Children's literature is not for the weak. It is a ruthless cutthroat business with lots of gnashes of the teeth. Children's librarianship, in contrast, is a sweet sweet ride. Now you can hear me as I growl, gargle, and kvetch my way through news, reviews, and interviews. Kidlit podcasting = scary new world.
Saturday, April 07, 2007
Go Get Her Angry. You'll Like Her When She's Angry.
Publishing pet peeves. Could any three alliterative words sound so sweet? If I didn't already love reading Alison Morris's ShelfTalker (the Publisher's Weekly blog), the piece My Publishing Pet Peeves would have convinced me to do so. She has a very bookseller-minded take on these flubs of the industry, but that doesn't mean I don't agree with each and every one of these. Even number three sounds good. I just took a gander at my own pile o' ARCS and I can see that Walker Books for Young Readers is the only publisher to put the book's release date on its spine. Clever clever.
Here, here! I liked the bit about the half covers and die cut covers. Stop the madness!!!
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