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Yoga on the High Line

By Domenica Di Piazza, Editorial Director, TFCB The trip to New York for the pre-BEA Fall 2010 preview event went really well. I’ll have more to say about Fall 2010 TFCB series in the weeks ahead. For now, I’m out of the office for the Memorial Day holiday. Above is a photo of me doing […]Read more "Yoga on the High Line"
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Why Is Fuse#8 screaming?

Well, I’ll let Carol Hinz give you the full story later, but suffice it to say that Betsy’s impressive shriek has something to do with Lerner’s first-ever NYC BEA preview event last Monday. Full video to come. (My last post was besmirched by typos I will shamelessly blame on BEA prep. Today’s will be a […]Read more "Why Is Fuse#8 screaming?"
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Time for Cake

By Domenica Di Piazza, Editorial Director, TFCB I made this pink elephant cake for my neighbor girl’s golden birthday earlier this month. It was such a big hit that I’m thinking of making it again over the Memorial Day weekend. Can you believe it’s coming up already? It’s honestly a very easy cake to make. […]Read more "Time for Cake"
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Are You Ready for Some Soccer?

By Carol HinzEditorial Director, Millbrook Press Did you know that the 2010 FIFA World Cup begins in less than a month? Did you know that this year it’s being held in South Africa? If you aren’t quite ready for the World Cup, don’t worry. You still have a little time before it begins on June […]Read more "Are You Ready for Some Soccer?"
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Math in Context

by Anna CavalloAssociate Editor Show of hands: how many of you know or remember how to integrate a function? For me, calculus fell in the “use it or lose it” category, and thus I lost it sometime after my first year of college. But Steven Strogatz’s recent series of math columns in the New York […]Read more "Math in Context"
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The merciful beauty of books

I’m not going to sugarcoat it. It’s the week before BEA, and I’m bat-guano crazy right now. But the book gods take pity on poor bookmakers and send us shiny new books when we need them most. Yesterday, |-1| came in and my copy got swept away before I could shoot it. I was able […]Read more "The merciful beauty of books"
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Off to New York

By Domenica Di Piazza, Editorial Director, TFCB I’m off to New York this weekend for a pre-BookExpo America (BEA) Fall 2010 preview event next week. I’m presenting new TFCB titles to a select group of reviewers, bloggers, and librarians. My colleagues will be doing the same for their imprints. More on the event and the […]Read more "Off to New York"
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Writing and Rewriting

By Carol HinzEditorial Director, Millbrook Press The poor-quality cell phone photo above is a draft of a presentation I’ll be giving next week. After writing the draft and then crossing out and changing a good part of it, I typed it up on my computer, making yet more changes. I’ve been working in publishing for […]Read more "Writing and Rewriting"