROMs. I worry that it's made them skittish about investing roxiemunro in apps. #Storyappchat Mon, 06 May 2013 01:28:48 +0000 RT @brooks_jones: OK! First 3 ppl to RT this will get the Mac version of Ruffs Bone by Julia_Brannon @EliNoyes! #storyappchat Mon, 06 May 2013 01:28:51 +0000 RT @brooks_jones: OK! First 3 ppl to RT this will get the Mac version of Ruff's Bone by swimfreak78 @EliNoyes! #storyappchat Mon, 06 May 2013 01:29:02 +0000 @elinoyes Yes! (not the baseball player, obviously) Mickey Mantle has offered to be a future DavidBFox host here on #storyappchat Mon, 06 May 2013 01:29:05 +0000 RT @brooks_jones: OK! First 3 ppl to RT this will get the Mac version of Ruff's Bone by tankandbear @EliNoyes! #storyappchat Mon, 06 May 2013 01:29:11 +0000 DavidBFox roxiemunro

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Books are faster, cheaper, and you can get them out there. Of course, publicity is a problem But they are fun, fun fun. #storyappchat Mon, 06 May 2013 01:29:13 +0000 @swimfreak78 I don't think so. #Storyappchat Mon, 06 May 2013 01:29:22 +0000 @roxiemunro More so, they have libraries of kids books and dont want to be left behind. But they dont have $$ for animation #storyappchat Mon, 06 May 2013 01:29:52 +0000 RT @roxiemunro: Publishers dumped a lot of $ into CD ROMs. I worry that its made them skittish about investing in apps. #storyappchat Mon, 06 May 2013 01:30:15 +0000 #storyappchat, joining late tonight. I hope everyone is well. Mon, 06 May 2013 01:30:33 +0000 @Julia_Brannon Congrats, you are our first winner tonite! #storyappchat I will DM you the link. :) Mon, 06 May 2013 01:30:43 +0000 We were approached by the Reading Rainbow folks to see if we could mass-produce animation for them. Hmmmm. Not easy to do well #storyappchat Mon, 06 May 2013 01:30:53 +0000 @elinoyes right. That don't want to pay big$ for dev's, & get so much less profit than print. #Storyappchat Mon, 06 May 2013 01:31:11 +0000 @roxiemunro And now with iPads there is sooooooo much competition. And lots of mediocre stuff for parents to wade through #storyappchat Mon, 06 May 2013 01:32:10 +0000 RT @roxiemunro: Publishers dumped a lot of $ into CD ROMs. I worry that it's made them skittish about investing in apps. #Storyappchat Mon, 06 May 2013 01:32:33 +0000 Meant that they, the traditional publishers, see less profit and more costs in apps than in print #Storyappchat Mon, 06 May 2013 01:32:49 +0000 We spent lots of time and energy thinking up and embedding clever animation in each page of Ruff. Thought up lots of gags, etc #storyappchat Mon, 06 May 2013 01:33:03 +0000 @swimfreak78 You are our 2nd winner, congrats! I will DM you the link :) #storyappchat Mon, 06 May 2013 01:33:04 +0000 RT @elinoyes: And now with iPads there is sooooooo much competition. And lots of mediocre stuff for parents to wade through #storyappchat Mon, 06 May 2013 01:33:13 +0000 @tankandbear Congrats, you are the third winner! I will DM you the link too :) #storyappchat Mon, 06 May 2013 01:33:35 +0000 If you download the pdf you will see explorations. All a process. I had some crazy ideas. But settled on the most doable #storyappchat Mon, 06 May 2013 01:33:39 +0000 @elinoyes and as we've discussed here often, discoverability is such an issue. And quality. #Storyappchat Mon, 06 May 2013 01:33:56 +0000 @drawbeard @elinoyes that's part of the reason I started reviewing apps. Overwhelming choices #storyappchat Mon, 06 May 2013 01:34:07 +0000 Also, one thing to make a layout with tons of characters. But then only a few when you go the the page. The rest revealed #storyappchat