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Counting Down to 'The 100'
Alloy Entertainment's latest book-and-TV project, The 100, adapted from the debut sci-fi novel by Kass Morgan, was ready to air before the book had even been published.
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Movie Alert: 'The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones'
The clock is ticking down to the August 21 release of City of Bones, adapted from the first book in Cassandra Clare's Mortal Instruments series.
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Comics for Kids Are Hot at Comic-Con 2013
From Viz Media's relaunch of its children's imprint to Archie's first zombie comic and Papercutz’s team-up with the WWE, publishers attending the San Diego Comic-Con International had plenty of news about kids' comics to share.
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Feiwel and Friends Acquires Wattpad Sensation
Editor-in-chief Liz Szabla at Feiwel and Friends has just acquired worldwide rights to the Styclar Saga, a YA paranormal trilogy by Nikki Kelly.
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New Book Offers Straight Talk About Sex
Questions about sex asked by real teenagers are answered in 100 Questions You'd Never Ask Your Parents: Straight Answers to Teens' Questions About Sex, Sexuality, and Health.
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This Week in Children's Apps: July 25, 2013
This week in children's apps features an app inspired by sketches from a posthumously published Dr. Seuss book, Daisy-Head Mayzie.
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American Girl Enters the Picture Book Market
The launch of Bitty Baby books marks American Girl Publishing's first steps into the picture book market.
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Rights Report: Week of July 22, 2013
New deals for Jonathan Maberry, Pat Zietlow Miller and Lynn Weingarten.
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Klutz Offers Fun Facts to Go
"Think of this as a reference library for the well-rounded goof," reads the description on the back of The World According to Klutz, a boxed set of three paperback books released this week by Klutz.
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A Different Kind of Dog Run Leads to a Book Deal
Two years ago, a dog named Dozer unexpectedly joined and finished a half-marathon benefitting a cancer center. Now, he's getting his own picture book, Dozer's Run, in fall 2014.
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Scholastic and Comixology Ink Digital Distribution Pact
Scholastic has reached an agreement with digital comics distributor Comixology to make graphic novels from its Graphix imprint, available through the Comixology platform on iPhone, iPad, Android, Kindle, and the web.
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Two Archie Books Announced at Comic-Con 2013
Archie Comics plans to release The Best of Archie Comics: Betty & Veronica, the best stories starring Archie’s iconic girlfriends; and Archie’s Valentine: A Rock & Roll Romance, in which Archie and Valerie Brown of Josie and the Pussycats get married.
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Movie Alert: 'Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters'
A mythical battle resumes at the movie theater on August 7 with the release of Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters.
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Rights Report: Week of July 15, 2013
New deals for Liesl Shurtliff, Chris Grabenstein and David Wiesner.
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Amulet Teases Wimpy Kid #8 with Online Campaign
The Amulet Books imprint at Abrams has launched an "Uncover the Color" campaign ahead of the November 5 release of the eighth book in Jeff Kinney's Diary of a Wimpy Kid series.
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Viz Media Debuts Children's Imprint at Comic-Con 2013
Viz Media is relaunching its VizKids imprint and renaming it Perfect Square, with plans to launch a comprehensive new children's publishing program.
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Sourcebooks Collaborates with Scholastic U.K. on Fall Picture Book
The Snatchabook by Helen and Thomas Docherty, a British husband-and-wife team, is being released simultaneously in the U.S. and U.K. by Sourcebooks' Jabberwocky imprint and Scholastics U.K.' Alison Green imprint, respectively.
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Spring 2014 Sneak Previews
Our exclusive spring 2014 listings feature new titles from Peter Sís, Lauren Oliver, Rick Yancey, and many others.
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Children's Books for Fall 2013: All Our Coverage
Our complete fall 2013 children's announcements package, including all features and listings.
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A Picturesque Release Party: 'The Day the Crayons Quit'
On June 27, author Drew Daywalt and illustrator Oliver Jeffers celebrated the release of their new book, The Day the Crayons Quit, at McNally Jackson Books in New York City.



