The Lerner Blog

  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!"

You guys! I’ve been dying to tell you about my favorite new Lerner series. I had to keep it under wraps until recently, but I’m officially in the clear to tell you all about it. What is this new series that has me so excited? It’s Pop Culture Bios (cover pictured left)! This series profiles […]Read more "Lerner + Pop Culture = <3"

Minneapolis based comic book artist Tyler Page, illustrator of one of Graphic Universe’s most popular series—Chicagoland Detective Agency—has come up with a novel idea about how to distribute his original graphic novel series called Stylish Vittles: He’s just giving it away. More specifically, Page has announced he’ll offer a special 10thanniversary issue as a free […]Read more "Graphic Universe Artist Shares His Early Work"

Unfortunately, I don’t have any new info on Tom and Katie, but there are some juicy rumors from the land of eReaders! Hold on to your hats… Amazon has reportedly ordered two million Kindle Fire 2 tablets to launch on August 7th. Look for an announcement on July 31st. A strategic move on Amazon’s part, […]Read more "Digital Potpourri 7/10: Rumors!"