Mon, 06 May 2013 01:34:14 +0000 To download @EliNoyes' pdf showing progression of Ruff's Bone and Raymond & Sheila art http://t.co/ATSqmb7ei6 #storyappchat Mon, 06 May 2013 01:34:23 +0000 @elinoyes yep! So fun for creatives! #Storyappchat Mon, 06 May 2013 01:34:46 +0000 It is expensive to bury all those assets into each page. Doing voices, sfx etc. Nobody can do that on apps selling for $6 #storyappchat Mon, 06 May 2013 01:35:21 +0000 @elinoyes or apps selling for $.99! #storyappchat Mon, 06 May 2013 01:36:00 +0000 Plus in those days I was an unknown (still am, mostly) and all the big guys were jumping into the game. My CD had to compete.. #storyappchat Mon, 06 May 2013 01:36:01 +0000 @elinoyes Do you have any idea what the budget was for original CD-ROM version of Ruff's Bone? #storyappchat Mon, 06 May 2013 01:36:29 +0000 @elinoyes ha! $6? People want it for free, or 99cents. #Storyappchat Mon, 06 May 2013 01:36:42 +0000 ..with Disney's CD of Lion King, etc. Star Power started to assert itself. And recognized children's authors got top billing #storyappchat Mon, 06 May 2013 01:36:51 +0000 @DavidBFox David, it was a long time ago. But I think it was around 30-40K. Colossal did it at a loss just to be in the game #storyappchat Mon, 06 May 2013 01:37:43 +0000 #storyappchat I think parents will pay for quality - had to figure out the right price point though Mon, 06 May 2013 01:38:38 +0000 @roxiemunro Yes, they want it for free. What is a creator to do? Where is that trust fund when I need it?? #storyappchat Mon, 06 May 2013 01:38:49 +0000 My CD Rom produced in early 90s was expensive! Plus I got an big advance for use of several books & animation art. Loved it! #Storyappchat Mon, 06 May 2013 01:39:08 +0000 David tells me that with inflation that would be $64K #storyappchat Mon, 06 May 2013 01:39:53 +0000 @DavidBFox oops, wrong. $40K in 1992 is about $65K in today's dollars #storyappchat Mon, 06 May 2013 01:40:15 +0000 @roxiemunro I think the economics are all different. And probably impossible today. Maybe if you make games...but edutainment? #storyappchat Mon, 06 May 2013 01:40:45 +0000 @swimfreak78 We always hope that parents will discover us. But I think they are confused, don't know where to look, etc. #storyappchat Mon, 06 May 2013 01:41:21 +0000

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What's the cost of an average animated VO music etc kid's app done by a decent developer? $15,000-40,000? #Storyappchat @swimfreak78 @roxiemunro No new cd-roms, but you can still buy older titles - Ruff's Bone: http://t.co/U8lLosjSUT #storyappchat @elinoyes Today here are lots of tools out there that can make production a lot cheaper, though. #storyappchat David, Annie and I made a book called "Are You My Friend?". Got lots of good reviews. But sales?? Getting noticed?? #storyappchat Common Sense Media is a great resource. But I don't think they review our books or apps, do they? #storyappchat @iPad_storytime If the old ones will still work on today's computers... #storyappchat @iPad_storytime thing is, will they play on our equipment? I sent OCG Studios my old CD. They could barely access it (1992) #Storyappchat @brooks_jones Thanks - I seem to be on the road a lot lately. *sigh* #storyappchat @elinoyes yes, Common Sense Media reviews and stars apps. #Storyappchat @drawbeard Yes, lots of tools. I love them. Much easier to make short films. The one-man band thing works. But then what? #storyappchat RT @DavidBFox: @iPad_storytime If the old ones will still work on todays computers... #Storyappchat @roxiemunro Mickey Mantle