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Westchester Turns Out for Multicultural Children's Books
On October 13, more than 20 authors and illustrators attended the Westchester Multicultural Children's Book Festival, held at the White Plains (N.Y.) Public Library. More than 500 children, parents, and educators crowded into the library to attend workshops and readings – which took place throughout the day at four concurrent venues – as well as visit with authors and illustrators for book signings.
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A Pumpkin Goes to the Head of the Class
Spookley, the star of The Legend of Spookley the Square Pumpkin by Joe Troiano, illustrated by Susan Banta (Holiday Hill Farm; Barnes & Noble), is now in his second year as official spokes-pumpkin for National Bullying Prevention Month, sponsored by the Minneapolis-based family support organization PACER (Parent Advocacy Coalition for Educational Rights).
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Children's Authors and Booksellers Get Noticed at NAIBA
The theme of this year's New Atlantic Independent Booksellers Association Fall Conference, held in Arlington, Va., was Get Noticed. For many booksellers, tips on how to get noticed by publishers proved a big draw.
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Books of Wonder Looks to indiegogo for Help
New York City's oldest children's-only bookstore, Books of Wonder, launches a campaign to raise $100,000 on indiegogo.
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Hey, Baby: Good Things Come in Small Packages
Board books make up only a small portion of children's sales – just 3%, according to the AAP StatShot for June 2012. But as any unruly toddler will tell you, size doesn't always matter. The month's sales figures represent the first time all year that the category has shown growth.
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Kids, Books, and Comics: Photos from New York Comic Con 2012
An estimated 116,000 people flooded the Javits Center in New York City this past weekend for New York Comic Con, the second largest show of its kind in North America. Sunday was Kids' Day at the show, but there was plenty for children to see and do during all four days of the convention, with publishers bringing in authors and artists including Sir Terry Pratchett, Jarrett J. Krosoczka, Beth Revis, and Dave Roman. Read on to see our round-up of a weekend's worth of costumes, panels, and book signings.
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Children's Booksellers Share Their Optimism at Northern California Trade Show
Superstar authors, a busy and festive trade show floor, and a traditional English tea all added to the favorable bookseller response to the Northern California Independent Booksellers Association trade show's move from Oakland to the South San Francisco Conference Center for its annual meeting, held October 11–12.
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Movie Alert: 'Rise of the Guardians'
An elated William Joyce spoke with PW about the upcoming film, Rise of the Guardians, a DreamWorks Animation 3D production based on his Guardians of Childhood series of picture and chapter books.
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In Brief: October 18
This week, a new book offers plenty to chew on; an author keeps his chin up; an artist's work is celebrated in Orlando; a graphic novelist rests her weary, well-traveled feet; students draw inspiration from a favorite novel; and a group of YA writers meet for a "family" gathering.
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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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