With the Bologna Book Fair launching next, we took a look at how this year’s deal activity compares to last year’s. And the results are…inconclusive. The problem with a straight comparison is that this year the fair is convening about two weeks earlier than last year. If we look at the US children’s deal reports beginning January 1 both this year and last, the results are almost exactly the same: Jan. 1 – March 15, 2012 1 Children’s (all) 231 2 Children’s: Young Adult 115 3 Children’s: Picture book 61 4 Children’s: Middle grade 51 Jan. 1 – March 25, […]
