There will be three three separate buzz panels for adult, young adult, and middle grade titles. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2015-03-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
US publishers have reported a sales revenues rise of nearly 5% across 2014, mainly fuelled by the success of children's and young adult. Figures released by the Association of American Publishers (AAP), covering the first nine months of the year, show that across publishing as a whole,... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2014-12-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
The book term 'young adult' is generally disliked by both teen readers and adult fans. But is there a better alternative? The post Should the Young Adult Book Category Be Rebranded? appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2014-12-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
YouTube star Zoe Sugg, aka Zoella, shrugged off a mild ghostwriting controversy to retain the top spot of the UK Official Top 50 for the second straight week, with her Young Adult novel Girl Online (Penguin) becoming 2014's fastest selling book. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2014-12-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
YouTube sensation Zoe Sugg has eclipsed superstars such J K Rowling, Dan Brown and E L James to record the biggest first week sale for a début since records began. Sugg, known as Zoella on her fashion and beauty vlog, which has over five million subscribers, shifted 78,109 copies of her Young... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2014-12-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
Random House Children’s Books imprint Delacorte Press has acquired U.S. rights to 'Finding Audrey,' the first young adult novel from the author of the bestselling Shopaholic series, Sophie Kinsella Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-10-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
The worldwide domination of Markus Persson's building-blocks game is a triumph for the power of human imaginationA funny thing happened on the way to this column. Browsing idly through the Publishers Weekly site, I came on the list of the Nielsen bestselling books of 2014 (so far) in the US. The... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2014-08-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
U.K.-based Angry Robot Books is closing its young adult and crime/mystery imprints, effectively immediately. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-06-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
As a result of laws prohibiting 'homosexual propaganda' in Russia, a young adult novel featuring a gay character, is sold with adult-age warning labels. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2013-08-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
A young adult novel about a dramatic journey that transforms an East Coast boy has taken out this year's New Zealand Post Children's Book Awards tonight. Continue reading >> [ Source: Stuff | 2013-06-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
Fans of Bloomsbury’s young adult novel Throne of Glass will soon be able to showcase their... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2012-08-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
Random House Children's Publishing is to bring out a young adult novel written by Niall... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2012-06-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
Random House Childrens Publishing is to bring out a young adult novel written by Niall Leonard,... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2012-06-25 00:00:00 UTC ]