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Celebrating Dr. Seuss's 110th Birthday
Random House Children's Books, in partnership with Dr. Seuss Enterprises, is commemorating Theodor Geisel's 110th birthday with Dr. Seuss's Birthday Club, a new online venture.
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So What Does an Editor 'Really' Do?: NECBA Booksellers Meet in N.H.
Approximately 25 booksellers braved the cold and attended the New England Children’s Booksellers Advisory Council held its first 2014 meeting at the Portsmouth Public Library in downtown Portsmouth, N.H.
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New Name and Affiliation for Austin Teen Book Festival
Five years after its founding, the Austin Teen Book Festival is changing its name to the Texas Teen Book Festival and collaborating with the Texas Book Festival.
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In Brief: March 4
On our radar: NYC children enjoy a seasonally appropriate reading; three writers meet Illinois fans; a bookshop hosts a breakfast of (reading) champions; and a first-time novelist gets a hometown welcome.
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Put Me in the Story Lifts Sourcebooks Sales
With a 22% spike in total company revenues in 2013, Chicago-based Sourcebooks continues to build momentum in the marketplace.
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Jay Asher Headlines '50 States Against Bullying' Campaign
Penguin Books for Young Readers hopes to further spread the anti-bullying message of Jay Asher's "Thirteen Reasons Why" with its yearlong 50 States Against Bullying campaign
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Northern California Children's Booksellers Alliance Holds First Meeting
With a slightly different name and a showing of 80% new faces, the first meeting of the Northern California Children's Booksellers Alliance took place at Book Passage in Corte Madera, Calif. on February 24.
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In Brief: February 27
This week, writers welcome an anniversary edition of a classic; a picture book author celebrates her father's legacy; a little blue truck passes a big milestone; and a book launch "sparkles."
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Children's Job Moves: February 2014
New job announcements in children's publishing for February 2014.
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95th Annual Children's Book Week Promotions Ramp Up
The 95th annual Children’s Book Week poster and bookmark have been revealed.
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Peanuts Gang Hits Sourcebooks' Digital Platform
Sourcebooks announced on February 27 that the Chicago-based publisher is adding the Peanuts gang to its Put Me in the Story digital platform, which allows parents to create personalized versions of children's books as an app or in print format.
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StoriesAlive Offers Interactive Children’s Stories
Launched in October 2013, StoriesAlive is an app and subscription service offering access to a library of multimedia-rich, interactive children's stories.
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Kirsten Hall Launches Agency
Agent Kirsten Hall is leaving London-based Bright Agency to form her own company, Catbird Productions, which will package books for publishers and operate as a boutique agency for debut children's book author/illustrators. Catbird Productions is based in New York City.
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'Books Matter' at SCIBA's Annual Children's Literacy Dinner
The Southern California Independent Booksellers Association topped itself this year with a record-breaking number of authors, booksellers, and librarians.
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"Why Did That Book Win?": A Children's Books Boston Discussion
One hundred children's booksellers, publishers, librarians, and students turned out for the second gathering of Children's Books Boston for a panel on literary awards.
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Indies First Returns This Spring with Storytime Day
Author Kate DiCamillo, the ABA, and the CBC are asking authors and illustrators to support indies by reading a story aloud at a bookstore on May 17.
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Children’s Books: A Shifting Market
PW examines the current state of children's publishing with a look at who's buying, what they're buying, where they're buying, and in what formats.
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Voices of Experience: Advice from Publishing Veterans
We asked industry folks for some words of wisdom they'd pass along to their just-starting-out-in-publishing selves.
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Points of Sale: Tips for Children's Booksellers
Strong children's departments and specialty stores are built book by book, category by category.
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What's Selling at Children's Book World
Reporting steady sales this winter, Eryca Sender, bookseller at Children's Book World in West Los Angeles, weighs in on a handful of especially strong sellers.



