Young Adult Books in iBooks Top 20 Bestseller List

7 Young Adult books made it into the Top 20 Bestseller List for Apple's iBookstore with Veronica Roth's Divergent series taking 3 of the top 5 spots (including the #1 spot). See who else made the list:

iBooks Bestsellers: Roth's Hot Streak Continues.

Job Moves in Children's Publishing

The children's publishing industry has seen a number of shifts in positions lately. Read about who moved where:

Children's Job Moves: December 2013

Let's also congratulate Talia B. on her not so recent move to Philomel Books as an Assistant Editor back in July.

What Does the Fox Say Sets Record, More Harry Potter Coming Our Way

What Does the Fox Say sets records for number of books sold in its first week and a Harry Potter prequel is coming to the stage.

Read more about it and some other books news here.

Read more specifically about the Harry Potter production here.

Siobhan Vivian's "The List" Coming to MTV?

YA novel "The List" by Siobhan Vivian has been optioned for television by MTV. Read more about the deal here:

MTV Lands 'The List' by Siobhan Vivian

Blue Apple Books Releases New Chapter Books for Early Readers

Blue Apple Books is releasing a new series of chapter books targeted at early readers. These books are meant to make the transition from picture books to text-heavy chapter books easier.

Learn more about their new books: Blue Apple Rolls Out Jump-into-Chapters Books

Blue Apple Books is also among the many children's publishers celebrating its 10th anniversary this year: Children's Publishers Celebrate Their 10-Year Anniversaries.

Adults Reading Kids Books?

Is there a massive trend right now of adults reading middle grease and young adult books? Some people think so:

See Grown Ups Read

Is Middle-Grade Fiction Really an Adult Reading Trend?

Are Libraries as Important as They Once Were?

Pew took a recent survey about the role libraries play in communities today. The results were somewhat mixed:

Are Libraries Essential? Mixed Message in Latest Pew Survey

Library Opens Publishing Imprint

As libraries continue to evolve, they find different ways to serve their patrons. Williamson County Public Library has opened a publishing imprint, academy Park Press. The imprint's first book is a children's book titled Bucky and Bonnie's Library Adventure.

Library launches publishing imprint with children’s book release

A Thanksgivukah Miracle

The week of Thanksgiving/Chanukah saw a sales boost for booksellers this year that is typically reserved for the Christmas season.

What's selling the best? Find out here: Children's Booksellers Give Thanks for Thanksgivukkah

Super Genius Imprint for Papercutz

To reach older and younger readers alike, Papercutz is launching a new imprint this month, Super Genius, which will print two versions of tis graphic novels: one for young readers to go in the children's section of a bookstore and one for older readers to go in the graphic novel section.
Read more about their new imprint: Papercutz Launches Super Genius Imprint

Print Wins Out Over Digital for YA Readers

Readers in their teens and 20s still prefer print books to e-books. Check out their reasons here:

Young adult readers 'prefer printed to ebooks'

Best YA Novel of All Time

Entertainment Weekly had a Best YA Novel/Series of All Time bracket game that allowed readers to vote on what they thought deserved the number one spot.

And the winner is...

See the full list of contenders:

Best YA of All Time Bracket Game

Children's Books Still Lacking Diverse Female Characters

Feminist writer Soraya Chemaly looks at trends relating to the number of female protagonists and characters in middle grade and what it says about our society.

What Does it Mean that Most Children's Books Are Still About White Boys?

A Children's Champion

James Patterson, author of Maximum Ride, Witch & Wizard, and many others, is named the first Champion of Young Readers by the Library of Congress. Read more about it and what James Patterson had to say about it here: Library of Congress Names James Patterson Champion of Literacy

New Europe Imprint

Good news for Young Adult fans: New Europe is adding a YA imprint. Read about it here: New Europe Adds YA Imprint

Publisher's Weekly Top Children's Fiction of 2013

Do your favorites make the list? What do you think the top books were? See Publisher's Weekly list here: PW Best Books 2013.

Amazon's Top Picks for 2013

Amazon releases its list of Best Books of 2013. Take a look at the children's book lists (broken down by age) here:

Children's Books -- Best Books of 2013

Classics for Tots

A new wave of board books, featuring stories from classical literature, is sweeping through bookstores. Find out more here:

A Library of Classics, Edited for the Teething Set

Simon & Schuster plans New Science Fiction, Fantasy Imprint

Simon & Schuster announces a new sci-fi/fantasy imprint for readers of all ages. Find out more here: Simon & Schuster to Launch Science Fiction, Fantasy Imprint

Final Divergent Book Has Big First-Day Sales

Huge sales for Allegiant, the final book in the Divergent trilogy. Check it out here:

