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Children's Sales Soar in the First Half of 2012, Says AAP
For all of the industry handwringing, children's book sales remain strong, as the AAP StatShot for the first half of 2012 shows. According to the 21 publishers reporting, overall sales from January to June are up 40.7% over the same period last year.
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This Week in Children's Apps: October 25, 2012
This week in children's apps features Dr. Seuss's Marvin K. Mooney Will You Please Go Now!, a story about a guest who has overstayed his welcome. Also this week is Animal SnApp: Farm, a storybook from Axel Scheffler, illustrator of The Gruffalo.
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Strong Sales of Kids' Books and Other Titles Energizes NEIBA Show
The New England Booksellers Association’s 39th annual fall conference, held Oct. 3–5 at the Rhode Island Convention Center in Providence, opened with high energy, which it largely sustained throughout the three-day show.
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Sourcebooks Rolls Out 'Get Real' YA Campaign
Sourcebooks Fire is debuting a Get Real promotional campaign, whose slogan is "Telling It Like It Is. Real Issues. Real Drama. Real Stories."
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In Brief: October 25
This week, California tots get a drawing lesson from a pro; an author-illustrator provides service with a smile; a paper engineer pops up on the West Coast; a debut novelist says "konnichiwa"; and a book's characters leap off the page and onto the big screen.
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Brain Hive Adds New Publishers to Lending Service
Brain Hive, a pay-as-you-go e-book lending service for K-12 school libraries that launched in August, is adding new publishers' titles to its e-books lending library collection.
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Westchester Turns Out for Multicultural Children's Books
On October 13, more than 20 authors and illustrators attended the Westchester Multicultural Children's Book Festival, held at the White Plains (N.Y.) Public Library. More than 500 children, parents, and educators crowded into the library to attend workshops and readings – which took place throughout the day at four concurrent venues – as well as visit with authors and illustrators for book signings.
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A Pumpkin Goes to the Head of the Class
Spookley, the star of The Legend of Spookley the Square Pumpkin by Joe Troiano, illustrated by Susan Banta (Holiday Hill Farm; Barnes & Noble), is now in his second year as official spokes-pumpkin for National Bullying Prevention Month, sponsored by the Minneapolis-based family support organization PACER (Parent Advocacy Coalition for Educational Rights).
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Children's Authors and Booksellers Get Noticed at NAIBA
The theme of this year's New Atlantic Independent Booksellers Association Fall Conference, held in Arlington, Va., was Get Noticed. For many booksellers, tips on how to get noticed by publishers proved a big draw.
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Books of Wonder Looks to indiegogo for Help
New York City's oldest children's-only bookstore, Books of Wonder, launches a campaign to raise $100,000 on indiegogo.
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Hey, Baby: Good Things Come in Small Packages
Board books make up only a small portion of children's sales – just 3%, according to the AAP StatShot for June 2012. But as any unruly toddler will tell you, size doesn't always matter. The month's sales figures represent the first time all year that the category has shown growth.
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Kids, Books, and Comics: Photos from New York Comic Con 2012
An estimated 116,000 people flooded the Javits Center in New York City this past weekend for New York Comic Con, the second largest show of its kind in North America. Sunday was Kids' Day at the show, but there was plenty for children to see and do during all four days of the convention, with publishers bringing in authors and artists including Sir Terry Pratchett, Jarrett J. Krosoczka, Beth Revis, and Dave Roman. Read on to see our round-up of a weekend's worth of costumes, panels, and book signings.
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Children's Booksellers Share Their Optimism at Northern California Trade Show
Superstar authors, a busy and festive trade show floor, and a traditional English tea all added to the favorable bookseller response to the Northern California Independent Booksellers Association trade show's move from Oakland to the South San Francisco Conference Center for its annual meeting, held October 11–12.
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Movie Alert: 'Rise of the Guardians'
An elated William Joyce spoke with PW about the upcoming film, Rise of the Guardians, a DreamWorks Animation 3D production based on his Guardians of Childhood series of picture and chapter books.
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In Brief: October 18
This week, a new book offers plenty to chew on; an author keeps his chin up; an artist's work is celebrated in Orlando; a graphic novelist rests her weary, well-traveled feet; students draw inspiration from a favorite novel; and a group of YA writers meet for a "family" gathering.
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Déjà Vu at New York Comic Con with Archie, Disney, Nancy Drew
Kids love familiar things, and there were plenty of familiar faces at New York Comic Con, including revivals from Archie, Disney and Papercutz in addition to original graphic works.
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Amazon Makes Major Push into Schools with Whispercast
Looking to broaden the reach of Kindle devices, and Amazon-purchased content for them, Amazon announced the launch of Whispercast, a new venture that allows organizations to distribute and centrally manage the deployment of multiple Kindle devices, and the content to those devices.
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Teens Take Center Stage at Litquake
San Francisco's ever-growing Litquake festival just concluded its 13th annual program, with 10 days of events featuring more than 850 authors. And back for its fourth year was Teenquake, the festival's young adult component.
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Licensing Hotline: October 2012
Frankenweenie: An Electrifying Book marks the first time Disney Publishing has done a "making of" title in digital form, as well as the first time it has used Apple’s iBook Author to create a digital movie tie-in.
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