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'Zeroes' Puts a Novel Spin on the Notion of Heroes

By Sally Lodge | 09/15/2015 @ 03:00PM

When a high-stakes crisis changes their world, six California teens with unusual abilities are catapulted from zero to hero status in a new trilogy that meshes superhero and crowd-sourced themes
Rights Report: Week of September 14, 2015

| 09/15/2015 @ 01:00PM

New deals for William Alexander, Jonathan Follett & Matthew Holm, Barney Saltzberg, Christina Farley, and Lilliam Rivera.
A Magical Start for 'The Wonderling'

By Sue Corbett | 09/10/2015 @ 04:00PM

Some publishing stories should begin with a cautionary aside to aspiring writers: This is not the way things usually happen. This is one of those stories.
Unwanteds Series Closes One Door, Opens Another

By Sally Lodge | 09/10/2015 @ 04:00PM

At the end of 'Island of Graves,' the sixth volume in Lisa McMann's The Unwanteds series, fans will get an early peek at the cover and title of the seventh and final novel.
Knopf to Unleash 'The Illuminae Files'

By Sally Lodge | 09/10/2015 @ 03:00PM

After an unusual meeting involving the IRS, Australian authors Amie Kaufman and Jay Kristoff collaborated on The Illuminae Files, a science-fiction series that launches with 'Illuminae,' due out from Knopf on October 20.
Hot Off the Presses: Week of September 14, 2015

| 09/10/2015 @ 02:00PM

Hitting bookshelves next week is an abundant spread of fall treats, including the latest opus from a Caldecott winner, the launch of two new series, and some long-awaited YA novels from bestselling authors.
Rights Report: Week of September 7, 2015

| 09/10/2015 @ 01:00PM

New deals for David Leviathan, Fonda Lee, Emily Lloyd Jones, Susan Tan, and Jessica Brody.
Rights Report: Week of August 31, 2015

| 09/03/2015 @ 01:00PM

New deals for Mira Bartok, Trenton Lee Stewart, and Eric Litwin & Tom Lichtenheld.
RH Children's Buys Self-Pubbed Phenom 'Rabbit Who Wants to Fall Asleep'

By Rachel Deahl | 09/02/2015 @ 07:22AM

The self-published picture book 'The Rabbit Who Wants to Fall Asleep,' which shot to the top of Amazon's U.K. print list a few weeks ago, has been acquired by Penguin Random House. The publisher took world English rights to the book in a joint deal between Random House U.S. and Penguin Random House UK.
A Slightly Peculiar Tour for Ransom Riggs

By Sally Lodge | 08/27/2015 @ 04:00PM

Ransom Riggs is tapping friends and family members to join him on his forthcoming "Library of Souls #StayPeculiar" tour, to promote the third volume of his Miss Peregrine's Peculiar Children series.
Novel About School Shooting Tells Story from 17 Perspectives

By Sarah J. Robbins | 08/27/2015 @ 04:00PM

For years Shaun David Hutchison had toyed with the idea of telling the story of a violent crime from multiple points of view; when, in 2013, he began working with Amy Boggs of Donald Maass Literary Agency, he started exploring what it might mean to illustrate a school shooting in such a way.
Photographer and Authors Offer Hope to Terminally Ill Children

By Anisse Gross | 08/27/2015 @ 03:00PM

'True Heroes: A Treasury of Modern-day Fairy Tales Written by Best-selling Authors' is an anthology of original short stories and photographs based on the dreams of children who are cancer patients.
Hot Off the Presses: Week of August 31

| 08/27/2015 @ 02:00PM

Bookshelves next week will groan under the weight of many big fall releases, including new picture books from the authors of classic books, a debut middle-grade in which three kids set out for Antarctica, several YA novels full of history, gold, and magic; body positive beauty pageants; teens defying doctor's orders to pursue a relationship; and a bestselling author’s novel about one group of teens that unfolds over their high school years.
Galley Talk: 'Future Perfect'

| 08/27/2015 @ 02:00PM

Drew Durham, co-manager at Linden Tree Books in Los Altos, Calif., talks up 'Future Perfect' by Jen Larsen, a debut YA novel that he is eager to share with his customers.
Sales of Self-Published 'Rabbit' Sleep Book Top 29,000

By Jim Milliot | 08/26/2015 @ 10:45AM

After selling roughly 300 copies prior to last week, self-published picture book 'The Rabbit Who Wants to Fall Asleep' moved more than 29,000 print copies in the week ended August 23. It's also rumored that the book were acquired by Random House for seven figures.
'Caps for Sale' Turns 75

By Sally Lodge | 08/25/2015 @ 03:00PM

Seventy-five years after its initial publication, HarperCollins is releasing an anniversary edition of Esphyr Slobodkina's 'Caps for Sale,' as well as a sequel.
Rights Report: Week of August 24, 2015

| 08/25/2015 @ 01:00PM

New deals for Anne Marie Pace and Fran Preston-Gannon, Megan Atwood, Adam Gudeon, Andrew DeYoung, and Roslande Bonnet.
Salomonsson Agency Signs Self-Pubbed Sleep Picture Book

By Clare Swanson | 08/21/2015 @ 02:10PM

Stockholm-based Salomonsson Agency has signed 'The Rabbit Who Wants to Fall Asleep,' a self-published picture book by Swedish author Carl-Johan Forssén Ehrlin that has shot up bestseller lists in a number of countries.
Harlequin Teen Gets Creative on Social for 'Legacy of Kings'

By Rachel Deahl | 08/21/2015 @ 10:00AM

For 'Legacy of Kings,' the first book in Eleanor Herman’s new series, Harlequin Teen wanted to engage readers in a creative way. The result is something the publisher has dubbed a “digital oracle” that delivers nuggets of wisdom to readers via Twitter.
London’s ‘The Wild Ones’ Inspired by Redwall

By Sally Lodge | 08/20/2015 @ 04:00PM

C. Alexander London launches The Wild Ones, an animal-adventure fantasy series, due this month from Philomel.

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