Comments on: Crossing Over for Kids: The Words May Be Easier, but Children’s Books Are Harder than They Seem http://www.publishingtrends.com/2008/08/crossing-over-for-kids/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=crossing-over-for-kids News and opinion on the changing world of book publishing Sat, 19 May 2012 13:12:49 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: o:O http://www.publishingtrends.com/2008/08/crossing-over-for-kids/#comment-3241 o:O Wed, 23 Mar 2011 11:52:53 +0000 http://www.publishingtrends.com/?p=254#comment-3241 Funny they said agents and publishers were holding out for the next Stephenie Meyer. Wasn't Meyer rejected across the board (with the exception of her current agent-the only one who said "let me see the first 3 chapters)? Agents and publishers don't know WHAT they want, and this article is just as confused as they are. Funny they said agents and publishers were holding out for the next Stephenie Meyer. Wasn’t Meyer rejected across the board (with the exception of her current agent-the only one who said “let me see the first 3 chapters)?

Agents and publishers don’t know WHAT they want, and this article is just as confused as they are.

]]> By: Now in Hardcover: The Series in 2010 — Publishing Trends http://www.publishingtrends.com/2008/08/crossing-over-for-kids/#comment-1323 Now in Hardcover: The Series in 2010 — Publishing Trends Tue, 11 May 2010 21:19:26 +0000 http://www.publishingtrends.com/?p=254#comment-1323 [...] “When characters start young and have a period of time to grow older, they can grow up with the reader,” says Weiss. “We’re trying to coin the phrase ‘new adults,’ and we’d like to see more of it. I think it’s an overlooked category.” Lurie notes that Hyperion Adult recently signed Blue Bloods author Melissa de la Cruz to write a witch series for them, “and we’re hoping to expand the universe of both series.” (For more on crossovers, see here.) [...] [...] “When characters start young and have a period of time to grow older, they can grow up with the reader,” says Weiss. “We’re trying to coin the phrase ‘new adults,’ and we’d like to see more of it. I think it’s an overlooked category.” Lurie notes that Hyperion Adult recently signed Blue Bloods author Melissa de la Cruz to write a witch series for them, “and we’re hoping to expand the universe of both series.” (For more on crossovers, see here.) [...]

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