Published 20th June
I'm thinking of patenting this as a new saying along the lines of –Que sara, sara” or the rather more Zen –shit happens.” Not so much to express negativity as resignation. Something along the lines of –whatever initiative is mooted as a possibility in the children's book world, with the likely side effect of shafting authors and illustrators, this possibility will become fact and there isn't anything we can do about it.” Let's say WIWO for short...
Moves, mergers, and all the rest of the industry news.
"I love teen fiction. I loved it when I was a child, as well as when I was a teen, and I still love reading it as an adult. I love the rawness, the grittiness, the pace."
–You can't judge a book by its cover,” runs the adage. But every day in bookshops you see people doing precisely that. In fact, even before a book reaches the shelves, it must get past the buyers who, with hundreds upon hundreds of books to choose from and severely limited time, may pay closer attention to the cover than anything else. Cover design is increasingly focused on –pickupability”. Books which are being heavily marketed will be sent out with their own display case in which books are displayed with the cover side facing out, just as booksellers shelve certain popular titles. Titles which make it into the booksellers own promotions are arranged on tables and racks, again all with the cover front and forward.
Armadillo is edited by Mary Hoffman, written by a host of generous reviewers and web-edited by Rhiannon Lassiter. The original Armadillo image was created and donated by Jane Ray.