Here at Lerner, we talk a lot about the importance of cover designs in attracting both fiction and nonfiction readers. One of my favorite recent TFCB covers, for example, is Mass Extinction (Discovery! series, cover below). The cover hits all the key elements of a stylish design: elegance, simplicity, and what fashion designer Yves Saint-Laurent […]Read more "Attracted by Design"

I admired Jane Brocket’s photographs long before we began working together on her lovely (and clever!) series of children’s books. She has quite a collection of photos to draw from as she creates her books. However, there are times when just the right photo doesn’t yet exist. I’ve blogged before about the cover design process […]Read more "The Photo That Didn’t Go As Planned"

Although Lerner Publications is a photo-driven imprint, we have several illustrators who create spot art for certain series. One of those illustrators is UK-based artist Colin W. Thompson, who did the expressive and whimsical line art for Is That a Fact? Here’s just a small sampling of what Colin did for the series: These books […]Read more "Artful Illustrations"

I must apologize. All of my social networking energy has gone into troubling deaf heaven, asking why Minnesota has more than its fair share of elected nutjobs and why same nutjobs are mucking about in my world. (As you can see from my Facebook, my pleading began very early this morning.) Plus, yesterday I blogged […]Read more "Bootless cries"

Great news for the kids who will be attending the Toronto Comic Arts Festival this weekend. Colleen AF Venable, the fantastic author of the highly entertaining series Guinea PIG, Pet Shop Private Eye will be making an appearance and participating in an array of kid events there. Colleen will speak on a book design panel […]Read more "TCAF and a YALSA Nomination"

The world’s attention is focused on the news of the killing of Osama bin Laden. Below are links that offer more information about some of the things people are talking about and the questions they are asking:   The assault on the not-so-secret compound. How did it transpire? What forces carried out the attack? Meet […]Read more "Dead"

I wasn’t planning to blog about Osama bin Laden this morning until I woke up and heard the news that he had been killed and buried at sea. On September 11, 2001, I was living in New York City and working for a small publisher located about a mile north of the World Trade Center. […]Read more "Historic"

So, there’s a wedding tomorrow in England, and it seems there’s nothing better than a blue-blooded bride to get genealogists going. In fact, the New England Historic Genealogical Society already has a book on the subject, and, as you may have heard, dear Kate is related to a certain farmer from Virginia who also did […]Read more "Of royal nuptials and distant cousins"

Have you checked out Lerner Digital books yet? We want you to love our new eBooks as much as we do, so for one month we’re giving away free eBooks of Twisted Journeys® #18 Horror in Space! To get the #18 Horror in Space eBook free for one month simply visit ebooks.lernerbooks.com/redeemaccesscode and enter U6CW77DEB2A9 […]Read more "Free Twisted Journeys® eBook!"