Thursday, December 20, 2012

A Shift in Author Roles for Digital Children's Books

Penguin UK's Eric Huang talks about new children's book authors in the ever-growing market of e-books and enhanced e-books for young readers.

The New Breed of Children's Book Authors

Thursday, December 13, 2012

Scholastic's Top Trends for 2013

Scholastic has released its list of top trends that it thinks will dominate children's books in 2013. Take a look here:

Children's Books Trends for 2013

Thursday, December 6, 2012

New Structure for NY Times Children's Bestsellers List

A big change is coming to the New York Times Children's Bestsellers list: chapter books will move into their own separate lists, with a new list each for middle grade and YA. Read more here:

NYT Creates Separate Middle Grade & YA Bestsellers Lists

Wednesday, December 5, 2012

A Lack of Hispanic Characters in Children's Books

The New York Times takes note of a gap in children's books -- Hispanic characters -- and discusses the impact it has on one of the fastest-growing minorities in the country.

Young Latino Students Don't See Themselves in Books

Tuesday, December 4, 2012

Big Increases in Children's/YA E-Book Sales

With growth in sales of all segments of the children's/YA market, e-books take a massive lead. E-book sales have grown almost 200% over last year. For a full report, see here:

Children's & YA eBook Revenues Rose 196% in August

Monday, December 3, 2012