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Galley Talk: 'Just One Day'
Lauren Mayer, children's book buyer for University Book Store in Seattle, has high hopes for Gayle Forman's Just One Day.
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Controversy Follows Manic D's First Children's Book
Manic D, which specializes in anarchist publications, is used to attracting negative attention. But the company's initial foray into children's publishing is igniting just as much controversy as any of their books for adults.
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Clare, S&S Team Up for Shadowhunters Spinoff, in P and E
A “story cycle” is how Russell Galen, agent of bestselling author Cassandra Clare, describes the new project she’s just signed to do with Simon & Schuster.
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African-American Interest Young Readers Titles, 2012–2013
A list of African-American interest books for young readers publishing between September 2012 and March 2013.
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Porter and the Steads: An Unusual Three-Book Deal
A new as-yet-untitled collaboration from Philip and Erin Stead – the husband-wife team behind A Sick Day for Amos McGee and Bear Has a Story to Tell – would be noteworthy on its own. But it is just one of three recent Stead acquisitions by Neal Porter.
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Amelia Bedelia Turns 50
Greenwillow is celebrating the 50th anniversary of Amelia Bedelia, Peggy Parish's literal-minded housekeeper, with four releases in January.
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Lemony Snicket Hits the Road
Daniel Handler – or Lemony Snicket, if you prefer – just wrapped up a month-long tour that took him coast to coast (and back again) in support of "Who Can That Be at This Hour?"
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Autobiographical Suzanne Collins Picture Book Slated for Fall 2013
Bestselling author Suzanne Collins will examine the effects of war for a much younger readership than that of her Hunger Games series with the autobiographical picture book Year of the Jungle, which Scholastic will publish on September 10, 2013.
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New Facebook Game Immerses Players in Marie Lu's 'Legend'
Last November, debut author Marie Lu introduced readers to the dystopian world of Legend. In January, the story continues with Prodigy; fans looking for a pre-release fix can delve into Cities of Legend, a Facebook game launching in December.
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Open Road Gives New Life to Dan Gutman Series
Funny Boy, Dan Gutman's superpower-lacking superhero who uses his sense of humor to defeat bad guys, will soon be back on his beat.
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Remembering Madeleine L'Engle
The following excerpt from Listening for Madeleine (FSG, Nov.) focuses on some of the key publishing relationships of author Madeleine L'Engle, who died in 2007.
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Little, Brown Expands License with Hasbro
Little, Brown Books for Young Readers is expanding its licensing relationship with Hasbro, launching a publishing program in spring 2013 tied to My Little Pony and more Transformers books.
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39 Clues for Christmas
Scholastic is launching an original e-book, The 39 Clues: Cahill Files: Silent Night, on Christmas Day, following greater-than-expected sales of The 39 Clues: Rapid Fire, a series of original e-books released last Christmas season.
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'Reach'-ing Ally Condie Fans, Online and in Person
When author Ally Condie hosted a chat on Twitter on September 25, her fans were eager to hear about the final book in her bestselling Matched trilogy.
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Middle-Grade Authors Go Back to School with the Class Act Tour
A little competition can be healthy, as HarperCollins proved on its Class Acts tour, the publisher's first middle grade group tour, which visited schools and bookstores in 11 national markets and pitted a dozen authors against one another in friendly competitions.
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Scholastic Releases Baby-sitters Club E-books with Classic Covers
Ann M. Martin's bestselling middle-grade series from the 1980s, The Baby-sitters Club, will gain a new incarnation on December 1, when Scholastic publishes e-book versions of the series' first 20 titles with original covers by Hodges Soileau.
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