Publication: PublishersWeekly.com

First Reported May 24 2012 - Updated May 24 2012 - 1 Documents

CBC Diversity Committee: Starting Conversations and Building a Following

On a Tuesday night in late January, a mix of agents, editors, publicists, bloggers, media, and others gathered in downtown Manhattan to celebrate the launch of the Childrens Book Councils Diversity Committee, a group of publishing professionals committed ... [ Published May 24 2012 by PublishersWeekly.com ]

Entities: Scholastic Corporation, Cynthia Leitich Smith, HarperCollins, Manhattan

First Reported May 24 2012 - Updated May 24 2012 - 1 Documents

Bruce Coville

Paula Danziger's Best Friends Revive Amber Brown

Back in 1994, Paula Danziger introduced a plucky, pun-prone heroine in Amber Brown Is Not a Crayon, and went on to write seven more Amber Brown chapter books and six easy-to-reads before . With more than eight million copies of Amber Brown novels in print, ... [ Published May 24 2012 by PublishersWeekly.com ]

Entities: Bruce Coville, Elizabeth Levy, Paula Danziger

First Reported May 24 2012 - Updated May 24 2012 - 1 Documents

Lady Gaga

Q & A with Susane Colasanti

In YA novelist Susane Colasantis new book, (Viking), protagonist Noelle is neglected at home and bullied at school. She endures a lot of abuse including being targeted by her classmates for being poor before she finds the strength to start shaping my ... [ Published May 24 2012 by PublishersWeekly.com ]

Entities: Lady Gaga, Teaching, Sears Holdings Corporation, Viking

First Reported May 24 2012 - Updated May 24 2012 - 1 Documents

Matthew Lillard

Filmmakers Launch Kickstarter Campaign for 'Fat Kid' Film

Theres something very punk rock about Kickstarter, the grassroots crowd-funding site thats been used to raise money for all sorts of independent arts projects. So its appropriate that the filmmakers behind the movie version of K.L. Goings Printz Honor ... [ Published May 24 2012 by PublishersWeekly.com ]

Entities: Kickstarter, Matthew Lillard, Seattle International Film Festival, Warped Tour

First Reported May 24 2012 - Updated May 24 2012 - 1 Documents

Stan Lee

Super Folk: New from IDW, BOOM, and Dynamite, Digital DC, Kapow! Con and the Glyph and Stan Lee Awards

This week Super Folk, Publishers Weekly’s superhero news rundown, looks at the new and licensed series coming from IDW, Dynamite, Image and BOOM Studios, DC’s new online store, Marvel tidbits, news from the Kapow! Con in the U.K., the Glyph and Stan Lee ... [ Published May 24 2012 by PublishersWeekly.com ]

Entities: Stan Lee, Dynamite, DC Comics

First Reported May 24 2012 - Updated May 24 2012 - 1 Documents

Books-A-Million

Short Takes: Religion Publishing News Briefs, May 2012

Oasis Audio, publisher of The Vow audio book, is offering its Facebook fans the chance to win an all-expenses-paid weekend getaway to Chicago. Contest entrants will submit their own stories of love and commitment, mirroring the message of The Vow: The ... [ Published May 24 2012 by PublishersWeekly.com ]

Entities: Amish, Books-A-Million, Thomas Nelson Inc

First Reported May 23 2012 - Updated May 23 2012 - 1 Documents

Author Solutions Announces 100,000th E-book

Self-publishing giant Author Solutions, Inc. has announced the release of its 100,000th e-book, Arise, O Phoenix. ... [ Published May 23 2012 by PublishersWeekly.com ]

Entities: Solutions Group Inc, E-book, Phoenix (Arizona, United States)

First Reported May 22 2012 - Updated May 22 2012 - 1 Documents

Results Up at Books-A-Million

The addition of over 40 former Borders stores last fall helped to lift overall sales at Books-A-Million 10.5% in the first quarter ended April 28, to $113.1 million. Net loss from continuing operations in the period was cut $1.9 million from $3.4 million. ... [ Published May 22 2012 by PublishersWeekly.com ]

Entities: Books-A-Million, Continuing Operations, Hunger Games

First Reported May 18 2012 - Updated May 18 2012 - 1 Documents

In Brief: May 17

Author Don Tate (shown here, signing for a fan) and illustrator R. Gregory Christie appeared at the High Museum in Atlanta on May 13 for a book signing and discussion of their new book, It Jes Happened: When Bill Traylor Started to Draw. The event coincided ... [ Published May 18 2012 by PublishersWeekly.com ]

Entities: Alethea Kontis, Barnes & Noble Inc, Bill Traylor, Doreen Cronin

First Reported May 18 2012 - Updated May 18 2012 - 1 Documents

San Francisco and Sacramento Book Reviews Start Monthly Children's Sections

Because of the success of their recent Childrens Book Week supplement, previously just an annual event, the and have announced they will regularly include the popular child-reviewed feature every month, beginning with the next issue in June. Heidi Komlofske, ... [ Published May 18 2012 by PublishersWeekly.com ]

Entities: Sacramento (California, United States), San Francisco (United States), Rojek, Graphic Design, Tulsa

First Reported May 17 2012 - Updated May 17 2012 - 1 Documents

I Am a Bestseller (And So Can You!): Behind Stephen Colbert's Picture Book

By now most people know the story of Stephen Colbert showing his picture book I Am a Pole (And So Can You!) to Maurice Sendak during their January interviews on the Colbert Report. The book has had no shortage of TV coverage since its release earlier ... [ Published May 17 2012 by PublishersWeekly.com ]

Entities: Maurice Sendak, Stephen Colbert, AdvICE™

First Reported May 17 2012 - Updated May 17 2012 - 1 Documents

Espresso Book Machine Agrees with Red Wheel/Weiser

Red Wheel/Weiser, the metaphysical and self-help book publisher, has joined On Demand Books growing Espresso Book Machine program (EBM), via arrangement with Lightning Source. The arrangement provides independent bookstore customers with instant access ... [ Published May 17 2012 by PublishersWeekly.com ]

Entities: Lightning Source, Retail Sales

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..."We sold out of almost everything," said NBM's Terry Nantier, who called it "a good, steady show. No great crowds but good sales overall." The big hit for NBM was a rare appearance of artist P Craig Russell, who provided the belle époque poster for the festival...

New Books, New Faces, New Indie Comics at the Annual MoCCA Art Festival [PublishersWeekly.com - May 01 2012]

...There is no upfront cost for the service, he said, and libraries will only be charged for actual usage. " There is no risk," Elder said. "You will never be charged more than the monthly budget allotment and you will never be charged for something you don’t use. No hidden fees."

iVerse to Launch Digital Comics Library Service [PublishersWeekly.com - Apr 23 2012]

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