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Abrams Unveils Appleseed Books Imprint
In spring 2012, Abrams will launch its third imprint dedicated to children's books: Appleseed Books. Helmed by publishing director Cecily Kaiser, the imprint will publish eight to 12 titles per season, aimed at children up to age five.
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S&S Links with Everloop for Interactive Book Club
Simon & Schuster has announced a partnership with Everloop, the social media company launched in February that offers an online community platform for kids between the ages of eight and 13.
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HarperCollins and Partners Launch Film Contest
HarperCollins has announced a partnership with imbee, the tween social network, and the National Film Festival for Talented Youth to establish the imbee Film Challenge.
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Children's Specialist Buys Bookstore in Worcester
Longtime children's bookseller Patty Cryan purchased Annie's Book Stop of Worcester in Worcester, Mass., late last year and has already given the store, which specializes in used books, her own stamp.
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What's Selling at Hooray for Books
Trish Brown, co-owner of Hooray for Books in Alexandria, Va., gives word of a trio of titles that are current favorites with her customers.
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Seo Named Children's Publishing Director at Chronicle
Chronicle Books has appointed Ginee Seo as children's publishing director. Her first day at the publisher's San Francisco offices will be May 12.
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Thoughts of a Teen Book Blogger
Last fall Bookshelf spoke with a 16-year-old boy in suburban Boston to get a better sense of "What Makes a Teenage Book Blogger Tick?" Now pseudonymous female blogger Khy, a 17-year-old high school senior who thrives on a steady diet of YA, talks about maintaining a blog, Frenetic Reader, for the past four years, and reading at least one or two books a week.
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Facts & Figures 2010: Franchises Flying High
If you want to sell in the mega-numbers, write or publish a series. That's the clear message from our compilation of last year's bestselling titles.
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Storey Publishing Broadens Its Appeal
After testing a separate children's line in 2002, Storey Publishing is making a new push into children's with activity-oriented books on sewing, nature, and papermaking for adults and children to use together.
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A Different Trend: A Toy Store Moves into Books
At a time when independent bookstores are looking to increase their margins with nonbook items—educational toys, Bucky Balls, and Bananagrams—and Barnes & Noble and Borders are adding large toy sections to their superstores, one independent toy store is doing the opposite and growing its books department.
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'Children's Choice' Finalists Announced
This past Monday, the Children's Book Council announced the finalists for the fourth annual Children's Choice Book Awards. Thirty books in six categories were selected, and through April 29 kids of all ages can vote for the winners. The winners will be announced on May 2, during Children's Book Week, at the Children's Choice Book Awards Gala, hosted this year by author/illustrator Jarrett J. Krosoczka.
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B&N Launches Exclusive Partnership with Eric Carle
Barnes & Noble has announced an exclusive four-month partnership with author and illustrator Eric Carle. As part of the arrangement, Carle created special artwork just for Barnes & Noble stores and for its Web site, which went live this week in advance of The Very Hungry Caterpillar Day on Sunday.
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Twitter Watch: March 17
This week, the hashtag #higherstakeschildrensbooks took off on Twitter. We list a few favorites, courtesy of the Twitterati.
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An Introduction to 'Daddy-Long-Legs,' by Ann M. Martin
Joining Random House's Looking Glass Library imprint this season is Jean Webster's classic novel Daddy-Long-Legs, written in 1912 and beloved by generations of girls. Baby-sitters Club author Ann M. Martin contributed an introduction for the new volume.
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Q & A with Cheryl B. Klein
Senior editor of Scholastic's Arthur A. Levine Books imprint, Cheryl B. Klein steps into another publishing role this week with the release of Second Sight: An Editor’s Talks on Writing, Revising, and Publishing Books for Children and Young Adults.
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The Week in Children's Apps: March 17, 2011
This week brings an app based on 'Finding Nemo'; Dora the Explorer's new musical special; an app for kids to learn about world landmarks; a collection of illustrated children's books; and an app from cartoonist Phil Yeh.
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Random House Releases 'Mortal Kiss' as eBook Original
Werewolves, ethereal spirits, a motorcycle gang, relentlessly falling snow and a town's menacing secret all converge in Alice Moss's Mortal Kiss, a paranormal romance that Random House Children's Books' Ember imprint published this week as its first full-length original eBook novel.
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Children's Publishing in Asia
In most parts of Asia, wizardry and fantastical plots have lost much of their magic after dominating the bestseller list for so long. The subsequent vampire and werewolf fever is, by comparison, not as rabidly welcomed in certain territories. As for that wimpy kid, well, his popularity suffers somewhat as Asian kids have different school life and growing-up problems. Still, these imported blockbusters have spurred local writers to produce longer fiction for children and helped boost a hitherto weak YA market.
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U.K. Agent Rosemary Canter Dies
Rosemary Canter, children’s book agent and co-founder of United Agents, died on March 11. Highly respected and admired by publishers, her fellow agents, critics and booksellers and loved by her authors and illustrators, Canter was proud of her authors and illustrators while remaining modest and private about her very considerable achievements.
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Rights Report: March 10
New deals for several YA novels, and a middle-grade poetry anthology.
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