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Eoin Colfer, in Artemis Rocks!
Irish author Eoin Colfer is headed stateside next month for a high-octane Artemis Rocks! tour in support of Artemis Fowl 7: The Atlantis Complex, the penultimate book in his bestselling fantasy series about the titular boy criminal genius. At each stop, Colfer will take the stage for a talk show-style appearance, during which he’ll perform a monologue and interview none other than Artemis Fowl himself.
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Lerner Lands Unconventional Book from Three YA Authors
YA readers will have an opportunity to learn how authors conceptualize and write fiction, from start to finish, when Lerner Publishing Group releases (in spring 2012) a collection of YA stories written by Maggie Stiefvater (Shiver and Linger), together with her colleagues Brenna Yovanoff (The Replacement, Razorbill, fall 2010) and Tessa Gratton (Blood Magic, Random House, summer 2011).
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In Brief: August 12
In brief this week: the Scholastic Store shows its allegiance to Captain Underpants, Olivia goes to tea, cocktails for the Flappers, Romero Britto at Kidzapalooza, and the fifth season of Curious George on PBS Kids.
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RH Children's Does First Enhanced E-book
Knopf Books for Young Readers is publishing its first enhanced e-book, a tie-in edition of Flipped by Wendelin Van Draanen. The publication marks the first foray any Random House imprint has made in publishing an enhanced e-book for the children's market. The e-book went on sale August 10 for $14.99, leading up to the August 27 release of the film, which is directed by Rob Reiner.
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Wimpy Kid Truck Tour Offers a Sweet Deal
Having just announced a five-million-copy first printing for The Ugly Truth, the fifth book in Jeff Kinney’s bestselling Diary of a Wimpy Kid series, Amulet Books is preparing to take the Wimpy Kid show on the road with its second annual ice cream truck tour. Last year, one ice cream truck visited 40 U.S. libraries while promoting the fourth book, Dog Days. This time, two identical trucks will travel different routes, visiting bookstores across the country and in Canada.
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Galley Talk: What Happened on Fox Street
Marika McCoola, children’s department manager at the Odyssey Bookshop in South Hadley, Mass., spotlights a middle-grade novel she looks forward to selling.
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New Dahl Book Contains Missing Chapter of 'Charlie and the Chocolate Factory'
Miranda Mary Piker, described by author Roald Dahl as "a horrid little girl who was disgustingly rude to her parents," is one of several "nasty children" who didn't make it into the final version of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory when it was published in 1964.
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S&S Signs Cassandra Clare to Two More Books
Simon & Schuster has signed books five and six in Cassandra Clare's bestselling YA series, The Mortal Instruments. S&S says there are more than 3 million copies of the series' three published titles in print. Clare launched The Mortal Instruments in 2007, with City of Bones, about a teenage demon slayer; City of Ashes and City of Glass followed. Book four, City of Fallen Angels, is scheduled for April 2011.
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In Brief: August 5
In brief this week: Al Roker's latest book club pick; James Patterson--and aliens--at the Boy Scout's Jamboree; Macmillan authors visit the Staten Island Yankees; and Deborah Blumenthal signs copies of her latest.
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Marketing 'Mockingjay'
Rabid fans of the Hunger Games series would say that Mockingjay, the final book in Suzanne Collins's trilogy, needs no marketing. But Scholastic is not taking chances. With the highly anticipated dystopian novel set to hit bookstore shelves on August 24, the publisher is making sure Katniss Everdeen is a household name.
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Huge First Printing Set for Wimpy Kid #5
Amulet Books is going five for five—five million copies for the fifth book in Jeff Kinney’s bestselling Diary of a Wimpy Kid series. The Abrams imprint announced both that massive first printing figure today as well as the title, cover, and release date for the new book. The book, The Ugly Truth, has a national laydown of November 9; the print run is the largest for the series to date.
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Movie Alert: 'Flipped'
Will summer moviegoers go for an old-school, middle-school romance set in the 1960s? Flipped, based on Wendelin Van Draanen's 2001 coming-of-age novel of the same name -- about two dissimilar eighth-graders, Bryce Loski and Juli Baker, whose longtime feelings for each other change abruptly -- hits the big screen on August 27.
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Paul O. Zelinsky's Bookmaking Saga
"I've finally finished the last painting for Dust Devil, Anne Isaacs’s sequel to Swamp Angel, and what a struggle it's been! What was the struggle, exactly? I'm already beginning to forget. If only I had kept a journal!" That entry opens Caldecott Medalist Paul O. Zelinsky's faux journal...
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In Brief: July 29
In this week's In Brief: the cover of Cal Ripken Jr.'s first book for kids is unveiled; a group of writers gather in a Chicago bookstore; and The Booksource names its Publisher of the Year.
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The Success and Grand Finale of The 39 Clues
Launched in September 2008, The 39 Clues is a multimedia adventure series that includes books by a stellar roster of authors, collectible cards, and an online game. On August 31, Scholastic will release the final book with a 750,000-copy first printing and considerable fanfare.
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New Plagiarism Suit Against Harry Potter and Scholastic
The estate of Adrian Jacobs is going global in its pursuit of copyright infringement against J.K. Rowling and the publishers of Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire. After suing Bloomsbury in the U.K. last year and adding Rowling as a defendant in February, estate trustee Paul Allen has filed a new suit against Scholastic.
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Biography of Fighter Jack Johnson Steps into the Ring
On July 4, 1910, Texas-born Jack "Black Jack" Johnson became the first black heavyweight champion of the world when he easily defeated James J. Jeffries in a match in Reno. One hundred years later, the story of this dedicated, charismatic, and complex boxer unfolds in Black Jack: The Ballad of Jack Johnson.
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Rights Report: July 15
There’s a prequel to the Mysterious Benedict Society series, Marc Brown will illustrate a picture book for Little, Brown, and Ghost Huntress has been optioned for the movies.
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July 8: In Brief
This week, Disney's "Unrequired Reading" tour, a book promotion at Eclipse movie premieres, and a release party for Sellout.
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