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Déjà Vu at New York Comic Con with Archie, Disney, Nancy Drew
Kids love familiar things, and there were plenty of familiar faces at New York Comic Con, including revivals from Archie, Disney and Papercutz in addition to original graphic works.
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Amazon Makes Major Push into Schools with Whispercast
Looking to broaden the reach of Kindle devices, and Amazon-purchased content for them, Amazon announced the launch of Whispercast, a new venture that allows organizations to distribute and centrally manage the deployment of multiple Kindle devices, and the content to those devices.
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Teens Take Center Stage at Litquake
San Francisco's ever-growing Litquake festival just concluded its 13th annual program, with 10 days of events featuring more than 850 authors. And back for its fourth year was Teenquake, the festival's young adult component.
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Licensing Hotline: October 2012
Frankenweenie: An Electrifying Book marks the first time Disney Publishing has done a "making of" title in digital form, as well as the first time it has used Apple’s iBook Author to create a digital movie tie-in.
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In Brief: October 16
This week, a teen author gets her first break, a writer makes a musical plea for sales, an author takes her favorite eight-legged critter on tour, and a Maine writer-illustrator gets support from his local peers.
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Books as Brands
Licensing is a growing focus for many publishers as they look to generate awareness and spur book sales for in-house developed and acquired properties, and bring in incremental revenue.
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Disney Overhauls Paper Sourcing Policy
The Disney Company said Thursday that it is overhauling its paper sourcing policy in a change that will maximize recycled content and fibers sourced from Forest Stewardship Council-certified operations and eliminate paper products containing "irresponsibly harvest fiber, such as fiber from High Conservation Value Areas."
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Children's Booksellers Throng the Twin Cities for Heartland Fall Forum
The Minnesota Library Association met for its annual conference in St. Paul, and at the same time, booksellers from across the Midwest and beyond gathered across the Mississippi River in Minneapolis.
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Workman and Abrams Team Up for Barney Saltzberg Tour
Children’s author, songwriter, and singer Barney Saltzberg is no stranger to the promotional road, but his newest tour has a novel twist. Workman and Abrams, the publishers of his latest picture books, have joined forces to send Saltzberg on tour.
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New Survey Finds Bullying Atop List of Serious Teen Issues
HarlequinTEEN, in partnership with the Jed Foundation’s Love Is Louder movement, has released the findings of a new survey that indicates 70 percent of young women between the ages of 16 and 21 have been bullied.
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Children's Digital Publisher StarWalk Launches with 150 E-books
Schools and school libraries, public libraries, teacher education and library science programs are all candidates to subscribe to the new StarWalk Kids collection, which includes Seymour Simon, David Adler, Doug Cushman, Diane deGroat, Johanna Hurwitz, and more.
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In Brief: October 11
This week, the Boston Public Library shines a light on kids' books; children's publishing folk compete for prizes; an author puts her best face forward; Rhinebeck, N.Y., hosts five YA writers; a new book gets a saintly reception; and an author proves you can go home again.
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New Publisher to Take the Reins at Groundwood Books
Groundwood Books co-publisher Sheila Barry will take over from founder Patsy Aldana.
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New Jersey Bookshop with a Mission – to Help Autistic Kids
Former attorney Jonah Zimiles, who founded [words] bookstore in Maplewood, N.J., three years ago with his wife, attorney Ellen Zimiles, is the first to admit that they are not typical bookstore owners.
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JibJab Launches Personalized E-Book Platform
The founders of online animation producer JibJab have launched of StoryBots, an e-book and digital entertainment platform for kids 2-6.
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What's Selling at Dolly's Bookstore
Sue Fassett, manager of Dolly's Bookstore in Park City, Utah, talks about which children's books are moving well at her store this fall.
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DiCamillo Dishes at Bookseller Meetup in Minneapolis
This past Wednesday morning, after a Tuesday evening reception that included three children's authors discussing and signing their books, the American Booksellers Association officially kicked off its first Events Specialty Institute with a plenary featuring children's author Kate DiCamillo.
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YA Fans – and Their Favorite Authors – Gather for Austin Festival
Close to 3,000 avid readers, many under the age of 16, filled the halls of the Palmer Events Center on Saturday, September 29 for the fourth annual Austin Teen Book Festival.
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Zest Books Launches a Line of Memoirs for Teens
The first three titles, which will be released this fall, include "Dear Teen Me: Authors Write Letters to Their Teen Selves."
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Publishers, Booksellers, Librarians Gear Up for Star Wars Reads Day
The Force will be with more than 1,200 bookstores and libraries across the U.S. on October 6, when they will host events for the first-ever Star Wars Reads Day.
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