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Can you believe it’s August already? We still have a full six weeks, at least, of warm weather. But when August arrives … well, you know it’s the denouement. Not the exposition, not the climax. There’s no getting around the fact that summer’s show is closing, and autumn’s is waiting in the wings. Here in […]Read more "All’s Fair"

First: On Aug 21, 2009, at 12:16 PM, Karre, Andrew wrote: > Hi Blythe, > > I’m finally getting to this and it’s caught my eye. Just want to make > sure it’s still available before I forge ahead. > > Thanks, > AK A bit less than a year later: Sent: Tuesday, August 03, […]Read more "Publishing is slow, except when it’s fast."

by Erin Finnegan, editorial assistant Just before the Fourth of July, our brand-spanking-new library bound editions of Nola’s Worlds arrived. We are extremely excited to bring this French fantasy comic, formerly titled Alta Donna, to English readers. I am a huge fan of the artwork, which combines a cute Japanese-influenced aesthetic with the traditions of […]Read more "GU Comics Day: Exploring Worlds with MiniKim"

One of the pleasures of my work is that I meet wonderful people from all over the world. They expand my horizons and make me want to jump on an airplane almost every day to visit the worlds they live in and write about. Summer vacation time is especially ripe for travel fantasy because I […]Read more "Summer Vacations"

By Carol HinzEditorial Director, Millbrook Press Every publisher probably has a slightly different process for turning a layout into a book, but I thought authors—especially those we work with—as well as those interested in the book-making process might like to find out a little more about what we do to get a book ready for […]Read more "Stages of Production Part I: Art Lasers"

By Sara HoffmannSenior Editor I feel fortunate every day to work in children’s publishing. One of the many things I enjoy about my job is doing pre-publication reviews of the books in our Colors Everywhere series (part of Lerner’s Lightning Bolt Books brand). Why do I so enjoy reviewing this series? It’s because I love […]Read more "Color Me Happy"

Rumor has it that I’m helping to organize Kidlitosphere Conference this year. Whatever else you may have heard about me, this rumor is entirely true. My coconspirators are Brian Farrey of Flux and Ben Barnhart of Milkweed, and we’re looking forward to hosting the best and the brightest in kidlit blogging at Open Book in […]Read more "The Kidlitosphere"

It may only be July, but we have all hands on deck for our HUGE Fall season here at Lerner. With more than 200 new titles, this is the biggest list we’ve ever published! So, in order to get all of our books the attention they fully deserve we are trying something new… NetGalley! That’s […]Read more "Free eGalleys!"

Brian P. Cleary shares the story behind his newest book series! Considering that “reservations” is my favorite thing to make for dinner, I had quite a challenge on my hands when I was asked to author a brand-new series teaching the basics of the food pyramid, called Food Is CATegorical™, featuring the signature funny felines […]Read more "Brian P. Cleary: Chocolate Is Not a Food Group"