'Allegiant' Sells 455K Copies on Day One

YA Trends

Read a little bit about what agents are looking for in the Young Adult industry: New Trends in YA: The Agents' Perspective

Big Donations

Whether it is out of the goodness of their hearts or to earn some great PR, here are a couple big donations given this year to make the reading community rejoice: James Patterson Donates $1 Million to Independent Book Stores Scholastic Donates $1 Million for Low Income Families

Macmillan Children's Publishing Group Launches Crowdsourced Romance Imprint

Macmillan Children's Publishing Group is trying something new: crowdsourced publishing for romance books. Learn more here: Macmillan launches Swoon Reads

7 Year Old Author Changing the World

Seven-year-old Dylan Siegel has raised over $400,000 for research into the rare liver disease that his son best friend has.

Read more about it: Boy Author Raises 400K for Sick Friend"

NBF Longlist

The National Book Foundation has released its longlist for this year's National Book Award for Young People's Literature. Take a look at the great list of books here:

NBF Reveals YPL Longlist

More From the World of Harry Potter

If you're like me, it was a bittersweet time for you when you finished reading Harry Potter and the Deathly Hollows. Seeing the final movie made it official: there was no more Harry Potter to look forward to and it was time to move on. But you weren't ready! Well, it seems you don't have to leave the wizarding world behind entirely because JK Rowling is creating a new movie franchise set within the world we have all grown to know and love. (Is it too much a book series will follow?)

J.K. Rowling and Warner Bros. announce new movie franchise set in wizarding world

Random House to Release Dr. Seuss in Digital

Random House will be releasing 41 Dr. Seuss titles as e-books. More here:

41 Dr. Seuss Titles Coming as eBooks

App Books vs. E-Books: An Infographic

A handy infographic on kids' books in book app form vs. e-book form. Take a look here:

Children's Picture eBooks Consumer Marker Primer

Fall 2013 for Kids and More

The Atlantic previews some fall books that are meant for kids, but which work just as well for adults, too. check them out here:

Not Just Child's Play: A Fall 2013 Picture Book Preview

First Third of 2013 Slow for Children's and YA

January through April of 2013 showed a decrease in sales as compared to the same time period in 2012, figures show. See more here:

Children's & YA Sales Down Nearly 27%

Ann Brasheres to Publish New Book

Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants author Ann Brasheres to publish a new book titled The Here and Now with Delacorte Press.

New Novel Coming from Ann Brashares

13 Year Old Writer Signed by Penguin

Jake Marcionette is thirteen years old and has just signed a two book deal with Penguin Young Readers Group.

Penguin Signs 13 Year Old Author

Scholastic Book Club Flyers Get a New Focus

Scholastic revamps its book club flyers to fall in line with the Common Core Standards. Check it out here:

Major Redesign for Scholastic Book Clubs

More Licensed Publishing for Infants and Toddlers

Publishers Weekly notes an upswing in licensed publishing for a market that's new in more ways than one.

Brands for Babies

Dennis Rodman Becoming an Author

Continuing the trend of celebrities publishing children's books, Dennis Rodman Pens Children's Book, 'Dennis The Wild Bull'.

Penguin Random House

This isn't strictly children's publishing news, but it's certainly the biggest news in publishing this week: Penguin and Random House have officially merged. Find out more here:

Random House, Penguin Merger Completed

E-Books Sales for Kids' Books Are Up at Kobo

Kobo reports on some new trends in kids' e-book sales:

Fantasy & Magic Category Dominates Kid's Books at Kobo

On the Return of Realistic YA Fiction

One more report from this past BEA, about a panel in which YA authors talked about the shift back from paranormal/dystopia to more realistic fiction.

The 'Real' World: A BEA 2013 Children's Panel

BEA Talk Digital Kids' Books

Another report from this year's BEA, about new digital projects in the world of children's publishing:

Focus on Children's: New Digital Players at BEA 2013

Reading Over the Summer Helps Kids Retain Learning

From a panel at this year's recently completed BEA, information on how reading over the summer helps kids avoid losing what they've learned in school over the past year.

Books Help Kids Beat the Summer Slide

Zoobean is a New Service for Kids' Books Subscriptions

There are already several companies vying for the lead as the "Netflix for kids' books." Another entry into this field is Zoobean. Check it out here:

Zoobean Grabs $500K From Kapor Capital & Others For Its Hankpicked Kids' Books Subscription Service & Online Shop

Sales Up 13% Last Year

Children's and YA sales rose in 2012, with e-books accounting for the largest leaps in market share. Check out the numbers here:

Children's/YA Sales Rose 13% in 2012

YA Books for Summer Reading

Bookish put together a list of their top 10 YA books to read this summer. Check it out here:

10 New Young Adult Books for Summer 2013

Children's Publisher Stops Selling to Amazon

Barefoot Books has decided to stop doing business with Amazon. Learn about why here:

Children's publisher turns back on Amazon

What to Look for at BEA 2013

Here's what the experts are expecting to be hot at this year's BEA:

BEA 2013: Children's Galleys to Grab

New Children's Imprints from Brooklyn Indies

Two new children's imprints, courtesy of indie publishing houses in Brooklyn, are debuting this year.

