Readers can customize the content of popular picture books and change the name of the main character in the book to the name of themselves, their children, or a loved one, or designate a character.
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(Head office: Kita-ku, Tokyo; President: Kazuteru Kawada; hereafter "the Company") will begin offering an original picture book service called "TinkerTale.
This service allows readers to easily order original picture books from their smartphones or PCs by freely setting the names of the main characters and protagonists of the picture book. Readers will be able to obtain the one and only picture book of their dreams, and publishers can use this service to create new needs for picture book content.
Background and Services Overview
For many years since our founding, we have been engaged in high-quality manufacturing with a focus on the printing and production of books and magazines. In recent years, we have also been offering services that give a "special feeling" to our products that cannot be experienced only digitally, such as "PhotoPub," a service for businesses that makes it easy to build custom photo books and calendars linked to their services, and "BON," a photo book service targeting individual customers that can be ordered in quantities of one. The company also offers "PhotoPub," a service for businesses that makes it easy to build custom photo books and calendars linked to their services, and "BON," a photo book service targeting individual customers that can be ordered from a single book.
With this background and the know-how we have cultivated, we have now launched "TinkerTale," a service that allows users to easily order original picture books from their smartphones or PCs, thereby supporting further expansion of the picture book content business for publishing companies.
Features of TinkerTale
TinkerTale's main feature is that readers can customize the content of popular picture books that are actually sold in bookstores nationwide. As the name "Tinker" implies, readers can change the name of the main character in the book to their own, their children's, or their loved ones' names, or designate a specific character.
It can also be accompanied by a message, making it the world's only picture book, ideal as a gift for birthdays, birthdays, enrollment in kindergarten, entrance to school, anniversaries, Christmas, and other occasions.
Image of customization(From "Mysterious MIKENEKOBIN" published by Sekaibunka Sha.)
(1) Enter your character, name, and message.
(The specified part will vary depending on the title.)
(2) Check the preview screen and place your order.
The TinkerTale edition is a customized product made one at a time and may differ from the standard edition sold in bookstores in terms of color, design, paper, message box, etc.
Service start date
April 22, 2024
About the first release title
The Mysterious MIKENEKOBIN" Sekai Bunka Sha
Written by Yuichi Kimura Illustrated by Moe Matsunaga
Size: 21 cm x 21 cm, hardcover, 26 pages, cover available
TinkerTale edition price: 4,950 yen (tax included, shipping not included)
Birthdays are the most important day of the year for children.
Fushigina mikenekobin" is a birthday picture book about a special experience that begins with a mysterious package that arrives on your birthday.
Picture books to give as birthday gifts to your children and grandchildren.
The cover is an image.
*The cover design will change depending on the character selected.
Thank You for Being Here" Sekai Bunka Sha
Written by Yuichi Kimura, illustrated by tono
Size: 21 cm x 21 cm, hardcover, 26 pages, cover available
TinkerTale edition price: 4,950 yen (tax included, shipping not included)
A story of a cat parent and child surrounded by flowers of the four seasons.
Thank you for being me." Words of gratitude for encounters with important people are written in this book. A picture book to be given to everyone.
*Color of the cover can be selected.
Future Development
Starting with the release of two titles from Sekai Bunka Sha, we aim to expand recognition of the TinkerTale service. In addition, we will increase the number of titles in cooperation with publishers with whom we have close relationships, and provide more value to the publishing industry as a new way to utilize picture book content.
We will continue to develop services that will serve as a "bridge between the world of stories and readers," making picture books more accessible to them.
Custom photo book services we offer
▼TinkerTale▼.
https://tinkertale.jp
▼ ▼BON Order Book▼.
https://bon-book.jp
About Book Printing Co.
Name of Company Library Printing Co.
Location 3-10-36 Higashi-Jujo, Kita-ku, Tokyo
Representative Kazuteru Kawada, President and Representative Director
Capital 500,000 thousand yen
uniform resouce locatorhttps://www.tosho.co.jp/
Normal Edition Book Information
Publisher: Sekai Bunka Sha
Release date: April 18, 2024
Normal edition price 1,400 yen (1,540 yen including tax)
Normal edition price 1,400 yen (1,540 yen including tax)
*The regular edition is available at bookstores nationwide and online.