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Facts and Figures 2011: In Children's, 'Hunger Games' Rule
With the release of the movie version of The Hunger Games, Panem fever is everywhere. But the enthusiasm for this trilogy has been building for some time. Last year, fans bought a total of 9.2 million Hunger Games books (6.4 million print copies, 2.8 million e-books), up from 4.3 million total in 2010. E-book sales were just 430,000 in 2010, making for a 550% gain in just one year.
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Kate Klimo Stepping Down as RH/Golden Books V-P
Effective March 31, Random House/Golden Books Young Readers Group v-p and publisher Kate Klimo will leave her position.
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This Week in Children's Apps: March 15, 2012
This week in children's apps features My A-Z, an app for building reading and writing skills, with the added ability to create your own alphabet cards, complete with audio. Also out this week is Planes - Byron Barton, which shows children all the different ways we interact with planes.
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News from the North: March 2012
Two of Canada's children's publishers recently brought in fresh talent at the top. Karen Boersma is the newly appointed publisher at Owlkids Books, and Sheila Barry is now co-publisher at Groundwood Books. We spoke with each of them about the joys and challenges of making a big move mid-career.
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NBCC Turns the Spotlight on YA
No—the National Book Critics Circle still doesn’t offer an award in the Young Adult category, but literature for teens was the focus of a recent panel discussion at the New School in New York City. The panel was part of the NBCC Award events, which culminated in the awards ceremony that evening.
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Indies Choice/E.B. White Read-Aloud Awards Finalists Announced
The ABA has named its finalists in the 2012 Indies Choice Awards and the E.B. White Read-Aloud Awards, which honor, in the association’s words, “the types of books that indie booksellers champion best.”
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Reading Rainbow Gets an App
RRKidz, who helped to relaunch the Reading Rainbow television series, has partnered with Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, Holiday House, and Charlesbridge Publishing for a Reading Rainbow app, set to launch this spring.
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Sigler to Publish YA Books Through Diversion Books
Scott Sigler will publish his Galactic Football League series as paperbacks through Diversion Books, the affiliate company of Waxman Literary Agency, where he is represented for his adult fiction by Byrd Leavell. Perseus will distribute the titles.
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Annick Partners with Open Road for E-books
In a new partnership, Open Road Digital Media and Annick Press will release e-book versions of 34 of the Toronto-based publisher’s most successful titles: 20 Robert Munsch books, all 10 volumes of Roslyn Schwartz’s Mole Sisters series, plus four additional picture books.
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Children's Institute Slated for BEA
As reported last month, BookExpo America, in conjunction with the ABC Group at the American Booksellers Association, is introducing its first children's day for children's booksellers.
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'Catching Fire' Shipping Error Angers N.E. Booksellers
Every year booksellers' resentment against Scholastic Book Fair paperbacks, which they are unable to sell, flares up during book-fair season. This week the flames were fanned a little higher when copies of Scholastic Book Fairs' paperback edition of Catching Fire were accidentally shipped to big box stores in New England.
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Children's Illustrator Kickstarts an Arts Center
Award-winning children’s book illustrator R. Gregory Christie launched a Kickstarter campaign this month for a children’s bookstore and arts literacy center concept he’s opening in Decatur, Ga.
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What's Selling at Reading Frenzy BookShop
At Reading Frenzy BookShop in Zimmerman, Minn., owner Sheri Olson talks about her success with a quartet of titles across several genres.
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Disney Launches First Language Learning App
Disney Publishing Worldwide has launched its first language learning product, Learn Chinese: Toy Story 3. The app will be available in the U.S., China, Australia, and 25 additional countries throughout Europe and Asia.
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Scholastic Launches Storia, a New Digital Platform
After more than 18 months of development, Scholastic has begun beta tests for Storia, its proprietary e-book platform for selling and distributing its trade titles as well as digital editions of titles from other children’s houses. The beta test features 1,300 titles with the vast majority published by Scholastic
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Bologna Briefcase: What the Agents Are Bringing
"Modern Family meets Diary of a Wimpy Kid,” “Heathers meets The Craft,” and “Titanic in outer space” are just some of the intriguing-sounding projects that will be on offer later this month at the Bologna Children’s Book Fair. We asked some American agents to tell us about two projects they have high hopes for.
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Figment Acquires Inkpop from HarperCollins
Figment, the online writing community for teens and young adults, has purchased Inkpop, a similar HarperCollins initiative.
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This Week in Children's Apps: March 1, 2012
This week in children's apps features a pair of Dr. Seuss apps: The Lorax and Oh Say Can You Say Di-No-Saur?
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Points of Sale: Tips for Children’s Booksellers
This column grew from first-hand experience that many of the best bookselling ideas come from other booksellers. Each tip offers an inventive way to solve problems that you may not have even been aware of: like making series stand out.
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Penguin Launches Richelle Mead Community-Based App
Bestselling author Richelle Mead will get her own app, The World of Richelle Mead, launching March 2 from Penguin.
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