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Rights Report: Week of June 9, 2014
New deals for Adele Griffin & Mike Wu, e.H. Charlton-Trujillo, Gavriel Savit, and Suzanne Young.
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YA Anthology to Benefit Author Robison Wells
Some 30 YA writers who donated their contributions to the "Altered Perceptions," which was compiled in support of fellow author Robison Wells.
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A Final Pass for Charbonneau's Testing Trilogy
"Graduation Day," the conclusion to Joelle Charbonneau's The Testing trilogy, will be out June 17.
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Rights Report: Week of June 2, 2014
New deals for Wendy Higgins, Catherine Egan, Peter H. Reynolds, Jacqueline Davies, and Anna Staniszewski.
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BEA 2014: American History: Brought to You by Snoopy And the Peanuts Gang
Ever since Regnery launched its children’s publishing program three years ago, the publisher has been looking for a way to celebrate American history and American heroes in a way that would engage, inspire, and entertain young readers.
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BEA 2014: Myriad Thoughts on Dystopia
At the last BookCon panel of the day (4:15–5:15 p.m., in Room 1E07), Veronica Roth, bestselling author of the Divergent series, will moderate a discussion that asks, “Dystopia Futures: Are They Science Fact or Fiction?”
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BEA 2014: Kudos on Hand-selling Favorites
Children’s authors and books will, as always, be well represented at this year’s Indies Choice Book Awards and E.B. White Read-Aloud Awards ceremony, which takes place during today’s Celebration of Bookselling luncheon.
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Rights Report: Week of May 26, 2014
New deals for Lisa Papademetriou, Stacy McAnulty, and Lauren Child.
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Buzz Builds for Mortal Instruments Finale
"City of Heavenly Fire," Cassandra Clare's conclusion to her bestselling Mortal Instruments series, is due out May 27.
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HarperCollins Offers Kids' E-books via Epic!
HarperCollins continues its support for subscription e-book services in a deal with Epic!, a children's subscription service, adding 1,000 backlist kids' e-book titles to the company's library.
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Rights Report: Week of May 19, 2014
New deals for Andrea Troyer & Amanda Peet, Jeff Giles, Ryan & Krystle Howard, Kiersten White, Jennifer Mathieu, Len Vlahos, and Christopher Healy.
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Marguerite Henry Books: Once More Out of the Gate
This coming November, Simon & Schuster's Aladdin imprint will launch a line of deluxe hardcover editions of 20 of Marguerite Henry's novels.
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Rights Report: Week of May 12, 2014
New deals for Phil Earle, Simon Schwartz, Tanita S. Davis, Cynthia Lord, and Shaquille O'Neal.
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From Activist to Author
After a successful crowdfunding campaign and a sold-out first printing, followed by an offer from a traditional publisher, 'A Is for Activist' is enjoying the kind of success indie authors dream about.
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Let the Handsell-Off Begin: Booksellers Take The 'Great Greene Heist' Challenge
A fellow author's campaign to make Varian Johnson's "The Great Greene Heist" a bestseller was game-on for two Massachusetts booksellers, and then dozens more around the country.
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Readers Unlock Kiera Cass's 'The One'
Social media-savvy fans were whipped into a frenzy of anticipation this past weekend by HarperTeen's promise to "unlock" the first 10 chapters of "The One," the final volume in Kiera Cass's Selection series.
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Gayle Forman Concludes 'Just One Day' and 'Just One Year' with the E-Novella 'Just One Night'
Gayle Forman's "Just One Night" – the conclusion to the stories of Allyson and Willem in "Just One Day" and "Just One Year" – will be released as an e-novella on May 29.
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Rights Report: Week of May 5, 2014
New deals for Terry Pratchett, Kathleen Krull, Louis Sachar, and R.J. Anderson.
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How Reality Became the Hot New Thing in YA
In 2010, St. Martin’s editor Sara Goodman grieved when she was outbid for an adult manuscript she adored. A year later, when she got the chance to read a new, contemporary YA novel by the same writer, she acted with deliberate speed.
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Scholastic Debuts Storia School Edition
Scholastic is launching Storia School Edition and Core Clicks, two institutional e-book services that provide access to a database of fiction and nonfiction e-books designed for pre-K through grade six.