New Children's Imprints from powerHouse and Akashic

Panel Discusses Trends in the Industry

A recent panel of kids' books editors discussed trends in the market. Take a look here:

Changes and Trends in Children's and YA Publishing: An ABPA Panel

Big Names Team Up for a New Middle Grade Series

Director Chris Columbus and bestselling YA novelist Ned Vizzini are teaming up for a new Fantasy Series aimed at Middle Grade readers FOR HarperCollins’s Balzer + Bray imprint.

Blockbuster Director, Bestselling Author Team Up for Middle-Grade Series

New YA Imprint from Zondervan

Zondervan is launching a new YA imprint, Blink. Blink will not be focused on the Christian market, but its books will not be as dark as some YA books can get. Read more here:

Zondervan Launches New YA Imprint

The Low-Down on Bologna 2013

A report on the hits and trends at this year's Bologna Children's Book Fair:

Bolonga 2013: An Emphasis on Middle-Grade and Realistic Fiction

Publishing House News

Houghton Mifflin Harcourt is reorganizing its children's imprints, while Scholastic's revenue is lower than expected:

Reorg for HMH Kids

Scholastic Suffers from Hunger Pains

Book to Movie Adaptations

Love seeing your favorite books made into movies? You're in luck. The trend for popular book series being made into movies (in the hopes of finding another huge franchise like Harry Potter, The Hunger Games, and Twilight) continues.

Here are some of those soon-to-be movies: Over 60 Upcoming Young Adult Book-to-Movie Adaptations

A look at Books for Spring

Take a look at the books Publishers Weekly's poll of retailers revealed were the most anticipated books for this fall: Gearing Up for Spring: Picks from Children’s Booksellers

Adult Fantasy Writer's First Teen Fantasy Book

Successful author Brandon Sanderson will be publishing his first novel geared towards teens, titled The Rithmatist with Tor Teen. This story is particularly exciting for me because I am a big fan of Brandon Sanderson's writing. He has an engaging, smooth writing style and is particularly imaginative when it comes to creating new styles of magic.

Read more about it here: Galley Talk: 'The Rithmatist'

Update: Having read this book, I can certainly say I recommend it.

New Cover Art for Harry Potter

In honor of the fifteenth anniversary of the release of Harry Potter, Scholastic is re-releasing paperback versions of the books with new covers. Take a look at the first one here:

A New Look for Harry Potter

Do Kids Prefer Print Books or E-Books? It Depends, Says Scholastic.

Scholastic has released a new study on children's book-type preferences. They conclude that children prefer print books over e-books in some situations and vice versa in others.

Kids Prefer Print Books Before Bed

Delirium Coming to TV?

Fox is looking to adapt Lauren Oliver's Delirium for their 2013-2014 TV lineup. Read more here: Delirium Trilogy Heads to the Small Screen

Update: The show was sadly not picked up.

Two New Children's Imprints at Amazon

Amazon is launching two new children's imprints, Two Lions and Skyscape. Read more about them here:

Amazon Children's Publishing Names Two New Imprints

The Starred Reviews of 2012

Publishers Weekly has compiled a list of all of the starred reviews of 2012. Take a look here:

2012 Starred Reviews: The Complete Round-Up

Children's Publishing Goes Digital Conference Provides Insights

At the Publishers Launch Children's Publishing Goes Digital conference, attendees garnered some insight about what publishers and editors are looking at for the future:

The Kids Are All Right

New Multi-Platform Series Coming From Scholastic

Seeing the success of the 30 Clues and Infinity Ring series, Scholastic is launching yet another series where each book is written by a different, popular author. The story arc for the series, the Spirit Animals, was created by bestselling author (and personal favorite) Brandon Mull and is intended to be a Multi-Platform Series.

Learn more about the launch here: Scholastic to Roll Out New Multi-Platform Series

Scholastic's New Fantasy Genre Multi-Platform Series: Spirit Animals

Scholastic has released information about it's latest venture in multi-platform publishing. Following up on its groundbreaking 39 Clues series, it's now working on a seven-part fantasy series for middle-grade readers titled Spirit Animals. Read more about it here:

Scholastic to Roll Out  New Multi-Platform Series