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