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Has The Hunger Games movie hit your city’s second-run theaters yet? It’s currently playing at my favorite gem of an old-fashioned, neighborhood movie theater in Minneapolis, and the $3 ticket price lured me into a second viewing over last weekend. After the movie, my companions and I reflected on the movie vs. the book (I […]Read more "We All Love a Good Flow Chart"

As mentioned on the blog last week, the past few years has seen an exciting development of “crowd funding” websites designed to help serious artists raise money for their creative projects. Sites like Kickstarter (www.kickstarter.com) and Indiegogo (www.indiegogo.com) have spawned a wave of activity that allows designers, filmmakers, and yes, comic book artists the opportunity […]Read more "Graphic Universe Artists Ride “Crowd Funding” Wave"

We’re gonna jump straight to the goods this week. Five or six new Kindle Fires, or only one or two? [TeleRead] Can Technology Fix Education? [PC Magazine]  Adult fiction ebooks outsold hardcovers in 2011: survey [Reuters] How Kickstarter could disrupt public radio [gigaom] Universities reshaping education on the web [The Sydney Morning Herald] A man […]Read more "Digital Potpourri 7/24: Your Post It Princess is in Another Castle…"

  Many poor people in Haiti eat dirt. Yep, dirt. Women mix it with shortening and salt, then shape it into round cakes and dry the cakes in the sun (above left). Kathlyn Gay, author of TFCB’s new Fall 2012 title Food: The New Gold (cover above right), talks about this practice along with a […]Read more "Geophagy: Eating What?"

Congratulations to Morgan Worthington! Morgan is the winner of our new Animal Groups Are CATegorical™ series! Morgan, please email your shipping address to publicityinfo@lernerbooks.com and we will get your books in the mail ASAP! Even if you weren’t a winner last week, make sure to check out the brand new Animal Groups Are CATegorical™ section of the Brian P. […]Read more "Free Book Friday!"

  Today, I’ve asked Sarah Olmanson, production editor extraordinaire, to guest blog. What do the following Lerner titles have in common?             I’ll give you another hint: Friday, July 27, through Sunday, August 12, 2012. The Olympics is right! I’m really excited for the summer Olympics in London to start next Friday. And since […]Read more "Let the Games begin!"

Here’s a TeleRead headline that caught my eye: “Kickstarter becomes fourth biggest publisher of graphic novels“. In March, I briefly explained that Kickstarter is a crowdsourcing website that start-ups use to get funding for products before they’re made. Those products can be anything, but most seem to fall under the geek/tech umbrella that includes video […]Read more "Digital Potpourri 7/17"

Congratulations to D. Keller! You are the winner of our new First Step Nonfiction – Tools at Work series! Please send your mailing address to publicityinfo@lernerbooks.com and we will get your books in the mail for you ASAP! Are you a Brian P. Cleary fan? This week we are extremely excited to announce the launch […]Read more "Free Book Friday!"