Published on December 20th
–Picture books are in freefall” was one headline. –The market is dire and has taken a battering,” says Children's Publisher Fiona Kennedy at Orion. –The colour publishing market has changed, both here and abroad,” says Random House Children's MD Philippa Dickinson. "The market for 32-page hardback picture books is not what it was.”...
In the last Armadillo ("Turn On, Tune In, Get Connected", Issue 7.3) I began a new set of these 'webitorials', focused on how authors, illustrators and publishers can get more out of the the internet. In this issue I'll be continuing where I left off, explaining how you can put your shiny new website to work...
Notice: We apologise to subscribers for the late appearance of this issue of Armadillo; this was due to the death of John Barber, the editor's father-in-law and the web editor's grandfather, on 2nd December.
An interview with the author of Fly by Night, by her writing buddy Rhiannon Lassiter
