The Lerner Blog

I invited our summer editorial intern, Ben Isenstein, to write a blog entry for this week’s TFCB posting. Ben is a sophomore at Washington University in Saint Louis, Missouri. He is majoring in comparative literature and is minoring in marketing. Dear those of you who are tech savvy enough to read this, As the world […]Read more "A Protest for Paper"

I’m done defending YA. I’m done with the WSJ piece and everything that comes after it (and be assured, there will be much more). Forces of evil, I hold up my lightsaber. Swing away. And, of course, this is not because I think YA is indefensible. Far from it. I’m done defending because I don’t […]Read more "You Can’t Win, Darth"

According to School Library Journal, if you love Scholastic’s Goosebumps graphic novel series, you’ll love I Love Him To Pieces Alana Joli Abbott reviewed the book for their July issue. From her review: “This is a strong beginning to a series of short teen romances that will later feature a vampire, faerie, and “monster” boyfriend. […]Read more "R.L. Stine’s Book Covers"

I was so excited to learn that a former Lerner editorial colleague, Joan Freese (left), won an Emmy this June for producing the web component of the  PBS science program SciGirls. The program won the category of “New Approaches” for its creative and unique way of merging television and the web. SciGirls is a production […]Read more "An Emmy for Dr. Freeze!"

A lot of people assume that editing short books takes less time than editing long books. They think YA edits must be easier than adult edits, and that K–2 edits are less taxing than YAs. I can certainly see why someone might think this. After all, fewer words per page = fewer words to edit, […]Read more "Deceptively Simple"

My walk from the Herald Square subway stop to The Empire State Building (the headquarters of Graphic Universe) takes me through one of the most tourist-saturated areas in New York City. The block is lined with high-end clothing stores. Imagine my surprise to see a mannequin dressed in this shirt, on display in such a […]Read more "Punk Rock on 34th Street"

In Sunday’s (June 26, 2011) Opinion Page of the New York Times, Frank Bruni celebrates New York’s legalization of same-sex marriage by recounting the story of his own father’s evolution in coming to terms with his son’s sexual orientation. Bruni was the Times’s main restaurant critic until 2009 and last month was named the paper’s […]Read more "Connecting AIDS & Same-Sex Marriage"

Here are Senior Graphic Designer Danielle Carnito’s thoughts about transforming Journey into the Deep from a book to an app. The goal of design is to communicate clearly in a visual way no matter the format. So, when an opportunity arises to rethink how content is best organized for a new media format, this is […]Read more "From Book to App: The Good, the Bad, the Ugly"