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Maurice Sendak Dies at 83
Famously recognized as the author and illustrator of the award-winning children’s book Where the Wild Things Are, Maurice Sendak died early Tuesday morning at Danbury Hospital near his home in …
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Full Video Footage of the Children’s Choice Book Awards Gala!
The Children’s Choice Book Awards is the only national book awards program where the winning titles are selected by children and teens of all ages. This year, a record-breaking 900,000 …
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And The Winner Is . . .
The votes are in and the winners have been announced for the 2012 Children’s Choice Books Awards! The gala took place May 7, 2012 at Espace in Midtown Manhattan. Jarrett …
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Target Phasing Out Amazon’s Kindle
The move coincides with the discounter’s plan to create mini shops of Apple Inc. products in 25 of its stores this year. (via Huffington Post)
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Scooch Over, e-Reader, Make Room for Tablet
E-book consumers’ preference for tablets is accelerating rapidly as dedicated e-readers drop in popularity, according to the Book Industry Study Group (BISG)’s closely watched Consumer Attitudes Toward E-Book Reading survey. …
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Step Into (e-)Reading With ‘Elmo’s Big Birthday Bash!’
Sesame Street Workshop has released a new Elmo-themed eBook app, the first of its new “Step into Reading” app series developed by Random House Children’s Books with Smashing Ideas. Elmo’s Big …
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Has Children’s Digital Reading Arrived?
Says Scholastic Media President Deborah Forte, “By 2015, we anticipate that approximately 30% of our book revenue will be digital – across the board, including young adult.” full article via …
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Random House To Publish Nickelodeon Books
Random House revealed today that they will be the primary book publisher of Nickelodeon properties beginning in the spring of 2013. EIC of licensed publishing Chris Angelilli will oversee the …
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Linsanity at Scholastic!
Jeremy Lin: Rising Star is the newest sensation of the “linsanity” surrounding NBA star Jeremy Lin. The book, which will simultaneously be published in paperback and eBook editions on April …
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2012 Bologna Children’s Book Fair: The Landscape of Children’s eBooks
This week publishing professionals from around the world made the annual trip to the Bologna Children’s Book Fair. Through a series lectures, keynote speeches, and discussions, publishing executives gave their …
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Suzanne Collins: The Best-Selling Kindle Author of All Time
The success of the Hunger Games on the Kindle seemed evident long ago. As recently as June 2011, Suzanne Collins became the first children’s book author to sell more than …
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Press Release: Reading Rainbow Launches First-Ever App This Spring, Curated by Levar Burton
Los Angeles, CA, March 14, 2012 — RRKidz, the company responsible for relaunching the much beloved, Peabody Award-winning Reading Rainbow for a new generation, has partnered with leading publishers Little, …
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When Growth in Children’s E-Books Hits the Poverty Line
“Beyond nearly 50% of the population that will likely never get to engage with the latest Sesame Street or Berenstain Bears app, those at the CBC and RIF worry that …
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eBlume
The digitized books, which will be available on March 21, include Are You There God, It’s Me Margaret, Blubber, and Deenie. More titles will be released at a later date. …
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Meet the iPad 3
Apple recently made the announcement about their third generation iPad, the iPad 3. The new device features advancements—primarily hardware-based—including a quad-core A5X processor, a Retina screen, plus an enhanced camera …
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