A must-read article on children’s publishing in Asia

Tuesday, May 3rd, 2011

Children’s Publishing in Asia: Picture books stay strong, originals make ground, and digitization breaks through by Teri Tan can be found here in the Children’s Industry News section of Publishers Weekly.

Publisher Weekly's Photo Essay: Children's Books at the ALA's Annual Conference

Saturday, July 10th, 2010

The American Library Association’s 2010 Annual Conference was held last month in Washington, D.C. and was well attended by librarians, publishers, authors, illustrators and others interested in literature. For those of us that weren’t able to attend we can still get a feel for what took place! Click here to watch Publisher Weekly’s photo essay “Children’s Books at ALA” and click here to read the past issues of Cognotes, the daily newspaper of the conference.

An interesting article on the 2010 Bologna Children's Book Fair

Sunday, March 21st, 2010

As we countdown the final days to the 2010 Bologna Children’s Book Fair, be sure to read Diane Roback’s recent article entitled “On to Bologna! Cautious optimism on the eve of the annual children’s book fair.” Diane, a reporter at Publishers Weekly, writes:

As children’s publishers from the world over convene in Italy later this month (March 23–26), a number of issues hang in the balance. How will the economy shape this year’s fair? Is the age of the big YA fantasy trilogy finally over? Will picture books make a resurgence? What of the co-edition market? The digital revolution? We asked a sampling of Bologna veterans for their take on what to expect at this year’s fair, and what they’re looking for.

Click here to read the entire article.