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Launch Kids 2015 Recap: Data, Communities, Storytelling

By Samantha Howard

January 14, 2015

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Launch Kids celebrated its 4th year on the first day of Digital Book World on January 13th, 2015 at the Midtown Hilton. The morning sessions were data-rich and the rest of the afternoon showed attendees how digital for kids grows through community and storytelling. Data One of the most shocking pieces of data came from…Continue Reading

Posted in Events • Tagged Alloy Entertainment, Ashleigh Gardner, Barbara Marcus, David Kleeman, Digital Book World, Eric Huang, Jonathan Nowell, Kim Lauber, Lanie Taylor, Launch Kids, Lauren Oliver, Lexa Hillyer, Made in Me, MeeGenius, Mike Shatzkin, Morgan Baden, Neal Shenoy, Paper Lantern Lit, playcollective, porter anderson, Random House Children's, Scholastic, Sesame Street, smartphones, SmartyPAL, Speakaboos, Susan Katz, tablets, Thomas the Tank Engine, Tumblr, Wattpad, We Were Liars, YA

All About the Kids: Launch Kids 2014

By Kimberly Lew

January 15, 2014

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It was a lively gathering at the Sheraton Hotel and Towers in NYC on January 13th, as professionals from the children’s book industry gathered for the Launch Kids conference as a part of Digital Book World. Early on in the program, Nielsen Book’s Jonathan Nowell and Jo Henry presented data stating that the main means…Continue Reading

Posted in Events, Featured Articles • Tagged Abram, Alan Gershenfeld, Anna Jarzab, Ashleigh Gardner, Biblionasium, COPPA, Deborah Forte, Digital Book World, Dominique Raccah, E-Line Media, Eric Huang, Goodreads, HarperCollins, Jess Brallier, JJ Ahearn, Jo Henry, Jonathan Nowell, KidzVuz, Launch Kids, Licensing Street, Made in Me, Margaret Milnes, Marjan Ghara, Nielsen Book, Poptropica, Put Me In the Story, Random House, Readerlink, Rebecca Levey, Running Press, Sarah Mlynowski, Scholastic Book Fair, Sourcebooks, Susan Katz, Tara Catogge, Veronica Wasserman, Wattpad, World of Warcraft

The Kids Are All Right: Insight from the 2013 Publishers Launch Children’s Publishing Goes Digital conference

By Kimberly Lew

January 16, 2013

At DBW’s Publishers Launch: Children’s Publishing Goes Digital, there was no shortage of words like discoverability or access, both necessities in helping new digital kids’ products find their audiences. But as a Bowker study presented by Bookigee founder Kristen McLean and Bowker executive Carl Kulo showed, ebook adoption among kids remains modest with ebooks being the…Continue Reading

Posted in Digital, Events, Featured Articles • Tagged Bookigee, Bowker, Brain Hive, Candlewick, Carl Kulo, children's publishing, DBW, Dork Diaries, Eric Huang, Gretchen Caserotti, Idea Logical, Karen Lotz, Kate Wilson, Kristen McLean, Learning Resource Metadata Initiative, Magic Town, Mara Anastas, Mike Shatzkin, myON, Neal Goff, Nosy Crow, Penguin Children’s UK, Poptropica, Publishers Launch: Children’s Publishing Goes Digital, Random Buzzers, RRKidz, Scholastic, Simon & Schuster, Storia

DIY IP: How Publishers Develop, Exploit and Deploy Their Own Intellectual Property

By Kimberly Lew

December 11, 2012

While authors have always been – and will continue to be — the driving force behind popular children’s characters, more publishers than ever are now also looking in-house for the ideas that will eventually become the next Fancy Nancy or Hunger Games. Original, publisher-generated intellectual property (IP) is nothing new—Alloy has long perfected this model with…Continue Reading

Posted in Digital, Events, Featured Articles • Tagged Alloy, Ben Schrank, Callaway, Corinne Helman, Devereux Chatillon, Edmund and Cecile, Eric Huang, Falling Kingdom, Fancy Nancy, Game of Thrones, Gossip Girl, HarperCollins, Hunger Games, Jess Brallier, Jonathan Yaged, Macmillan Children’s Publishing Group, McGraw-Hill, Morgan Rhodes, Penguin UK, Play and Learn with Wallace, Poptropica, Pretty Little Liars, Publishers Launch: Children’s Publishing Goes Digital, Razorbill, Zola

People Roundup, August 2012

August 1, 2012

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PEOPLE Director at Janklow & Nesbit Tina Bennett has joined William Morris Endeavor‘s literary division as a partner in the New York office. She was at J&N for seventeen years and joins Eric Simonoff, who left Janklow for WME in 2009. Perseus Books Group’s VP Corporate Strategy & Business Development Clare Peeters, has left the company to join…Continue Reading

Posted in Book View • Tagged Albert Whitman, Amanda Pritzker, Amazon, Amber Lotus Publishing, Argo Navis, Axel Johnson, Beijing International Book Fair 2012, Bloomsbury, Book Industry Study Group (BISG), book view, Bookseller, Brian Phair, Brick House, Bumbershoot, Cathy Goldsmith, Children's Book Writers and Illustrators Conference, Christina Malach, Chronicle Books, Clare Peeters, Claudia Gabel, Courtney Snyder, Crown, Dan Eldridge, Derek Stordahl, Disney/Hyperion, Don Weisberg, Eric Huang, Eric Simonoff, F&W, FremantleMedia, Futurebook, Graham Barry, Grand Central, Greg Anastas, HarperCollins, It Books, Janklow & Nesbit, Jason Zamajtuk, Jeff Tahler, Jeffrey Levine, Jenni Ferrari-Adler, Karen Wojtyla, Karin Schulze, Katherine Tegen Books, Kathy Smith, Keating Literary, Ken Wright, Kristin Ostby, Liber International, Little Brown Book, Lucas Hilbert, Margaret K. McEldrerry Book, Mark Chait, Mark Schoenwald, Mary Ann Naples, McGraw-Hill Professional, Meg Leder, Mercury Ellis, Moscow International Book Fair, NAIBA, NAL/Dutton, NEIBA, Neill Denny, Nellie Kurtzman, New York International Gift Fair, Nick Small, NYU-SCPS Advanced Publishing Institute (API) Studies in Digital Book Strategy, OpenSky, Paul Biba, People Roundup, Perigee, Perseus Books Group, Peter Gethers, Philip Jones, Portfolio/Sentinel, Potter Craft, Rachel Berkowitz, Random House Television, Random/Golden, Regina Hayes, Robin Corey, Robin Corey Books at Random House, S&S, Sabrina McCarthy, Sally Wofford Girand, Scott MacDonald, Seale Ballenger, SIBA Fall Trade Show, Sterling, Teleread, Theory and Practices of Digital Libraries (TPDL) Conference, Thomas Nelson, Tina Bennett, Tony Optican, Union Literary, Viking Children, Watson-Guptill, William Morris Endeavor, William Morrow, Writers House, Zola Books, Zondervan

London Book Fair 2012: Digital Minds the Gap

By Lorraine Shanley

April 16, 2012

The Digital Minds Conference on April 15 had an impressive number of attendees, given that it took place on the Sunday before the London Book Fair. Conference Chair, Evan Schnittman, still listed as Bloomsbury in the program (he officially starts at Hachette Books Group on April 30) emceed the event. Pottermore‘s Charlie Redmayne gave one…Continue Reading

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