somehow converted those files into an iPad, iOS friendly form. Think he did it from a CD! Wow. #storyappchat @elinoyes Are You My Friend? w/@elinoyes' art at http://t.co/nSnnPas8nI #storyappchat But this is the age of self publishing. Can't we make stuff, do it on our desktops, self publish, and hope people will buy? #storyappchat @elinoyes wow! Is right. Good job, Mickey! #Storyappchat We find, at our little production company, that we work for environmental groups and apply out skills and tools to them. #storyappchat @elinoyes ah, Eli, you nice person. "Hope that they will buy it?" With a lot of work... #Storyappchat @elinoyes Yeah, marketing is the big question mark that seems to require huge amounts of money and/or luck. #storyappchat RT @drawbeard: @elinoyes Yeah, marketing is the big question mark that seems to require huge amounts of money and/or luck. #Storyappchat My wife and I just published "Adventures of the Wood Elves". Used by a 1st grade teacher for 15 years. 1st of 6... #storyappchat @elinoyes That's the trick, moving from obscurity to people actually buying it. It helps if it's great. But that's not enough! #storyappchat @drawbeard Or huge amounts of both luck and money! #storyappchat ..we hope that a network of teachers who teach 1st grade will pick it up and use it in their classes. Kids have iPads ... #storyappchat @elinoyes I met @CommonSense at #CaPTAConvention - they review apps but only small % of market is covered - too much content #storyappchat @DavidBFox no, not enough. That's why the big boys do licensed known properties. #Storyappchat ...also available on demand printing. We will let the teachers network and see what happens. Doing it for love. #storyappchat RT @DavidBFox: @drawbeard Or huge amounts of both luck and money! AND time and commitment.... #Storyappchat @elinoyes Hi Eli, how's it going? Just curious, does Wood Elves have a "teachers" guide to go with it? #storyappchat @roxiemunro Absolutely. So the trick, can you gain traction before you burn out? #storyappchat @roxiemunro And knowing which doors to knock on AND lots of persistence (short of becoming a pest) Delicate balance there! #storyappchat @Annie_Fox Welcome, always a pleasure to have you with us for #storyappchat! RT @DavidBFox: @roxiemunro Absolutely. So the trick, can you gain traction before you burn out? #Storyappchat @roxiemunro @DavidBFox I think you need older computer 4 old CDROMs ... #storyappchat @iPad_storytime I'm a big fan of @CommonSense for reviews of all kinds #storyappchat @brooks_jones Thanks, Brooks. How's it going? I hope you and your family are well. :O) #storyappchat

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@Annie_Fox We are great, Annie! Thanks for asking :) #storyappchat Mon, 06 May 2013 01:53:08 +0000 @Annie_Fox Annie, no teacher's guide, though there should and be one. We need to get the elinoyes next ones done. The rest will follow #storyappchat Mon, 06 May 2013 01:53:14 +0000 Common Sense has (very nicely, *blush*) reviewed our Maze and Doors apps...so they are roxiemunro accessible. #Storyappchat Mon, 06 May 2013 01:54:21 +0000 swimfreak78 #storyappchat at what point do you consider an app a success? Sales, reviews, downloads? Mon, 06 May 2013 01:54:22 +0000 David, who are the reviewers who have been the best for the Raymond and Shiela books? elinoyes #storyappchat Mon, 06 May 2013 01:54:30 +0000 @elinoyes If you want teachers to use your beautiful content, you've gotta help them fill in the Annie_Fox creative blanks... #storyappchat Mon, 06 May 2013 01:54:42 +0000 OK, just about ready to give