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Xist Publishing Creates Digital-First Children's Books
Motivated by her young daughter's desire to see picture books on her Kindle, Calee M. Lee, founder of Xist Publishing in Irvine, Calif., taught herself how to create digital children's books.
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YA and Middle-Grade Author Team Up for a Road Trip
It's rare for authors whose books target different audiences to hit the road together, but Holly Goldberg Sloan and Julie Berry are doing just that.
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Walker Puts All Rights Sales Under Muir
Beginning at the 2013 Frankfurt Book Fair, through a unified global senior management team, the Walker Books Group will now handle all international sales for its three primary publishing lists.
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Bloomsbury Children's Sets December Launch for E-book Imprint
Bloomsbury Spark will kick off with the simultaneous release of seven titles, and will continue the program with two new titles each month.
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Brandon Sanderson 'Steelheart' Promotion Takes Flight
Fans of Brandon Sanderson who touch down at major city airports in the coming weeks could be in for a treat.
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A Sunny Outlook for Children's Books in Orange County
The Orange County Children's Book Festival celebrated its 10th anniversary this year, drawing close to 40,000 attendees.
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A New Force for Sales: Star Wars Reads Day
The second Star Wars Reads Day, to be held on Saturday, October 5, will feature more than 2,000 events worldwide.
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In Brief: October 3
This week, a bevvy of YA authors get chatty; a writer takes the stage – and to the airwaves; an author breathes some fire into her work; a little dragon makes a big impression; an artist goes seasonal; and Chicago hosts a 'super' signing.
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What's Selling at Square Books, Jr.
Jilleen Moore and Paul Fyke, booksellers at Square Books, Jr., in Oxford, Miss., talk about what is selling well this fall.
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Children's Job Moves: September 2013
New job announcements in children's publishing for September 2013.
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Cartoonists Fundraise for Oklahoma School Libraries
This past weekend, a group of New York City publishers and four popular children's book author-illustrators joined together in reaching out to the school libraries of Moore, Oklahoma.
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Light Sabers, Devil Horns, and Happily Ever After: The 2013 Austin Teen Book Festival
An estimated 4,000 readers from all over Texas and the U.S. attended the Austin Teen Book Festival on Saturday, September 28.
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Children's Books Shine at SCIBA Trade Show and Author Feast
Children's books and authors were a strong, positive presence at the annual Southern California Independent Booksellers Association's trade show, held September 27 and 28 at the Omni Los Angeles Hotel.
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First Book Launches Global Initiative
First Book, a nonprofit organization that provides new books and educational materials to school and organizations serving children in need in the U.S. and Canada, is expanding the scope of its enterprise.
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New Trends in YA: The Agents' Perspective
A decade into the boom in YA literature, agents' in-boxes are as full of manuscripts-in-want-of-a-publisher as they ever have been.
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Joan Powers to Head Candlewick Entertainment
Candlewick announced the first two appointments for its new media-related imprint and for a similar imprint from Walker Books, Walker Entertainment, which will both publish their first books in spring 2014.
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Talking Children's Books at SIBA 2013
New Orleans was the colorful setting for the Southern Independent Booksellers Alliance's annual trade show, held September 19–22 at the Sheraton on Canal Street.
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Celestial Bodies, Avian Companions, and Children’s Book Creators: National Book Festival 2013
The National Mall in Washington, D.C., played host to the 13th annual Library of Congress National Book Festival on September 21 and September 22.
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In Brief: September 26
This week, a picture book legend makes new 'friends'; the Rubenstein Award honors literacy advocates; an author-illustrator doubles up; a YA author makes a (virtual) guest appearance; there's no place like home for a book release event; and a writer shoots baskets – literally.
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Robust Children's Presence at Brooklyn Book Festival 2013
The eighth annual Brooklyn Book Festival – New York City's largest free literary event – took place on September 22 at Brooklyn's Borough Hall and Plaza.



