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A New Augmented Book Brings Ghost Stories to Life
Goosebottom Books is releasing Horrible Hauntings: An Augmented Reality Collection of Ghosts and Ghouls by Shirin Bridges, illustrated by William Maughan (October), a book of ghost stories designed to be read in tandem with an augmented reality app.
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Cherry Lake Acquires Sleeping Bear Press
Cherry Lake Publishing, a Mankato, Minn.-based educational publisher, announced that the company has acquired Sleeping Bear Press.
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Two Adult Houses Launch YA Imprints
It was inevitable, the two publishers say, one after 26 years of publishing books for adult readers, the other founded only three years ago. Soho Press, which has published literary fiction and mysteries since 1986, and Angry Robot, a science fiction and fantasy publisher since 2009, are each building upon the crossover appeal of many of their genre fiction releases by launching YA imprints that complement their adult offerings.
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What's Selling at River Lights Bookstore
From River Lights Bookstore in Dubuque, Iowa, owner Sue Davis gives word about a handful of children's books that are moving briskly this summer.
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Storytime in Asia: Quality Picture Books for Developing Countries
This month, four children's book publishers – Scholastic, Penguin, Abrams, and Little, Brown – have donated a combined total of more than 120,000 books to the Asia Foundation's Storytime in Asia campaign, a month-long venture that is supplying English-language picture books to two million children in 17 countries in developing Asia.
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New Joint Venture to Publish Macmillan Trade Titles in China
Macmillan Publishers (China) Ltd. and 21st Century Publishing House Co. Ltd. have launched Macmillan Century, which will acquire, develop, introduce, and promote trade titles sourced from Macmillan's global imprints for the Chinese market.
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Licensing Hotline: August 2012
After two years, books tied to the PBS Kids series Dinosaur Train, produced and licensed by Jim Henson Productions, continue to sell well, with Penguin and Random House both recently renewing their deals. Publications International and Reader's Digest are also on board.
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Licensing: Back to School
Over the past five years, licensed books and supplemental educational materials have increasingly made their way into school libraries and classrooms. Educators have come to accept that licensed titles are a way to bring in reluctant readers and sustain interest in subjects like math and science. Meanwhile, licensors value the exposure their properties can generate in schools, something that can be difficult to replicate through traditional entertainment or retail channels these days.
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This Week in Children's Apps: August 16, 2012
This week in children's apps features Maximum Ride: The Ultimate Flight app, which lets fans of the series read excerpts, design a Maximum Ride book cover, and take quizzes about the books.
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Random House Unveils Twitter Author Chat Series
James Dashner, Rebecca Stead, and Christopher Paolini are among the big-name writers participating in Random House Children’s Books’ new Twitter Author Chat series. Dashner, whose Maze Runner prequel, The Kill Order, was released this week by Delacorte, launched the weekly program.
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Candlewick Affirms Faith in Picture Books for 20th Anniversary
The name of Candlewick's year-long picture book campaign to celebrate its first two decades, We Believe in Picture Books, speaks volumes about the Somerville, Mass.-based publisher's beginnings and where its future lies.
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A Twitter Chat Kicks Off Tor's First Group YA Tour
This week, Tor Teen, the YA division of SF/fantasy publisher Tor Books, launched its first-ever group tour with a Twitter chat. It's also the first time the publisher has used its monthly #TorChat hashtag to directly promote an author tour.
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Brain Hive Offers On-Demand K-12 E-book Library Lending
Brain Hive is an on-demand pay-as-you-go e-book lending service offering schools online access to a library of K-12 digital titles. Membership in the service is free, titles are available immediately and libraries and schools are charged $1 for each e-book circulated.
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'Find Waldo Local' to Return in 2013
Candlewick's Find Waldo Local promotion, which the publisher produced last month in conjunction with the American Booksellers Association, was such a resounding success that Candlewick announced that it will sponsor it again next summer.
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Children's Book Sales Are Strong – No Matter Who's Doing the Buying
The AAP’s monthly StatShot shows that children's books stayed solid in April 2012 compared to April 2011, with overall sales up 24.3 percent, according to the 20 publishers reporting.
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SCBWI Summer Conference: A Gathering of "Kindred Spirits"
This year's sold-out summer conference of the Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators opened with an homage to the 2012 London Olympics: executive director Lin Oliver lit and held up a tiny match at the podium, to the refrain of "Bugler's Dream." Held in Los Angeles August 3 through 6, SCBWI's 41st summer conference drew more than 1200 attendees from 46 states and 15 countries, and included 411 published authors.
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This Week in Children's Apps: August 9, 2012
This week in children's apps features The House That Went On Strike, a story of self-respect.
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What's Circulating at Takoma Park Maryland Library
Karen MacPherson, children and youth services librarian at the Takoma Park Maryland Library, recently took time out from a busy summer reading club schedule to share some titles that are currently popular with patrons.
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This Week in Children's Apps: August 2, 2012
This week in children's apps features Alligator at Saw Grass Road, a Smithsonian app about how dangerous life is for an alligator's young.
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Month9Books Debuts with Anthology of Dark Fairy Tales
Meghan Cox Gurdon's now infamous June 2011 Wall Street Journal essay, which decried the darkness of today's YA fiction, launched a flurry of commentary – and at least one new publishing house. Month9Books, a startup focusing on speculative fiction, will release its first title on October 16.
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