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Of Snitches and Witches: CBC Hosts Potter Trivia Night
This past Tuesday, the Children’s Book Council’s Early Career Committee, a networking group for those new to children’s book publishing, held a Harry Potter trivia night that tested their knowledge of the ins and outs of J.K. Rowling’s fictional universe with questions about spells, characters, and other Potter lore.
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Licensing Hotline: July 2011
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YA Series Making Fast Tracks
It's fairly common for the books in a middle-grade fiction series to be released in quick succession—think 39 Steps, Big Nate, and Warriors—but it's less the case for YA series, with their more complex themes and higher production values. But publishers are finding, particularly with series that lean on cliffhanger endings, that the wish to accommodate eager fans and hold on to them as readers is making for some different strategies.
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Gecko Inks with Lerner
Gecko Press, a six-year-old children's book publisher in New Zealand, is entering the U.S. and Canadian markets by partnering with Lerner Publishing Group's new book distribution division, Lerner Publishing Services.
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New Lit Mag to Showcase Emerging YA Writers
When Hannah Goodman had trouble finding a publisher for her YA novels Fear of Falling, My Summer Vacation, and My Sister's Wedding, the Rhode Islander published them herself. She's now taking matters into her own hands and launching an online literary journal to help other emerging YA writers like her, Sucker Literary Magazine.
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This Week in Children's Apps: June 30, 2011
This week in children's apps features an opera-loving hippo named Hildegard in a game that lets players help her get her voice back through games and activities. Also this week is an app based on the hit children's book The Heart and the Bottle, formerly a bestselling app in the U.K., and now featuring the voice of Helena Bonham Carter in the U.S. version.
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LBYR Inks Pact with Disney for Muppets Line
Little, Brown Books for Young Readers has signed an agreement to release a number of titles, in different formats, featuring The Muppets.
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Pottermore: Interesting But Not a Game Changer
Many people who work in publishing think that as interesting as Pottermore is, the endeavor says less about the future of the book business than it does about the singular status of a very wealthy author who has the inclination and means to build her own brand.
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RIF and Macy’s Launch 'Be Book Smart' Campaign
On Friday Macy's will launch a five-week campaign, called Be Book Smart, to raise money for Reading Is Fundamental.
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Movie Alert: 'Winnie the Pooh'
Winnie the Pooh, an animated feature-length film from Disney, arrives in U.S. theaters on July 15, the first big-screen Pooh story since Pooh’s Heffalump Movie in 2005.
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Red Fox Literary Opens for Business
This week agent Karen Grencik and editor Abigail Samoun officially launched their new venture, Red Fox Literary, an agency representing children's book authors and illustrators and based out of Shell Beach, Calif.
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Book Summit in Toronto Offers App Advice
Book Summit 2011, held in Toronto on June 17, focused the attention of 200 or so industry professionals on digital publishing and extensions of books, particularly the potential and pitfalls of apps.
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Pottermore Web Site to Sell E-Books in October
J.K. Rowling answered several questions at a news conference Thursday, telling the world that her Pottermore site will serve as the exclusive sales channel for the Harry Potter e-books. Her print publishers, Bloomsbury in the U.K. and Scholastic in the U.S., will receive some sort of share from the e-book sales.
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Ness, Baker-Smith Win Carnegie, Greenaway in U.K.
In a ceremony on Thursday, Patrick Ness was presented with the 2011 CILIP Carnegie Medal for Monsters of Men (Walker Books), the final volume of his Chaos Walking trilogy. The 2011 Kate Greenaway Medal was presented to Grahame Baker-Smith for FArTHER (Templar).
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At Licensing Expo, Digital Was Top of Mind
Traffic at last week's 2011 Licensing International Expo in Las Vegas seemed light compared to last year, according to several exhibitors. While traffic may have been light, several exhibitors had a bigger and showier presence than in recent years.
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Butterfly Books to Close
Amy Vanden Plas, the owner of Butterfly Books in De Pere, Wisc., announced this past weekend that the children’s bookstore in a Green Bay suburb will close its doors by mid-July, after 20 years in business.
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Movie Alert: 'Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part Two'
While Harry Potter fans digest the news about J.K. Rowling's newly unveiled "Pottermore" Web sit, another, long-anticipated event looms on the horizon: the film release of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part Two.
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New E-Book Company Takes Flight in Minnesota
FlyingWord, a Minnesota company that began in 2010, has announced it has developed an interactive e-book platform designed to enhance the experience of reading for 21st-century tween, teen, and adult readers.
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Licensing Hotline: June 2011
Simon Spotlight will publish a series of middle-grade readers for boys and girls 8-12 under the Club CSI name, licensed by CBS Consumer Product, loosely tied to the television series CSI: Crime Scene Investigation.
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Parragon Renews Discovery Kids Deal, Adds E-Books
In news from Parragon, the company has extended its licensing deal with Discovery Communications for another three years, allowing it to expand its Discovery Kids nonfiction program and add e-book versions of current and future print releases.
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