Investment banker Lindsay Rechler has rewritten classic story to ‘to explain to my children why their world was turned upside down’The classic 1947 children’s picture book Goodnight Moon has been reimagined for the coronavirus era as Good Morning Zoom, replacing Margaret Wise Brown’s lights and red balloons with “indoor sports” and “couch-pillow forts”.Lindsay Rechler, a director at a global investment bank and the mother of two young children, originally self-published a version with illustrations by June Park. It has been acquired by Penguin Random House in the US, where it will be published in October. Continue reading... Continue reading at 'The Guardian'
[ The Guardian | 2020-08-04 11:13:49 UTC ]
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As one of the earliest style publishers to successfully marry editorial content to e-commerce, Clique Brands Inc. -- formerly Clique Media Group -- is focused on continuing to find new ways to use digital to strengthen this relationship. We caught up with co-founder Katherine Power to share some... Continue reading at Digiday
[ Digiday | 2018-02-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
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In this Special Report, Folio: sought to identify where publishers and digital leaders are investing time, money and people as they look to grow their businesses in 2018 and beyond. The post Winning Revenue-Generating Strategies for A New Era appeared first on Folio:. Continue reading at Folio Magazine
[ Folio Magazine | 2018-02-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The author and illustrator begins a bumper year of publishing with a new picture book that promises colour, collusion and chaos. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2018-02-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Sales of adult trade books inched up 0.4% in the first nine months of 2017, over the same period in 2016, according to estimated released by the AAP’s StatShot program. Sales in the children’s/young adult segment fell 3.5% in the nine-month period compared to 2016. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2018-02-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The Centre for Literacy in Primary Education is (CLPE) is teaming up with BookTrust to review ethnic representation in children’s literature. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2018-02-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Ten years ago this month, I joined the L.A. Times book blog, Jacket Copy. Blogs were a thing then — they were becoming a cultural force and were beginning to be accepted by institutions, including The Times. It was clear that blogs were a way to get news and commentary onto the internet quickly.... Continue reading at Los Angeles Times
[ Los Angeles Times | 2018-02-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The UK is in danger of losing its children’s television industry, Anne Wood, founder of Ragdoll Productions, has told The Bookseller. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2018-02-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
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In this special Digiday guide, Digiday editors and reporters walk you through what to expect in the post-Facebook era. The post Download: The publisher’s survival guide for the post-Facebook era appeared first on Digiday. Continue reading at Digiday
[ Digiday | 2018-01-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Publishers that find themselves at the end of their rope with Facebook have found one person they don't hate: Adam Mosseri, its head of news feed. The post ‘He’s not a PR guy’: Adam Mosseri, Facebook’s head of news feed, has become an unlikely good guy to publishers appeared first on Digiday. Continue reading at Digiday
[ Digiday | 2018-01-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Former Virago Press publisher Lennie Goodings is to write The Idealistic Publisher, a book about ideas, literature, feminism and business, for Oxford University Press. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2018-01-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Pearson made "good progress" in 2017, slashing its net debt and projecting full-year profits to come in at the top end of its guidance. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2018-01-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The owner of Tales on Moon Lane, Tamara Macfarlane, will open a second bookshop in South London in April. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2018-01-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Booksellers hail strong sales for Donald Trump exposé, but Tom Kerridge’s diet book sets the most British tills ringingAlmost 60,000 print copies of Michael Wolff’s Donald Trump exposé Fire and Fury were sold in the UK last week, but the British public’s New Year’s resolutions meant the... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2018-01-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
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A robot that can read any of 50,000 picture books to young children will soon launch. Continue reading at BBC World
[ BBC World | 2018-01-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Reports from around the country indicate a healthy season for children’s booksellers in particular, consistently citing sales hikes of 10% or more over the previous year. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2018-01-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
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As the agency that her publishing house has formed with two cordial competitors reaches its first year, Teos' CEO Nina Paavolainen says she's optimistic about seeing Finland's literature find more international traction in 2018. The post Helsinki’s Nina Paavolainen on ‘Good Readers’ in Finland’s... Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2018-01-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Nikesh Shukla and Julia Kingsford's new literary agency, The Good Agency, dedicated to championing under-represented voices in publishing, is receiving a grant for over half a million pounds from Arts Council England. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2017-12-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The £580,000 Arts Council England funding will support new initiative to find and develop black and minority ethnic, disabled and LGBTQ writersA new literary agency, which aims to discover “the next generation of diverse writers” and “blow open the pipeline” for them, is being launched by the... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2017-12-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
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GP and television presenter Rangan Chatterjee tells Caroline Sanderson how his four-pillar plan could rejuvenate readers - and possibly lighten the load for the NHS. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2017-12-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Four top children’s book publishers and agents closed out this year's GKC conference with a discussion of global trends. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2017-12-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
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