Pub Crawl

Author Blake Nelson’s new book Dream School comes out today from Figment.com, the company’s first book to be printed on physical paper. Figment.com was launched 1 year ago today, Dec. 6, 2010, by co-founders Jacob Lewis and Dana Goodyear. Geared towards teens, but open to anyone, Figment is a ... Read More

Andrew Karre, the editorial director of Carolrhoda, and two other Lerner Publishing imprints, wrote a blog this afternoon called #yamatters. It is arguably the most coherent distillation I’ve ever read about why young adult (YA) literature is a marketplace game-changer.  What’s the big idea?  ... Read More

In case you missed it last Sunday night, the best Simpsons episode of this season so far (and arguably, the past few years) was posted on Hulu today. Publishing for young readers is squarely in the cross-hairs, and award-winning children's author Neil Gaiman (Coraline, The Graveyard Book) makes the ... Read More

Breaking Dawn Part 1 , the latest film version of Stephenie Meyer’s bestselling Twilight saga sank a stake into the weekend box office pulling in an estimated $283.5 million worldwide. A monster share of the take ($72 million of $139.5 million domestically) was earned on Friday alone. Long before ... Read More

Author Sara Zarr has big ideas. Her books tackle huge themes with beautiful, realistic prose that cuts to the heart of her characters. Last week on author Nova Ren Suma’s blog, Zarr posted about what inspires her to write.  You’d think she might be inspired by the fact that her first novel ( ... Read More

Grosset & Dunlap/Price Stern Sloan President and Publisher Francesco Sedita had a meeting with his entire team of editors, art directors and designers recently. The subject? A mustache. “We’ve been slightly mustache-obsessed here at Grosset. I am currently sporting a mustache as are some of the ... Read More

Admit it: You read Harry Potter.  And even if you didn’t, you’ve been unable to escape the billboards, backpacks, and advertising the mega-grossing films have spawned. Maybe, under cover of night, you even purchased your very own vibrating broom.  Don’t worry. Your secret is safe. I’m not ... Read More