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Publisher’s Weekly reports… BEA 2010: Bare Truths About Hot YA Titles for Fall By Judith Rosen Jun 04, 2010 Six editors touted their favorite fall teen reads at the YA Editors Buzz panel during BEA with what can best be described as naked passion – the tone set by a story from Jennifer Weis from St. Martin’s about how she came to acquire Infinite Days by debut author Rebecca Maizel.  Weis read the book, about a 500-year-old vampire who chooses to become human again, the day the manuscript arrived from agent Matt Hudson of the William Morris Agency. “There was a lyricism to this author’sRead More →

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Guess who’s coming to Phoenix? Richard Harland will be visiting Phoenix on May 28th, 2010. Visiting all the way from Australia, his presentation would be enjoyed by all middle school students. To host Richard at your school, please call Jade Corn at 602-740-5637. There is no charge for Richard’s presentation. About the Book: Worldshaker Col Porpentine knows his place in the world; at the top. He is a child of privilege, born into the Upper Class. When he is named as successor to his grandfather, the Supreme Commander if the juggernaut Worldshaker, his bright future has never been more assured. But when a Filthy girlRead More →

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USA Today Reports: By Carol Memmott, USA TODAY Brace yourself, Twilight fans. A new book from Stephenie Meyer is on the horizon. The Short Second Life of Bree Tanner: An Eclipse Novella will be released at 12:01 a.m. June 5. The 192-page story, an offshoot of the third novel in Meyer’s best-selling teen vampire Twilight saga, has a first printing of 1.5 million. It’s the first new Twilight title since Breaking Dawn, Book 4, was published two years ago. The new novella is told in the voice of the teenage Bree, a “newborn vampire” whom we meet on page 569 in Eclipse. Ten pages later,Read More →

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Entertainment Weekly’s Shelf Life has revealed the cover of the first book in Mortal Instruments’ author Cassandra Clare’s new trilogy, Clockwork Angel.  Clockwork Angel follows 16 year old Tessa Gray who travels to Victorian England to find her brother; but this is a London filled with vampires, warlocks and other paranormal creatures. The novel will be published on August 31, 2010.  EW’s Daniella Grossman interviews Clare’seditor, Simon & Schuster’s Karen Wojtyla, about the cover, the characters, and the saucy period drama that Clare has in store.  Read the Shelf Life article and interview here.Read More →

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An attempt to address some of the industry complaints about the Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act This Article Originally Appeared in Publisher’s Weekly: By Karen Raugust — Publishers Weekly, 3/18/2010 3:23:00 PM Steps are being taken in Congress that could resolve many of publishers’, resellers’, and libraries’ concerns regarding the Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act. On March 12, Representative Henry Waxman (D-California) released a draft amendment to the Act that addresses some of the complaints from a variety of industry groups. Of interest to publishers, booksellers and libraries, the proposed amendment would give the Consumer Product Safety Commission more leeway in excluding products that poseRead More →

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Young adult lit comes of age Authors may gear their novels toward the junior and senior high crowd, but adults are snapping up the books, often about misfit teens or fantasy worlds. By Susan Carpenter, Los Angeles Times, March 8, 2010 It used to be that the only adults who read young adult literature were those who had a vested interest — teachers or librarians or parents who either needed or wanted to keep an eye on developing readers’ tastes.  But increasingly, adults are reading YA books with no ulterior motives. Attracted by well-written, fast-paced and engaging stories that span the gamut of genres and subjects,Read More →

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Q & A with Ally Carter By Sally Lodge — Publishers Weekly, 3/11/2010 4:28:00 PM In Ally Carter’s Heist Society, a crew of teenage thieves—led by Kat, youngest in a clan of accomplished heistmasters—gets down to the sticky business of retrieving valuable paintings stolen from an Italian mobster. Kat has strong incentive for recovering the masterpieces: to clear the name of her father, prime suspect in the theft, and to return the paintings, plundered by the Nazis decades before, to their rightful place. Launching a series, this latest work by the author of I’d Tell You I Love You, But Then I’d Have to KillRead More →

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This article originally appeared in PW’s Children’s Bookshelf. By Diane Roback — Publishers Weekly, 2/11/2010 12:20:00 PM Anticipation—and speculation—have been building ever since fans closed the page on the cliffhanger ending of Catching Fire, the second in Suzanne Collins’s bestselling Hunger Games trilogy. What will happen in book three? And what will it be called? Though the plot twists are top-secret, the book’s title has just been revealed by Scholastic: Mockingjay. It will have a one-day laydown date of August 24, 2010, and a first printing of 750,000 copies. (The cover, and title, refer to the hybrid birds that are an important symbol—of hope andRead More →

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This article originally appeared in PW’s Children’s Bookshelf. By Kate Pavao — Publishers Weekly, 2/4/2010 12:40:00 PM Carrie Jones has been spending lots of time with pixies, shape shifters and other fantasy creatures—and it doesn’t look like she’ll be stopping anytime soon. Her books Need and Captivate, about a smart girl being stalked by a pixie, have struck a chord with readers; in January, both books landed on the New York Times bestseller lists. Now the series could be as many of five books. Here, Jones talks to Bookshelf about how she became enchanted by pixies, what comes next in the series, and why teenRead More →