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Previewing the NYC Teen Author Festival
More than 90 authors have signed on for the event, which takes place from March 18 through March 24 at public venues and schools around the city.
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Seattle YA Authors Organize Grassroots Tour
The "You Are Next" tour has visited schools and bookstores in Las Vegas, San Francisco, and Portland, Ore. Next stop: Disneyland.
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This Week in Children's Apps: March 14, 2013
This week in children's apps, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz comes to the App Store with two ways to play.
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Bookmasters Partners with Classroom Library Co. on K-12
Classroom Library will begin selling Bookmasters’s lines of educational and children’s books with Express Publishing’s English Language Learning products and Stephen Cosgrove’s Serendipity series.
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AWP Looks at Picture Book Writers in a Digital Age
The "Picture Book Writers in an E-Book and App Era" panel at this year's AWP Bookfair focused on how picture books are going digital.
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In Brief: March 7
This week, two big Scholastic names meet; Louisiana kids learn about the environment from a debut author; and a game-show contestant shows off his picture-book knowledge.
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News Corp's Amplify Unit Unveils Education Tablet
Amplify CEO Joel Klein unveiled the company's much anticipated $300 open-source 10-inch tablet, designed specifically for K-12 classrooms, at a presentation at SXSWedu in Austin, Texas.
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Big Blue Marble Books: A Press with a Mission
A drive to inspire children to learn more about the Earth motivated Gabriella Francine to found Big Blue Marble Books, her first foray into book publishing.
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Bologna at 50: Looking Back, Forging Ahead
For many children's book industry professionals around the globe, a trip to the Bologna Children's Book Fair has become a familiar, and always welcome, rite of spring.
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Children's Job Moves: February 2013
New job announcements in children's publishing for February 2013.
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Children's Books at Winter Institute:
Photos from Kansas CityDespite all the snow, there was no shortage of children's book activity at Winter Institute this year. See our photos from the wintry gathering.
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Pre-Registration Is Now Live for Find Waldo Local
Independent bookstores can preregister now through March 22 for July's The Find Waldo Local promotion, sponsored by Candlewick Press and the American Booksellers Association.
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Licensing Hotline: February 2013
Bendon is going high-end through a new licensing deal with model, designer, and entrepreneur Kathy Ireland and her company.
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Random House Children's Books, MeeGenius Partner for Digital Titles
MeeGenius, the digital platform for children's books, has announced a distribution partnership with Random House Children's Books, bringing select titles from popular authors and brands like Richard Scarry, P.D. Eastman, the Berenstain Bears, and Barbie to MeeGenius's two million readers.
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Slight Dip in Children's Book Sales for October 2012, Says AAP Monthly StatShot
Overall sales of children’s books fell by 2.6% overall in October 2012 compared with October 2011.
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For Children's Booksellers, Winter Institute Was a Blast – in More Ways Than One
Despite a paralyzing winter storm, almost 500 booksellers attended this year's Winter Institute in Kansas City.
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Jacquelyn Mitchard's New Venture Has 'Merit'
Author Jacquelyn Mitchard spoke with PW about Merit Press, the new teen imprint she's heading up for F+W Media.
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Promoting Literacy and Opening Libraries in Africa
The African Library Project – a nonprofit organization that coordinates book drives to build libraries in African nations – celebrated a significant milestone in January by sending its millionth children's picture book to Africa.
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Spring 2013 Children's Announcements: Publishers S-Z
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