The Book Industry Study Group (BISG) implemented new BISAC subject headings for young adult titles, providing new opportunities for sales, awards tracking, and understanding the audience for these titles.
In Amsterdam, A Bench Has Created a YA Pilgrimage
The film of John Green’s bestseller, The Fault in Our Stars, has turned a bench in Amsterdam into pilgrimage site for young adult fans of the book.
Poor Shakespeare: PRH Publishes Bard’s Plays in Emojis
Penguin Random House’s new OMG Shakespeare series “takes the Bard’s original prose and replaces it with slang, text speak, and emoticons.” OMG, indeed.
Should the Young Adult Book Category Be Rebranded?
The book term ‘young adult’ is generally disliked by both teen readers and adult fans. But is there a better alternative?
What Are Your Top Summer Reads of 2014?
Summer is a time when many people look to fiction for escape. Here are three selections from Publishing Perspectives’ Edward Nawotka. What are yours?
UK Startup Boxfiction Extends the Life of TV Characters in E-books
If the novel is like a feature film, what’s the written equivalent of the TV series? Boxfiction has an answer.
Building Online Communities for Teen Readers
The number of teen and YA publishing sites has proliferated in the past year. Here we survey the scene, looking at what works and why.
YA is Hot: “Young Adult” Coming to a Theater Near You
The upcoming movie Young Adult, due in December, stars Charlize Theron as a YA author trying to reclaim her high school sweetheart.
How Do You Inspire Your Child or Teenager to Read?
My 11-year-old nephew is reading War and Peace. How did that happen? It all has to do with his parents and the way they inspired him from an early age.
Great Books Summer Program Takes Teens on Literary Odyssey
Over 700 students from 27 countries took part in the Great Books Summer Program, where they connected themes of the great novels to deeper global issues.