away 3 copies of the iOS version of Ruff's Bone by @elinoyes! Get brooks_jones ready to RT #storyappchat Mon, 06 May 2013 01:54:44 +0000 DavidBFox @elinoyes My favorite reviewer for story apps is @iPad_storytime! #storyappchat Mon, 06 May 2013 01:55:01 +0000 YES RT @Annie_Fox: @elinoyes If you want teachers to use your beautiful content, U gotta brooks_jones help them fill in the creative blanks #storyappchat Mon, 06 May 2013 01:55:18 +0000 @elinoyes A teacher's guide will also help them justify spending school funds for your content. Annie_Fox "Oh, it's educational!" :O) #storyappchat Mon, 06 May 2013 01:55:23 +0000 ME TOO! RT @DavidBFox: @elinoyes My favorite reviewer for story apps is @iPad_storytime! brooks_jones #storyappchat Mon, 06 May 2013 01:55:34 +0000 @elinoyes But it's been harder for us to get reviews on iBooks/eBooks than on apps. Not as DavidBFox much infrastructure for that #storyappchat Mon, 06 May 2013 01:55:41 +0000 elinoyes @DavidBFox Do parents read those reviews and know about them? #storyappchat Mon, 06 May 2013 01:55:52 +0000 Annie_Fox @DavidBFox @iPad_storytime... Yes, one of my fav reviewers too! #storyappchat Mon, 06 May 2013 01:55:57 +0000 @swimfreak78 I was thinking about this today...books have a "life" (except for classics), like a roxiemunro bell curve. #Storyappchat Mon, 06 May 2013 01:56:00 +0000 RT @DavidBFox: @elinoyes My favorite reviewer for story apps is @iPad_storytime! roxiemunro #Storyappchat Mon, 06 May 2013 01:56:11 +0000 elinoyes @DavidBFox This is all so YOUNG. Will it develop? #storyappchat Mon, 06 May 2013 01:56:23 +0000 brooks_jones OK! 1st 3 ppl to RT this get the iOS version of Ruff's Bone by @EliNoyes! #storyappchat Mon, 06 May 2013 01:56:28 +0000 MT @DavidBFox: @elinoyes But its been harder for us to get reviews on iBooks/eBooks than Julia_Brannon on apps. Not as much infrastructure #storyappchat Mon, 06 May 2013 01:56:29 +0000 #storyappchat, discovering what the right amount of content to sell for the right price & how to tankandbear market key takeaways from today's chat. Mon, 06 May 2013 01:56:34 +0000 RT @DavidBFox: @elinoyes My favorite reviewer for story apps is @iPad_storytime! Julia_Brannon #storyappchat Mon, 06 May 2013 01:56:56 +0000 @DavidBFox @elinoyes these are harder to locate I think. Wish the App Store was more swimfreak78 friendly for that #storyappchat Mon, 06 May 2013 01:57:11 +0000 DavidBFox @elinoyes We've also had great reviews from @TheiMums #storyappchat Mon, 06 May 2013 01:57:28 +0000 @roxiemunro Seems like all media has a "life". It is new and newsworthy. Then the next new elinoyes thing comes along... #storyappchat Mon, 06 May 2013 01:57:29 +0000 Julia_Brannon RT @DavidBFox: @elinoyes Weve also had great reviews from @TheiMums #storyappchat Mon, 06 May 2013 01:57:56 +0000 One note: my apps are selling as steadily as they were 1 or 2 years ago. Not more, but not less roxiemunro either. #Storyappchat Mon, 06 May 2013 01:58:00 +0000 swimfreak78 @DavidBFox @elinoyes glad to hear that. I am a bit biased ;-) #storyappchat Mon, 06 May 2013 01:58:09 +0000 @elinoyes We hope they read reviews if they're on the fence about buying the apps, Eli. Some Annie_Fox shoppers are pickier than others #storyappchat Mon, 06 May 2013 01:58:15 +0000 One gratifying thing: at parties I have parents who come to me and say they read Ruff and elinoyes played it with their kids a zillion #storyappchat Mon, 06 May 2013 01:58:53 +0000 RT @roxiemunro: @swimfreak78 I was thinking about this today...books have a "life" (except iPad_storytime for classics), like a bell curve. #Storyappchat