Wednesday, April 09, 2014

PW Children's Bookshelf


Children's Books:
A Shifting Market

Did you know that for the first nine months of 2013, e-book sales accounted for 15% of all children’s units? Click through for more hard numbers from PW's comprehensive look at the current state children's publishing, presented in a series of easy-to-read graphics. more



Voices of Experience: Advice from
Publishing Veterans

We asked industry folks for some words of wisdom they'd pass along to their just-starting-out-in-publishing selves. They shared opinions on everything from editorial regrets to office politics, and even offered investment and real-estate advice. more



IN THE MEDIA

From the L.A. Times:
The Fault in Our Stars author John Green has a good read on teens and technology. Click here

From the Bookseller:
Paddington Bear returns in a new book by Michael Bond. Click here

From Entertainment Weekly:
Speak turns 15: author Laurie Halse Anderson on her novel's life and legacy. Click here

From USA Today:
Retired Yankees pitcher Mariano Rivera is writing a children's book. Click here

From the Guardian:
Should celebrities stop writing children's books? Click here

From the Bookseller:
Rachel Williams is named publisher of Frances Lincoln in the U.K.; Sue Tarsky to head new Words & Pictures imprint. Click here
From Click Online:
Divergent director Neil Burger is fed up with the stigma behind the young adult tag. Click here

From Mashable:
Nine children's book morals for adulthood. Click here

From BBC:
A list of 10 British children's books that every older American kid should read. Click here

From People:
Reality TV star Bethenny Frankel is writing a children's book. Click here

From BuzzFeed:
A quiz: which children's book character are you? Click here

From Brain Pickings:
Read 29-year-old Hans Christian Andersen's dramatic account of Mt. Vesuvius's eruption in 1834. Click here

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