Scholastic dances away with two from Diversity’s Ashley and Jordan Banjo

Scholastic UK has acquired two middle-grade books from TV personalities and Diversity dance collective members Ashley and Jordan Banjo.  Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'

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Scholastic Takes Minority Stake in Make Believe Ideas

Scholastic will take minority equity stake in MBI and launch a cobranded line of interactive kids ebooks for early learners. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2015-03-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Scholastic, AAP Team Up On Library Funding

A coalition of publishers and education and industry groups has called on the U.S. Congress to support dedicated school library funding. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2015-03-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Scholastic’s Emily Morrow on Community Building for YA Readers

Emily Morrow discusses how Scholastic's This is Teen online community has helped the company connect with a passionate community of YA readers online. The post Scholastic’s Emily Morrow on Community Building for YA Readers appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives

[ Publishing Perspectives | 2015-03-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Quercus signs debut by Scholastic's Sanger

Quercus has bought a debut novel by Scholastic Books’ employee David Sanger. Editor Richard Arcus bought world rights, excluding the US, to All Their Minds in Tandem from Becky Thomas at Fox Mason. All Their Minds in Tandem takes place in New Georgetown, West Virginia, in October 1879, the... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2015-03-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Minimum Wage, Diversity Top Concerns at Wi10

The high energy that has marked Winter Institute carried over into sessions where booksellers spoke about the challenges ahead, from dealing with minimum wage increase laws to creating a more equal partnership with publishers. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2015-02-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Scholastic partners with SuperAwesome

Publisher Scholastic UK has teamed up with SuperAwesome, a children’s marketing platform, to find new authors and intellectual property (IP) creators. Under the terms of the deal, SuperAwesome will match-make Scholastic with media, animation and game developers. In addition, the SuperAwesome... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2015-02-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Scholastic takes over distribution of Cengage series

Scholastic has taken over from OUP as distributor of the PM reading series by Cengage Learning. The PM reading series is used by schools across the world a to teach children to read. Under the terms of the deal, Scholastic will distribute the series in the UK and export markets in Europe, the... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2015-01-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Scholastic second quarter revenues up 7%

Scholastic Corporation said it increased revenues 7% to $665.6m (£426m) during the fiscal 2015 second quarter, which ended on the 30th November. The increase was largely down to strong sales in children’s books but there were gains in most divisions, including trade, clubs, fairs and classroom... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2014-12-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Book Clubs Boost Scholastic in Q2

Led by a 14% increase in its children’s book publishing and distribution business, revenue at Scholastic rose 7% in the second quarter ended November 30, 2014 compared to the same period last year. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-12-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The New Press: Better Diversity Through Internships

Since its launch in 1992, the New Press—a nonprofit publishing house—has proudly run an internship program “explicitly designed to diversify a notoriously monochromatic industry,” explains executive director Diane Wachtell. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-12-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
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ACE demands diversity from its funded organisations

Arts Council England is to demand its funded organisations reflect the diversity of contemporary England, and will make diversity a factor in its next round of funding decisions. From 2015, ACE is going to "monitor and support" National Portfolio organisations to ensure they reflect diversity... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2014-12-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Scholastic signs screenwriter Johnny Smith

Scholastic Children’s Books has signed a four-book deal with Johnny Smith, a screenwriter on CBBC TV shows such as "Dennis & Gnasher" and "Muddle Earth". The series, John Smith is NOT Boring, is about John Smith who has a boring name but his adventures take him from the Wild West to pirate... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2014-11-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
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ALCS needs more diversity says chairman

The board of the Authors’ Licensing and Collecting Society (ALCS) is a “rather white, middle-class group, which does not reflect the diversity of the UK and our membership”, the chairman has said. Adam Singer, introducing ALCS’s annual report ahead of the group’s AGM next week, said that... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2014-11-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Crowd-funded A to Z promotes diverse role of libraries

A group of librarians have launched a new crowd-funded project called the Library A to Z, designed to promote the role of public libraries. More than 150 backers, as well sponsor the Library Campaign, backed the Library A to Z on crowd-funding site Kickstarter, raising more than £4,500, twice... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2014-11-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Scholastic UK to publish new Selznick novel

Scholastic UK will next year publish The Marvels, the new children’s title from American author and illustrator Brian Selznick. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2014-11-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Publishers 'must do better' on diversity

The key to achieving real diversity within publishing is to reach out to people from a variety of backgrounds who may not have previously considered the trade as a career path, publishers have told The Bookseller. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2014-11-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Diversion Books Launches Romance Retail App

E-book publisher Diversion Books has launched EverAfter, a bookstore app dedicated to romance titles. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-11-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Fault in Our Stars author backs literature diversity campaign

We need to reflect the reality of our communities, says The Fault in Our Stars writer John Green in video backing social media-led We Need Diverse Books campaignAll readers need to know that they too can be the heroes of a story, according to the bestselling author of The Fault in Our Stars,... Continue reading at The Guardian

[ The Guardian | 2014-10-31 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Indie Comics: Easier To Build, Easier To Get On TV, And More Diverse Than Ever

Comics like Powers are flooding networks, cable, and now your PlayStation--often with a more diverse cast than they had on the page.In December of 1999, well before he became the man behind every Marvel title of note from Avengers to X-Men, writer and artist Brian Michael Bendis published a... Continue reading at Fast Company

[ Fast Company | 2014-10-31 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Four Questions for...McSweeney's Jordan Bass

PW spoke to the McSweeney's executive editor about how the company's recent shift to nonprofit status will affect its brand, and output, moving forward. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-10-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
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