Conference "What Makes a Children's Book Great?" on May 31

News from Publishing Perspectives Organized by Publishing Perspectives and sponsored by Scholastic Inc., this half-day conference on May 31, 2012 in New York will offer informed insight into the present and future of this fast-evolving area of publishing. Read more »

FunDza: South Africa’s New YA Publisher Cover2Cover Books South Africa's Cover2Cover Books has founded the FunDza Literary Trust, with the goal of improving literacy in the teen and young adult market.  Read more »

Dom Testa: Using Sci-Fi To Show That "Smart Is Cool" Dom Testa, author of the popular Galahad series has created the Big Brain Club to help persuade young people that "smart is cool."  Read more »

Scholastic’s Storia: A New "More Accessible, More Relevant" Digital Platform Scholastic's Storia is a proprietary platform for selling and distributing its own trade titles as well as those of other children's houses.  Read more »

Ruckus Media’s Ruckus Reader: “A Helluva Deal” Ruckus Media Group has introduced the Ruckus Reader a reading platform developed with educational experts and geared toward children aged 3 to 8. Read more »

One Story Reaches Out to a New Audience: Teens One Story magazine launches One Teen Story, aimed at getting young readers to fall in love with short stories. Read more » Germany's Digital Innovators on Display at Publishers' Forum The Publishers Forum in Berlin addressed the growing development of digital products like enhanced e-books, digital textbooks, e-book subscriptions.  Read more » Will the DOJ Lawsuit Slow US Publishing Innovation? Innovative sales and distribution models in publishing will be scrutinized extra carefully going forward, lest they fall prey to the label of collusion.  Read more » Taking E-book VAT to the Mat UK consumers pay 20% VAT on e-books but 0% on print books. The Publishers Association wants the 'stark anomaly' of different book taxes rectified.  Read more » UK Publishers and Booksellers Collaborate on Shadowing Scheme In the spirit of collaboration, UK publishers and booksellers swap jobs for a day to share skills, knowledge and understanding.  Read more » TOC Latin America: New Ideas and Energy, One Notable Absence The inaugural Tools of Change Latin America in Buenos Aires offered insights into metadata, e-book formats, and e-tailing, but missed participants from Spain.   Read more »