Mon, 06 May 2013 01:58:57 +0000 @swimfreak78, I think it depends on the time horizon. Positive reviews short term, sales long tankandbear term. #storyappchat. Mon, 06 May 2013 01:59:00 +0000 @Annie_Fox I feel we are all learning as we go on this. I find it exciting no matter what! elinoyes #storyappchat Mon, 06 May 2013 01:59:29 +0000 brooks_jones Nobody wants the iPhone/iPad version of Ruff's Bone? Hard to believe! #storyappchat Mon, 06 May 2013 01:59:54 +0000 RT @elinoyes: @Annie_Fox I feel we are all learning as we go on this. I find it exciting no roxiemunro matter what! Same here! #Storyappchat Mon, 06 May 2013 02:00:02 +0000 @roxiemunro Glad to hear that your apps have a long life. Maybe this is the future for us? elinoyes #storyappchat Mon, 06 May 2013 02:00:29 +0000 Yes! RT @DavidBFox: @elinoyes We've also had great reviews from @TheiMums brooks_jones #storyappchat Mon, 06 May 2013 02:00:57 +0000

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@brooks_jones I do...want the iPad/iPhone version...do you have another code? #Storyappchat Mon, 06 May 2013 02:01:15 +0000 I like publishing into existing apps like iBook, Nook, etc, even if they are clunky and not very elinoyes interactive. This will change #storyappchat Mon, 06 May 2013 02:01:15 +0000 RT @brooks_jones: OK! 1st 3 ppl to RT this get the iOS version of Ruffs Bone by @EliNoyes! drawbeard #storyappchat Mon, 06 May 2013 02:01:27 +0000 brooks_jones @roxiemunro Just RT my contest tweet from a few mins ago :) #storyappchat Mon, 06 May 2013 02:01:41 +0000 @elinoyes Yes, it will continue to develop and mature. If you can hang out long enough, maybe DavidBFox riches?? #storyappchat Mon, 06 May 2013 02:01:43 +0000 RT @brooks_jones: Yes! RT @DavidBFox: @elinoyes We've also had great reviews from swimfreak78 @TheiMums #storyappchat Mon, 06 May 2013 02:01:48 +0000 RT @drawbeard: RT @brooks_jones: OK! 1st 3 ppl to RT this get the iOS version of Ruffs Bone roxiemunro by @EliNoyes! #Storyappchat Mon, 06 May 2013 02:02:27 +0000 Don't quit your day jobs yet. But keep on trucking and experimenting. elinoyes And give kids and families fun, inventiveness, etc #storyappchat Mon, 06 May 2013 02:02:43 +0000 Shout-out 2 our Raymond & Sheila partner @elinoyes. Pure delight to work w/you, Eli. All Annie_Fox collaborations should be so awesome #storyappchat Mon, 06 May 2013 02:02:43 +0000 swimfreak78 #storyappchat thanks for another great chat! I learned a lot! @TheiMums Mon, 06 May 2013 02:02:47 +0000 drawbeard @brooks_jones Haha, missed it earlier! #storyappchat Mon, 06 May 2013 02:03:13 +0000 RT @elinoyes: Dont quit UR day jobs yet. But keep on trucking & experimenting. Give kids & Annie_Fox families fun, inventiveness, etc. YES #storyappchat Mon, 06 May 2013 02:03:41 +0000 Thanks for the chat & book! @elinoyes @Annie_Fox @brooks_jones @swimfreak78 Julia_Brannon @roxiemunro @iPad_storytime @DavidBFox @drawbeard #storyappchat Mon, 06 May 2013 02:03:47 +0000 roxiemunro @DavidBFox 3% of developers make 90% of revenues ;-(( #Storyappchat Mon, 06 May 2013 02:03:54 +0000 @elinoyes, maybe I should have gotten a day job first! oops! I knew I forgot something on the Annie_Fox way to becoming an app dev. #storyappchat Mon, 06 May 2013 02:04:36 +0000 @Julia_Brannon @DavidBFox @elinoyes Julie - you are my champion :) I just wish I could get iPad_storytime to more than a tiny % of market #storyappchat Mon, 06 May 2013 02:05:49 +0000 DavidBFox @Annie_Fox Hah! What's a day job? How about a 24hr-a-day-at-home job? #storyappchat Mon, 06 May 2013 02:05:56 +0000 DavidBFox @roxiemunro Yep. I don't