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I read about Authorgraph.com letting authors digitally sign copies of their books on Mediabistro today, and have decided to try it out. You can see a sample of how the above doodle/signature was drawn (this is what a reader would receive as well). Here is the Author FAQ from the Authorgraph.com site. The service is . . .
I always love hearing about interesting and unique ways (without being spammy) that children’s book authors and illustrators have for promoting their work, so was intrigued by Sophie Blackall’s promo effort: From Publishers Weekly The package above was mailed out to about 100 chlidren’s book professionals, handmade by award-winning illustrator Sophie . . .
*** PLEASE NOTE THAT SUBMISSION WINDOW HAS NOW CLOSED. Response time (only those who included an SASE will receive a reply) is expected to be approximately 6 months. *** Celia Lee is an assistant editor at Cartwheel Books, Scholastic’s 0-5 imprint. When she’s not reading, she’s talking about reading. And when . . .
Thanks to the Kindergarten and 1st Grade students at Avoca West Elementary in Illinois for choosing I’M BORED as their 2013 ITC March Madness Champion. 🙂 For more info about Avoca as well as winners in other categories, see this blog post. Thanks to Susan Geidner for alerting me to this news via Twitter. Also: . . .
I was intrigued by this New York Times article, which talks about how Kindoma’s new Storytime app lets grandparents and others read bedtime books remotely to children. Another possible application: authors doing remote readings for small groups of students? Or larger groups, if the iPad is hooked up to a larger . . .
I am thrilled to announce that I will be illustrating two picture books written by Lauren McLaughlin debuting the pint-sized detective, MITZI TULANE, for Random House Children’s Books. Editor: Maria Modugno. Art Director: TBA. Lauren McLaughlin worked in the film business as both a screenwriter (Hypercube, Prisoner Of Love, Specimen) and producer (American . . .
More info: Courtney Pippin-Mathur website Courtney Pippin-Mathur on Twitter: @pippinmathur Kirkus Reviews on MAYA WAS GRUMPY Also see Debbie’s Reading Journal as well as Debbie’s Bookstagram.
Last week, I asked you how you felt about Amazon’s acquisition of Goodreads. 143 responded: 64% describe yourselves as writer and/or illustrators, 31% are teachers or librarians, 11% are editors, 6% publishers, 2% booksellers. As you can tell from the numbers, some of you wear more than one hat. The . . .