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A Different Kind of Dog Run Leads to a Book Deal
Two years ago, a dog named Dozer unexpectedly joined and finished a half-marathon benefitting a cancer center. Now, he's getting his own picture book, Dozer's Run, in fall 2014.
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Scholastic and Comixology Ink Digital Distribution Pact
Scholastic has reached an agreement with digital comics distributor Comixology to make graphic novels from its Graphix imprint, available through the Comixology platform on iPhone, iPad, Android, Kindle, and the web.
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Two Archie Books Announced at Comic-Con 2013
Archie Comics plans to release The Best of Archie Comics: Betty & Veronica, the best stories starring Archie’s iconic girlfriends; and Archie’s Valentine: A Rock & Roll Romance, in which Archie and Valerie Brown of Josie and the Pussycats get married.
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Movie Alert: 'Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters'
A mythical battle resumes at the movie theater on August 7 with the release of Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters.
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Rights Report: Week of July 15, 2013
New deals for Liesl Shurtliff, Chris Grabenstein and David Wiesner.
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Amulet Teases Wimpy Kid #8 with Online Campaign
The Amulet Books imprint at Abrams has launched an "Uncover the Color" campaign ahead of the November 5 release of the eighth book in Jeff Kinney's Diary of a Wimpy Kid series.
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Viz Media Debuts Children's Imprint at Comic-Con 2013
Viz Media is relaunching its VizKids imprint and renaming it Perfect Square, with plans to launch a comprehensive new children's publishing program.
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Sourcebooks Collaborates with Scholastic U.K. on Fall Picture Book
The Snatchabook by Helen and Thomas Docherty, a British husband-and-wife team, is being released simultaneously in the U.S. and U.K. by Sourcebooks' Jabberwocky imprint and Scholastics U.K.' Alison Green imprint, respectively.
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Spring 2014 Sneak Previews
Our exclusive spring 2014 listings feature new titles from Peter Sís, Lauren Oliver, Rick Yancey, and many others.
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Children's Books for Fall 2013: All Our Coverage
Our complete fall 2013 children's announcements package, including all features and listings.
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A Picturesque Release Party: 'The Day the Crayons Quit'
On June 27, author Drew Daywalt and illustrator Oliver Jeffers celebrated the release of their new book, The Day the Crayons Quit, at McNally Jackson Books in New York City.
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This Week in Children's Apps: July 11, 2013
This week in children's apps features four Byron Barton apps in one: Planes, Trains, Boats, and Trucks. Also this week, the latest Dr. Seuss app, Bartholomew and the Oobleck, is about a king who orders magicians to create new weather.
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Rights Report: Week of July 8, 2013
New deals for Andrea Pinkey, Shane Evans and Rebecca Van Slyke.
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'Scary Tales' Takes James Preller in a New Direction
James Preller, the author of the Jigsaw Jones Mysteries ventures into chilling territory in his latest series, Scary Tales, which launches July 9.
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Meeting a Book's Characters on Their Own Turf
In late May, two classes of 10th graders from Agawam, Mass., boarded a charter bus for New York City at 6:30 a.m. This wasn't your average class trip to the Big Apple.
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Movie Alert: 'The Spectacular Now'
A film version of Tim Tharp's The Spectacular Now, starring Shailene Woodley, Miles Teller, and Jennifer Jason Leigh and directed by James Ponsoldt, releases on August 2.
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Rights Report: Week of July 1, 2012
New deals for Leila Howland, Alexandra Penfold and Jory John & Bob Shea.
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Octopus's Ticktock Imprint: A Focus on Nonfiction
Octopus Publishing Group, known for its illustrated book lines about nonfiction topics for adults, officially launched its first children's book imprint this past spring.
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Openly YA Tour Hits the Road
Just days before the Supreme Court struck down the Defense of Marriage Act as unconstitutional, four gay authors with new YA books hit the road on a mini-tour of the Northeast.
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Rights Report: Week of June 24, 2013
New deals for Bruce Coville, Maya Van Wagenen and Ally Carter.