Barbara Marcus reveals trends in 'robust' US children's market

The US children's market has seen huge growth this year with increasing focus on books by people of colour and by celebrities, Barbara Marcus, president and publisher of Random House Children's Books in the US, has said. Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'

[ The Bookseller | 2020-09-27 21:41:42 UTC ]
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Matthew Gray Gubler to Wrap Up Children’s Program at U.S. Book Show

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Jack in the Box Blazes a Trail in Food Marketing With a Weedmaps Partnership

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