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On any given spring weekend in New York the city comes alive with street fairs and conventions. Last weekend (April 28-29), Graphic Universe was right smack in the middle of one such festival. The annual Museum of Comic and Cartoon Art (MoCCA) fest, taking place at the historic 69th Regiment Armory on Lexington Avenue, was […]Read more "Graphic Universe Draws Interest at MoCCA 2012"

 Barnes & Noble and Microsoft are tag-teaming eBooks! An excerpt from the press release follows. Barnes & Noble Inc. (NYSE: BKS) and Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) today announced the formation of a strategic partnership in a new Barnes & Noble subsidiary, which will build upon the history of strong innovation in digital reading technologies from both […]Read more "Barnes & Noble and Microsoft: eBook Partners"

In reading PW Daily recently, I ran across the most amusing, yet fascinating, video about David Rees, a fellow who appears to make a living hand sharpening pencils. In our super techno age, his skills still matter, and he is quite articulate about his craft. Watch this video for more information, or check out his […]Read more "Artisanal Pencil Sharpening—No Joke!"

Congratulations to Jennifer! She is the winner of our new Summer Camp Science Mysteries series! Jennifer, please send your mailing address to publicityinfo@lernerbooks.com and we will get your new books in the mail…just in time for summer camp season! This week, one Lerner fan will win our new Martial Arts Sports Zone series! This action-packed, fun, […]Read more "Free Book Friday!"

So here’s something I really don’t get: Why do we so often hear literary/editorial types decrying the shorthand that’s sometimes known as Internet slang? This includes terms like LOL, BFFL, FTW, IRL … you get the idea. I’d also include emoticons in this category (think symbols such as 🙂 and O_o). As someone who’s passionate […]Read more "Today’s Random Thought"

<img src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-tDxQsX3sxKI/T5hU6dgl7CI/AAAAAAAABCw/lIPTkvRlqvw/video2fa28a9f296b%25255B20%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" style="border-style: none" galleryimg="no" onload="var downlevelDiv = document.getElementById('68435cba-ccdd-4cdc-8cbe-7aa8b97babff'); downlevelDiv.innerHTML = " http://www.youtube.com/v/3tqK5zQlCDQ?hl=en&hd=1“;” alt=””> Old Possum himself. I’ve peeked (and in a couple cases, done much more than peeked) at several of the pieces I’ve gotten in response to my April call for manuscripts. I can say they are much, much more than a heap […]Read more "April isn’t always cruel"

Do you know about Save the Frogs Day? It’s coming up on Saturday, April 28. This day is the world’s largest day of amphibian education and conservation action. I knew nothing about it until author Sandra Markle called it to my attention. How did Sandra find out about it? Well, she wrote a book about […]Read more "Save the Frogs Day"

Last week Kar-Ben Publishing launched it’s new online eBookstore. This week I want to take a moment to highlight some of the features of the accompanying Kar-Ben eRearder App for iPad. First off, the App is completely free. All you need to do is visit the Apple App Store and search for it by name, […]Read more "Kar-Ben Publishing debuts iPad eReader App"