think we're in that 3%, unfortunately. #storyappchat Mon, 06 May 2013 02:06:39 +0000 Great chat ! Gives us all the CTGO (Courage To Go On, as my husband & I say to each other roxiemunro sometimes re creative endeavors) #Storyappchat Mon, 06 May 2013 02:07:01 +0000 OK. This is my first TweetChat. It has been way fun. And informative. I hope you all enjoyed! elinoyes #storyappchat Mon, 06 May 2013 02:07:36 +0000 iPad_storytime RT @roxiemunro: @DavidBFox 3% of developers make 90% of revenues ;-(( #Storyappchat Mon, 06 May 2013 02:08:10 +0000 @roxiemunro It helps if you have someone on your side to give encouragement when things DavidBFox aren't working out! #storyappchat Mon, 06 May 2013 02:08:14 +0000 Congrats to @drawbeard and @roxiemunro , winners of the iOS version of Ruff's Bone! Thanks brooks_jones #storyappchat Mon, 06 May 2013 02:08:50 +0000 @roxiemunro I like CTGO. I find the freedom that comes with this territory very inspiring and elinoyes courage-making! #storyappchat Mon, 06 May 2013 02:08:54 +0000 iPad_storytime Thank you so much @elinoyes for guest hosting tonight's #storyappchat. See you all next Sun! Mon, 06 May 2013 02:09:48 +0000 Thanks to @EliNoyes for guest hosting our #storyappchat tonite! So interesting and brooks_jones informative! Mon, 06 May 2013 02:09:56 +0000 drawbeard @brooks_jones Thanks! And Thanks @elinoyes! #storyappchat Mon, 06 May 2013 02:10:15 +0000 roxiemunro we send CTGO, via email or phone, to each other when we get writer's block... #Storyappchat Mon, 06 May 2013 02:10:25 +0000 Yikes! RT @roxiemunro: @DavidBFox 3% of developers make 90% of revenues ;-(( inkrobin #Storyappchat Mon, 06 May 2013 02:11:03 +0000 Yay, so glad @EliNoyes joined us! And thanks co-hosts @brooks_jones and @iPad_storytime - DavidBFox Next week no chat: Mothers Day #storyappchat Mon, 06 May 2013 02:11:20 +0000 Remember, I'll have the #storyappchat transcript up tomorrow at http://t.co/rv3YlGdhLB. brooks_jones Thanks to all who came in tonite! Mon, 06 May 2013 02:11:25 +0000 And as always, eternal thanks to @DavidBFox and @iPad_storytime for co-hosting this brooks_jones #storyappchat with me week after week! You guys rock! Mon, 06 May 2013 02:12:14 +0000 @DavidBFox David, Thanks for inviting me and showing me the ropes. I want to come and elinoyes listen/watch other sessions #storyappchat Mon, 06 May 2013 02:12:23 +0000 RT @elinoyes: Don't quit your day jobs yet. Keep on trucking & experimenting. And give kids & inkrobin families fun, inventiveness, etc #storyappchat Mon, 06 May 2013 02:13:07 +0000 Anybody want to share their favorite book apps that successfully employ the freemium model? CoreyCatesQs #storyappchat Mon, 06 May 2013 02:13:29 +0000 roxiemunro @elinoyes thanks, you've enhanced the chat! #Storyappchat Mon, 06 May 2013 02:13:37 +0000 roxiemunro

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NOTE: we are taking next week off for Mother's Day. See you 5/19 for the next #storyappchat, OK? Looks like we're too late for this week's #storyappchat but we look forward to reading the inkrobin transcripts. Hope to tweet you next week! roxiemunro @brooks_jones just remind us in two weeks ;-)) #Storyappchat @elinoyes We'll expect you to come back often (but not next week since no one else will be DavidBFox here) #storyappchat iPad_storytime Oops I meant see you in 2 weeks - we're taking Mother's Day off - #storyappchat P.S. - I'm seeing a message that TweetChat is biting the dust. Any ideas for how to cope in drawbeard future chats? #storyappchat brooks_jones

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