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ItB次元官网网址檚 a book written for youngsters, but apparently adults have plenty to learn from a guide to the 2012 London Olympics. It was created by a Saanich husband and wife team who have crossed the threshold from magazine publishing to a digital-only book designed for the Apple iPad.

The interactive, colourful and photo-rich London 2012 Olympics: The Kids' Only Guide allows kids (and adults) to explore Summer Olympic and Paralympic sports, the London venues, trivia and history of the Games, using a medium that is becoming more popular and widespread each day.

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Garrison designed the pages and hunted down photographs, while Hunt researched and wrote the e-book over the past few months, which is now sold through the Apple Store through iTunes. The project offered a welcome distraction from the sudden and bitter end to two magazines they had created.

Until January this year, the duo had published kids' science magazines Yes Mag and Know Mag, which had a combined 25,000 circulation, mostly in Canada. Yes Mag launched in 1996 and Know in 2006, and in 2009 Garrison and Hunt sold their Saanich-based publishing company to a Montreal firm, Mad Science Group. Both stayed on as employees.

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The pair saw shifting to an e-book as an opportunity to learn a new publishing technology, while gauging the market for youth non-fiction e-books.

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Their kids, 11-year-old Casey and eight-year-old Remy, were behind-the-scenes players as both a focus group and picture illustrators. Both appear in the book, most notably Casey with champion triathlete Simon Whitfield B次元官网网址� B次元官网网址渇ingers crossed for Simon,B次元官网网址� Hunt noted. B次元官网网址淲eB次元官网网址檙e big Simon fans.B次元官网网址�

B次元官网网址淥ur kids helped in the initial stages on how we approached the book. We asked them what would you like to see?,B次元官网网址� Hunt said. B次元官网网址淭hey liked pin trading, they wanted to know about specific athletic venues and how to plan such a huge event.B次元官网网址�

The kids also liked obscure trivia and facts like the London Olympics will feed 60,000 people per day in the largest catering operation in the world.

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Garrison and Hunt think kids will use the book to learn more about the Games while watching the Olympics at home, and possibly their parents too.

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For more on the book, search for London 2012 Olympics: The Kids' Only Guide in the Apple Store through iTunes, or see www.twokidsandapup.com.