The New York Times and New York Public Library announced their best illustrated children’s books of 2021: I Am the Subway, written and illustrated by Kim Hyo-eun, translated from Korean by Deborah Smith The Night Walk, written and illustrated by Marie Dorléans Time Is a Flower, written and illustrated by Julie Morstad It Fell From the Sky, written and illustrated by Terry Fan and Eric Fan The Little Wooden Robot and the Log Princess, written and illustrated by Tom Gauld ¡Vamos! Let’s Cross the Bridge, written and illustrated by Raúl the Third, colors by Elaine Bay While You’re Sleeping, written […]
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At BookEnds Literary, Ramona Pina has joined as associate agent. James McGowan has been promoted to literary agent.
Bookselling: Shakespeare & Co. to Open in Norwalk, CT; Yu and Me Books Planned for NYC’s Chinatown
Shakespeare & Co. will open location in the new SoNo Collection mall in Norwalk, CT. This is the first suburban location for the chain, which also has locations in Manhattan and Philadelphia. CEO Dane Miller told The Hour, “It is a beautiful new mall. Malls got pretty hurt by the pandemic but it appears that, hopefully, we are coming out the other end.” Manhattan’s first Asian-American female-owned bookstore-cafe-bar, Yu and Me Books, is set to open in December, Bowery Boogie reports. Owner Lucy Yu crowdsourced the bookstore via GoFundMe earlier this year. “My hope is to create a home that […]
Distribution: IPG Adds Five Publishers
Independent Publishers Group’s Midpoint will distribute Histria Books beginning on July 1, 2022; CS Media on January 1; and CamCat Publishing on June 1. Shanghai Press is now distributed by Midpoint. Oni-Lion Forge Publishing Group will be distributed by IPG Digital starting December 1, 2021.
2021 Whiting Creative Nonfiction Grants
Chelsea Green Sues Elizabeth Warren For “First Amendment Violation”
Vermont publisher Chelsea Green filed a federal lawsuit in a Washington District Court against Senator Elizabeth Warren, claiming she violated the First Amendment in a September 7 letter to Amazon ceo Andy Jassy cautioning the retailer about the role of their algorithm in promoting vaccine conspiracy books. The publisher was joined in the suit by authors of The Truth About COVID-19: Exposing the Great Reset, Lockdowns, Vaccine Passports, and the New Normal Dr. Joseph Mercola, Ronald Cummins, Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. In her letter, Warren referred to the book as “vaccine misinformation” and “potentially unlawful.” Warren’s letter was prompted by a […]