Characters only they could see on their phone. The viral game gets as many as 21 million daily users in the u. S. According to survey monkey and what is all of this craze about . Well that is our cover story. The pokemon craze of the 90s and early 2000s is back. But playing with cards is so yesterday. Now you could spot picachoo and other characters in real life as you explore the world around you. It is really fun. Im getting a lot of exercise which i never got before. And the game is more popular than twitter and maybe and even the dating app tinder. Here is how it works. You download the free app on your iphone or android device. First you create an avatar you could use to capture pokemon. The game will give hints when they are near and you launch poke balls on your smartphone to trh them. Once caught you could feed them and get to new levels anden gamg in battle with engage in battle with other players. It uses google apps to add an overlay to every day landmarks. Game makes money
The viral game gets as many as 21 million daily users in the u. S. According to survey monkey and what is all of this craze about . Well that is our cover story. The pokemon craze of the 90s and early 2000s is back. But playing with cards is so yesterday. Now you could spot picachoo and other characters in real life as you explore the world around you. It is really fun. Im getting a lot of exercise which i never got before. And the game is more popular than twitter and maybe and even the dating app tinder. Here is how it works. You download the free app on your iphone or android device. First you create an avatar you could use to capture pokemon. The game will give hints when they are near and you launch poke balls on your smartphone to trh them. Once caught you could feed them and get to new levels anden gamg in battle with engage in battle with otherla it uses google apps to add an overlay to every day landmarks. Game makes money by letting you buy extra supplies such as balls to hel
And the Publishing Industry needs to innovate more. You started with suspense thrillers and moving into childrens books. Why . The interesting thing for me about childrens book. I started an imprint a little one called jimmy. The smart one is when a kid finishes a jimmy book, they will say please give me another book. Because a lot of kids when they finish a book, they say i dont like books. How do you catch kids. You hook them. Get a story they are interested in. Where do you start . With the plot . This is weird. I can write a story about pretty much anything. About baby shoes. Yeah, i could give something about baby shoes. Give me shoes. Not off the top of my head. Give me an hour right off the bat, it sounds like a horror story. Thats probably where id go with it. Its going to be a horror story or a teary love story. One of the two. See im already starting it. Did it get easier the more books you wrote or was this just your personality . I grew up in upstate new york and spent a lo
Getting more people reading. 30 million americans cant read. Thats about 14 of the adult population. Across the u. S. , the Literacy Rate has remained about the same for the past ten years. Patterson says the country must make reading a national priority, especially for children. But hes encouraging kids to read not just the young adult series he writes like middle school, house of robots or treasure hunters. The illustrations are humor use. He has been a one Man Foundation working to fight illiteracy and funding the evidence himself. He is pledging 2 million to get new books to school libraries. Last year he gave grants to 178 million bookstores. Has given more than 5 million ton scholarships to students and reading teachers. Beyond that, he has donate more than a million books directly to soldiers and school children. The National Book foundation quote expanding the audience for books and reading. When becky quick spoke to him recently he explained when he started his writing career
Your future. James patterson is among the most prolific authors of all time. He has written 147 books that have sold more than 305 million copies. But beyond all the suspense thrillers and novels he has penned he has also been on a crusade. And thats our cover story this week. One of the countrys most popular writers is on a mission. James patterson is dedicated to getting more people reading. 30 million americans cant read. Thats about 14 of the adult population. Across the u. S. , the Literacy Rate has remained about the same for the past ten years. Patterson says the country must make reading a national priority, especially for children. But hes encouraging kids to read not just the young adult series he writes like middle school, house of robots or treasure hunters. The illustrations are humor use. He has been a one Man Foundation working to fight illiteracy and funding the evidence himself. He is pledging 2 million to get new books to school libraries. Last year he gave grants to