By Domenica Di Piazza, Editorial Director, TFCB July 4. Fireworks. Brats on the Grill. Corn on the Cob. Boston Pops. Federal Holiday. Day off Work. Swimming, Boating, Fun. Behind it all is the struggle for the nation’s independence 234 years ago, and TFCB has a number of books on the subject to provide good background […]Read more "Independence Day"

Carol H. tells me that this is the first anniversary of the Lerner Blog. It appears that the inimitable Fuse #8 has given us an excellent present in the form of a post about our BEA Librarian Preview. (It’s also just in time for our new website’s launch.) So let’s not mess about here; head […]Read more "[Screams] Happy Blogoversary to Us"

by Erin Finnegan, NY editorial intern This week I interviewed Anne Timmons, the illustrator of our version of Pigling, as told by Dan Jolley. It’s part of our Graphic Myths and Legends series. It turns out Anne is the prolific illustrator behind loads of fun-looking graphic novels! Hopefully we can get her to do another […]Read more "GU Comics Day: Talking with artist Ann Timmons"

By Domenica Di Piazza (Editorial Director, TFCB) and Martha Kranes (Senior Production Editor) My editorial colleague, Martha Kranes, and her family always have exciting projects going on at their home. For example, Martha’s eight-year-old son recently discovered nine caterpillars on a volunteer bronze fennel plant that had come up from last year’s seed in the […]Read more "Butterfly Magic"

By Carol HinzEditorial Director, Millbrook Press Earlier this month on the BookEnds, LLC blog, Jessica talked about style sheets. I’d like to talk a little more about style sheets as they relate to nonfiction. Here at Lerner, text editors put together style sheets for our copy editor/proofreader to refer to. Indexers also refer to the […]Read more "Got Style?"

By Carol HinzEditorial Director, Millbrook Press If you’re at ALA this weekend, be sure to stop by our booth—number 2311. We can’t promise to bring along our temperate Minnesota weather, but we can promise we’ll have some fabulous new books on hand as well as two great authors and one amazing illustrator. Saturday11:00Brian P. Cleary […]Read more "ALA, Here We Come!"

[Another post from Greg Hunter on another recent editing experience.] Here are 10 things I didn’t know about 2Pac before editing his USA Today Lifeline Biography, which will be available shortly. 1. Tupac Amaru Shakur was born on June 16, 1971. 2. Tupac Amaru, originally the name of an Incan leader, roughly translates to “shining […]Read more "Belated Tupac Shakur Birthday Post"

Author Steve Brezenoff recorded a short podcast with Authors on Tour at BEA, and it just went live. He does a great job of explaining the title of the novel—something that always seems to escape me when I have to do it. Enjoy: http://www.authorsontourlive.com/interviews/BEABrezenoffPodcast.mp3 Download this MP3 – (Right Click) Local indie bookselling institution Magers […]Read more "The voice of the author"

By Domenica Di Piazza, Editorial Director, TFCB Remember my post about visiting the High Line elevated walkway (left) in New York City at the end of May? Well, now that I’m back in Minneapolis, it—the High Line—is following me everywhere. For example, the Walker Art Center (right) here in Minneapolis invited Lisa Switkin, lead designer […]Read more "It’s Everywhere!"