Candlewick and MIT Press launch joint imprints for the juvenile market
The two Boston-based publishers will collaborate on MIT Kids Press and MITeen Press to publish books on science and technology.
The two Boston-based publishers will collaborate on MIT Kids Press and MITeen Press to publish books on science and technology.
Major brands and icons, often featured in streaming, on-demand entertainment, play the biggest role in what sells for children.
One of the most prolific authors of books featuring black characters talks about issues and approaches for children’s writers of color.
A special emphasis at Bologna this year: empowerment in children’s nonfiction. What about girls who aren’t superheroes?
children’s books are the toughest sell for indie authors, given how much success can depend on access to libraries and schools.
In a Reedsy marketing-advice article, author Martin Cavannagh looks at marketing children’s books outside of mainstream trade publishing.
At BookExpo 2017, Kristen McLean from NPD Group presented worrisome data showing a decline in teen reading over the last two years.
Authors are questioning publishers’ assertions that celebrity-bylined books for kids produce money that’s then invested in other writers.
At the Children’s Book Summit, Nielsen VP Jordan Rost suggested personal connection, not sales pitches, is what appeals to millennials.
A report from PEN America on the lack of diversity in children’s literature underscores soft censorship and the imagination gap.