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From Time Magazine
BY ANNA HAMILTON, TIME.COM | JUNE 18, 2008
50 Best Websites 2008
The problem with buying kids' books on the Web is that you can't flip through them before checkout. Lookybook changes that by posting the full contents of hundreds of children's books online, so you can make sure your choices are suitable. You can also review, rate and purchase picture books right on the site. Since Lookybook is new — it launched last November — you may not find every book you're looking for, but we think the site is off to a fine start. Lookybook is one of those sites we can't believe no one thought of before. From The New York Times
BY BLAKE WILSON, PAPER CUTS - A BLOG ABOUT BOOKS | JUNE 12, 2008
YouTube for PictureBooks?
Lookybook is a new site where you can browse children's picture books by flipping through every page. There's a bit of a half-baked social-networking angle to it - users can comment on books and build bookshelves of favorites. But mostly it's a try-before-you-buy tool. And maybe the coolest thing (for bloggers) is that you can embed any book on your own site as easily as a YouTube video. From San Francisco Chronicle
BY TAMARA STRAUSS, THE POOP-THE CHRONICLE BABY BLOG | MARCH 3, 2008
The newest children's book library -- the Internet
Mill Valley illustrator Craig Frazier has released a beta version of his children's book site, www.lookybook.com, that proves the Internet continues to be a treasure trove for information-addicted, computer-enslaved parents (like myself). Lookybook helps parents make informed consumer choices about picture books by allowing users to "click" through illustrated pages and peruse a title in its entirety. From New York Magazine
BY DAN KOIS AND LANE BROWN, VULTURE | JANUARY 2008
Never Read a Crappy Picture Book Again
Launched less than a month ago with 250 titles but growing by the week, this online retailer outdoes Amazon by letting you preview the picture books on offer from cover to cover. Like Amazon, Lookybook also generates recommendations and lets you post user reviews and create a virtual bookshelf of your picks - you can then, of course, check out ones put together by other people. From Utne Reader
DECEMEBER 7, 2008
Kids’ Books Aren’t Just For Kids Anymore
Hours of child-like exploration await readers at Lookybook, a new collection of brightly illustrated children's books online. The website features stories about whimsical charecters including monsters, cars, and penguins. From Publishers Weekly
BY BRIDGET KINSELLA, CHILDREN'S BOOKSHELF | NOVEMBER 15, 2007
Lookybook Site to Promote Picture Books
Every author and illustrator knows the drill: a picture book comes out, and if you are lucky it gets face-out placement on the bookstore shelves for the first few months, then it gets shelved spine out, if at all, and that is the end of the life of your book as we know it. Or is it? |
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Our mission is to create a comfortable place where a curious and devoted audience can search, view, talk about, and buy from a diverse and rapidly expanding collection of picture books. We intend to create the greatest opportunity for authors, illustrators and publishers to reach interested consumers and dramatically extend the life of their books.
Lookybook currently features over 300 titles and is growing daily.