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More Harry Potter? Rowling Reveals Pottermore.com
A week ago, the biggest Harry Potter news of the summer was next month's release of the final film in the series, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part II. Now, Rowling has given Potterphiles something else to look forward to—and it's still a mystery.
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Next 'Wimpy Kid' Book to Get Six Million-Copy First Printing
Abrams' Amulet Books imprint has announced a six million-copy first printing for the next book in Jeff Kinney's bestselling children's series, Diary of a Wimpy Kid.
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Gingrich Picture Book Joins the Political Pack
With the September 26 release of Sweet Land of Liberty, Newt Gingrich's wife, Callista Gingrich, will join the growing ranks of political family members who have penned picture books for children.
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This Week in Apps: June 9, 2011
This Week in Apps offers a look at Nickelodeon's Olivia and a journey to the bottom of the sea.
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In Brief: June 9
In brief this week: some sweet events with Eric Luper; author Sue Fliess's book and shoe drive; editor Robert Wyatt at the Strand; and author events with Elanna Allen and Kirby Larson.
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Galley Talk: 'The Summer I Learned to Fly'
One galley that recently grabbed the attention of Christy McDanold, owner of Seattle's Secret Garden Bookshop, is The Summer I Learned to Fly by Dana Reinhardt, which Random House's Wendy Lamb Books imprint will release next month.
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Breaking Up Is Hard to Do, But Fun to Recall
Web sites like PostSecret and Secret Regrets, where people can anonymously post their darkest secrets for the world to read, have been around (and popular) for years. This week, Little, Brown Books for Young Readers launched a similar Web site, with a literary bent: the Why We Broke Up Project.
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Tuesday Was 'Dork Day'
Sweet-toothed Manhattan-based fans of Rachel Renee Russell's Dork Diaries series from Aladdin were in for a treat on June 7, when Simon & Schuster touted the publication of Dork Diaries 3: Tales from a Not-So-Talented Pop Star with a Dork Day celebration at Rockefeller Center.
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This Week in Apps: June 2, 2011
This week there's a new app for potty training, as well as the classic tale of Snow White.
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In Brief: May 26
In brief this week, books on TV: Trent Reedy visits 'The Today Show,' and Oprah and First Book team up for a big donation.
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BEA 2011: A BEA First: A Middle-Grade Buzz Panel
There’s a kind of inferiority complex at work in the middle-grade market, which is sometimes perceived as receiving less attention and respect than its YA older sibling (which, in turn, has its own self-esteem issues when compared to the adult publishing world). But while the first-ever Middle-Grade Editors Buzz Panel at BEA wasn’t an SRO affair as were the YA and adult panels, it was still quite full.
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BEA 2011: YA Buzz Panel Rocks Javits
As five editors talked up their favorite YA fall releases to a packed room of about 200 people during the YA Editor's Buzz panel at BEA, a few things became clear: these books are what happens when editors want titles that reflect elements of Twilight, The Hunger Games, and Harry Potter.
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'Press Here' Off to Auspicious Start
Press Here is not only the title of the book, but the simple instruction that launches its readers on an engaging adventure on which they push, rub, jiggle, clap at, and even blow on dots printed on the page to make them rearrange themselves.
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In Brief: May 19
In brief this week: Sarah Dessen hits the road; the Forest of Reading Awards; music and books in Portland; and a Mother's Day author event in New York City.
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This Christmas Season, the Elf's Off the Shelf
This could be the year for children's book parodies—for parents. Next month Akashic Books is releasing the highly anticipated Go the F**k to Sleep, currently in the #1 spot at Amazon. And in October Adams Media is aiming to knock a holiday favorite off its perch with the publication of The Elf Off the Shelf: A Christmas Tradition Gone Bad by Horace the Elf.
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Points of Sale: Tips for Children's Booksellers
Kelly Justice, owner of Fountain Books in Richmond, Va., credits her relationships with bloggers like Rebecca Joines Schinsky (The Book Lady), who writes mostly about adult titles, and Susan Robertson (Wastepaper Prose), who specializes in YA, with giving her store a greater presence both nationally and internationally.
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Licensing Hotline: May 2011
Kung Fu Panda 2 opens on May 26, accompanied by a roster of traditional and digital books
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'Speak' Appears in New Paperback and E-book Editions
First published in hardcover by Farrar, Straus & Giroux Books for Young Readers in 1999, Laurie Halse Anderson's Speak is a YA novel that gave a voice to teenagers suffering their emotional trials in silence. With Macmillan Children's Publishing Group's May 10 release of an e-book and a Square Fish paperback edition, Speak has new presence in the marketplace.
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A 50th Anniversary Celebration for 'James and the Giant Peach'
First released in 1961, Roald Dahl's iconic James and the Giant Peach turns 50 this year.
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Tony Hawk Lands a Series
Thursday, May 12 is professional skateboarder Tony Hawk's birthday; he's celebrating it by announcing a literary collaboration with Capstone Publishing Group aimed at Hawk's core fan base – male preteens. This fall Stone Arch Books, a Capstone imprint, will launch Tony Hawk's 900 Revolution Series of SF adventure novels for readers ages 10-14.
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