Congratulations to Margaret (@Bindi3010)! She is the winner of Ultimate Fighting: The Brains and Brawn of Mixed Martial Arts by Patrick Jones! Please send us an email to publicityinfo@lernerbooks.com with the subject line “Free Book Friday” and tell us your mailing addresses so we can get your book in the mail. This week we’re thrilled to give one lucky reader a copy […]Read more "Free Book Friday!"

No. 167 on the “What No One Tells You about Being an Editor” list is this: Our job is 60-70% brainstorming. In the case of Lerner Publications, at least, we start brainstorming about books years before they exist. We brainstorm possible content, titles, authors, trim size, strategies for responding to criticism from Rush Limbaugh, you […]Read more "The Secret Art of Brainstorming"

Yes, it is true. You want the goods? I get you the goods. It’s my job. I am the internet Heisenberg, cooking you up those good blue links. Here you go! This physics grad student made a mind-blowing Bohemian Rhapsody cover. This is amazing. Ever thought about curing cancer using a modified salmonella bacterium to […]Read more "More web gems? Is this bizarro blog?"

Enough about me. Everybody knows what text editors do. (Or do you? Tune in later this week to find out.) Let’s talk about what text editors can’t do. Specifically this: So these guys are fighting… …and these girls are fighting… …over the perfect beverage. No. But good guess.They’re actually fightingabout whose cover is best. See […]Read more "Intelligent Design (in Publishing)"

Congratulations to Jerry! He is the winner of The Case of the Vanishing Honeybees: A Scientific Mystery by award-winning author Sandra Markle! Please send us an email to publicityinfo@lernerbooks.com with the subject line “Free Book Friday” and tell us your mailing addresses so we can get your book in the mail. This week we’re jumping into the Octagon to learn all about the […]Read more "Free Book Friday!"

Have you heard about Fourth Down and Inches: Concussions and Football’s Make-or-Break Moment, written by Carla Killough McCafferty, who also wrote The Many Faces of George Washington? If not, you should check it out. It’s all about the brain injuries that can come from playing contact sports and it’s fascinating reading, whether you’re a sports fan […]Read more "Free CCSS Resources for Fourth Down and Inches"

Lerner employees were treated to a Twins day game last week. The Twins lost horribly, and I think it’s Amy Fitgerald’s fault because she’s bad luck. Or perhaps it was Martha’s fault, because she doesn’t know a thing about baseball and was unwittingly rooting for the A’s half of the game. Or maybe it’s because […]Read more "Lerner Invades Target Field; Twins Lose"

As someone who once wrote a blog post in which George Washington praises digital publishing, I freely admit to a love of history and a borderline-obsessive enthusiasm for linking past and present. That’s probably why I’m such a fan of the idea behind Lois Miner Huey’s new book, Ick! Yuck! Eew! Our Gross American History. […]Read more "Millbrook Monday: The Gross Factor"

Congratulations to Alyssa Susanna (@Alyssa_Susanna) and Jackie (@NoBentSpines)! They are the winners of Dot Hutchison’s debut YA novel, A Wounded Name! Please send us a DM on Twitter or an email to publicityinfo@lernerbooks.com with the subject line “Free Book Friday” and tell us your mailing addresses so we can get your books in the mail. This week we’re buzzing with […]Read more "Free Book Friday!"