When most publishers talk about personalizing digital children’s books, they usually mean letting customers add a child’s name or picture to a front page of a favorite storybook. Sourcebooks, a midsize publisher in Naperville, Ill., is introducing an app, Put Me in the Story, that goes a step further. It will make it possible for a purchaser to take best-selling Sourcebook titles like “Dream Big Little Pig!,” an inspirational book by the figure-skating Olympian Kristi Yamaguchi, and “The Night Night Book,” a rhyming board book by Marianne Richmond, and essentially add a child as a character throughout the text. Heather Moore, a spokeswoman for Sourcebooks, said its authors were not offended that such alterations could be made to their stories. Rather, she said, they were excited about “another platform for their books.” The app is free but comes with only one digital book, to let customers test the experience. Two other books will be available for purchase through the app at $4.99 right away. Additional e-books will be made available once a month. If customers want a printed version of the customized book they created online, they can buy that as well for $29.99 through the Ingram Book Company.

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