The the first annual Bologna Ragazzi Digital Award was given to Dans Mon Reve (In My Dreams) by e-Toiles Editions. Tell us: who is going to win next year?
A is for Awesome: Paul Thurlby on Making the Alphabet New
Do we need another alphabet book? When it’s as beautiful, witty and imaginative as this one, yes we do.
Barcelona’s Blackie Books: Pretty Books for the Apocalypse
Named after a beloved but deceased pet, Barcelona’s Blackie Books is a surprisingly successful independent publisher of cult fiction, poetry, and illustration.
Independent Children’s Publishing in France: Inspired, International, Ingenious
Dynamism and creativity have helped Helium Editions, Editions Sarbacane, l’école des loisirs, and MeMo forge distinct identities in a field dominated by conglomerates.
The Digital Dilemma for Picture Book Publishers
Top quality apps are expensive and direct-to-ebook conversions lack punch, so what’s a picture book publisher who wants to go digital to do?
Market Snapshot: Children’s Publishing in France
Olivia Snaije looks at what makes French children’s publishing unique, particularly the illustration and attention to detail.
Vitamins 2.0: How Children’s Books Can Change the World in the Digital Age
What type of illustrated kids’ books are most valuable? Perhaps those of most importance are the books done with manual, as opposed to digital artistry.
Obama’s Example Should Inspire US Kids Pubs to Change
By Sharon Glassman Today’s hard times could inspire better book times for US kids’ imprints, says Grazia Gotti, co-founder of the Giannino Stoppani cultural cooperative and children’s bookshop in Bologna and one of the organizers of the Bologna Book Fair. The secret? Arrivaderci isolation and “big marketing.” Buon Giorno dialogue, “long-sellers” and European-style cooperation. In a chat with Publishing Perspectives, Gotti, a self-confessed …