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Nosy Crow Launches Its First Non-Fiction Book App for Children:
London, 8 August, 2012 – Independent publisher Nosy Crow is pleased to announce its first non-fiction book app for iPad, iPhone and iPod touch, Rounds: Franklin Frog, is now available on …
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Scholastic Launches Harry Potter Reading Club, an Online Resource for Teachers, Librarians, and Parents
The site’s “buy” feature includes an option to search for local brick-and-mortar retailers of the series by zip code. Educators can also register for a virtual author visit with J.K. …
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Random House and FremantleMedia Announce Partnership to Develop TV Shows Based on Books
PRESS RELEASE: FREMANTLEMEDIA & RANDOM HOUSE FORM EXCLUSIVE TELEVISION PARTNERSHIP – Newly Established Random House Television To Be Headed By Jeffrey Levine – July 25, 2012 – FremantleMedia, the producer …
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Niall Leonard, E.L. James’ Husband, Lands US Book Deal
Book one, Crusher, will be published on September 11th. In his native country, Leonard’s book will be published by the UK arm of Random House Children’s Publishing. Reportedly, Leonard penned …
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HarperCollins Children’s Books Inks Major Multi-Book Deal with Newbery-Winner Neil Gaiman
The multi-book deal for North American rights was negotiated at HarperCollins Children’s Books by Kate Morgan Jackson, Editor-in-Chief, and Rosemary Brosnan, Executive Editor, with Merrilee Heifetz at Writers House. “We …
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Babymouse for President!
Who will emerge victorious? Will it be Santiago, the cutest presidential seal you’ve ever seen? Or will Georgie the giraffe, a candidate who is “willing to stick his neck out”, …
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Judy Blume’s ‘Forever’ Out in eBook Format for the First Time
“Readers may discuss and share memories about Forever (or any Judy Blume book) using the Twitter hashtag #JudyBlumeForever. If you include the phrase “@Judy Blume’s Forever is finally available as an eBook” on …
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E-Booksellers Tracking How Readers Engage with E-Books
“It takes the average reader just seven hours to read the final book in Suzanne Collins’s ‘Hunger Games’ trilogy on the Kobo e-reader—about 57 pages an hour.” more>>
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Where’s Waldo? On Main Street.
Somerville, MA — This July, 250 independent booksellers are joining together in a coast-to-coast celebration of Shop Local and the iconic children’s book character, Waldo’s twenty-fifth birthday. From Mendocino to …
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Reading Rainbow Is Back and It’s An App!
Los Angeles, CA, June 20, 2012 — Reading Rainbow host and producer, LeVar Burton, today reimagines the iconic brand as a reading adventure App designed especially for the iPad. Designed …
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Bookshare and Mada Launch Accessible Arabic eBook Collection
Bookshare, the largest online accessible library of copyrighted content for people with print disabilities, in partnership with Mada (Qatar Assistive Technology Center), has released 100 new titles in Arabic, giving …
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Sylvan Dell Debuts New Spanish Titles
Focusing on developments in education Sylvan Dell debuted Spanish in their eBook read-aloud feature in 2007, with over 10,000 schools in the US and Canada having enjoyed eBook Site License …
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Author/Illustrator/Social Media Maven Debbie Ohi Gets the Scoop on Magic Town
The site is a virtual picture book platform and is open to submissions from children’s book authors and illustrators. More>>
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HarperCollins Launches “Epic Reads”, An Interacitve Online Platform for Their Teen Authors and Books
More at Publishers Weekly>>
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‘Hattie Ever After’, The sequel to ‘Hattie Big Sky’, Will Be Released in 2013
Via author Kirby Larson’s blog>> View the book’s listing on Random House’s site>>
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‘The Monster at the End of this Book’ App Awarded Inaugural Cynopsis:Kids !magination Award
SAN FRANCISCO – June 13, 2012 – Callaway Digital Arts, Inc. (www.callaway.com) and Sesame Workshop have been awarded the inaugural Cynopsis: Kids !magination Best App: Preschool award for the interactive, …
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Open Road Media and Seventeen Magazine Form E-Book Partnership
Kicks off With “True Teen Stories” – An Ebook Series of True-Life Stories From Real Teens (New York, NY June 5th) Open Road Integrated Media, a digital publisher and multimedia …
