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News from the North: December 2012
North of the border, publishers are testing enhanced e-books, apps, new styles, and creative marketing ideas, and they're reaping some sweet rewards.
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Swoon Reads Introduces Crowdsourced Publishing Model
New YA romance imprint at Feiwel and Friends.
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Nobrow Press to Launch Children's Imprint in 2013
U.K.-based indie graphic novel publisher Nobrow Press is launching Flying Eye Books, a children's book imprint.
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Publishing Community Responds to Sandy Hook Tragedy
After last Friday's school shooting, the New England Independent Booksellers Association, which has member stores in towns surrounding Newtown, put together a list of recommended books, including Audrey Penn's The Kissing Hand, to show their support and do something for the children.
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Godine Launches Its First App
Last week, David R. Godine Publisher launched its first app – a digitized version of the 1981 book Crime & Puzzlement, the first installment in an eponymous series by Lawrence Treat, a founder of the Mystery Writers of America.
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Books for Young Latinos Exist – Just Not in the Classroom
A recent New York Times article highlighted the lack of classroom books written by and featuring Latinos, yet it referenced only big six and textbook publishers and left out nonmainstream houses. Several smaller publishers say they are already producing books for Latino children.
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Candlewick Launches in iBookstore
Candlewick has announced that it will begin selling books on Apple's iBookstore. A selection of the company's picture books is now available.
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Ruckus Media Debuts New Ruckus Reader App
The new Ruckus Reader app will launch with about 100 interactive titles, readalong e-books and videos and offers publishers a combination distribution channel, retail marketplace and digital reading/consuming software.
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Virtual Visits
Some of the best-known names in kid lit – J.K. Rowling, Avi, Ally Condie, Patrick Carman — are making "virtual" visits to schools, thanks to technology like live video and Skype.
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Harper and Rainforest Action Network Collide Over New Warning
A new advisory from the Rainforest Action Network that some of HarperCollins's children's books contain fiber from vulnerable rainforests has brought an angry reply from the publisher.
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A New Emphasis on Children's Books for Scarletta
As 2012 fades into the new year, Minneapolis publisher Scarletta Press is turning over a new leaf, complete with a new logo.
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This Week in Children's Apps: December 13, 2012
This week in apps features Crime & Puzzlement, a mystery from Lawrence Treat about solving a murder.
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In Brief: December 13
This week, a nonprofit gives books (and sleepwear) to kids in need; Louis Sachar meets fans in Georgia; an author puts her own twist on the holidays; and publishing staffers celebrate Christmas early, and Halloween late.
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'Green Eggs and Ham' Selected as First Book's 100 Millionth Giveaway
After more than 14,000 votes, nonprofit literacy organization First Book chose Dr. Seuss's Green Eggs and Ham as its 100 millionth brand-new book donated to a child from a low-income family.
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Silver Dolphin Enters App Business with Mercer Mayer and Richard Scarry Characters
Baker & Taylor imprint Silver Dolphin Books plans to release six educational apps for the iOS and Android platforms in 2013, including two each based on Mercer Mayer's Little Critter and Richard Scarry's Busytown characters. It also will release two titles based on an original property, Astro B-1.
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E-Books via Kindle FreeTime Unlimited: Game-Changer or Non-Starter?
Amazon's launch of Kindle FreeTime Unlimited, announced earlier this week, could change the way e-books are distributed to consumers. But the new subscription service for books and entertainment content raises questions and red flags for the publishing industry.
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Children's Sales Bounce Back, Says AAP
After a dip last month that saw children's book sales figures fall 9.5 percent in July 2012 over the same period last year – at least partly due to the cooling down of Hunger Games sales – the category rebounded in August, according to the AAP StatShot.
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Conflicting with Two Religious Holidays, Bologna 2013 Scheduling Raises Eyebrows
Anyone in children's book publishing, who has already booked their travel to the 2013 Bologna Book Fair, may have noticed that flights were slightly more expensive than usual, and accommodations more scarce.
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This Week in Children's Apps
This week in children's apps features The Chalk Box Story, an app designed to teach children about colors.
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