Category Archives: Editorializing is what editors do!
What’s in a Title?: The Editorial Perspective!
Yesterday Michelle spoke about choosing a book title from the marketing department’s perspective, and about the “running argument” she has with us folks in Editorial. Hmm, is it really an argument? Well, I will admit to thinking that if Marketing … Continue reading
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Where have I seen that art before?
A few months ago we were going through our very ancient art archives that date back to the old days when the company fully owned all the illustrations. The archives have been a treasure trove: among other things, we unearthed … Continue reading
How Being an Author Helped Me As an Editor
So last week I talked about how being an editor has helped me as an author. But the benefits of having a double life can work the other way around, too. I learned plenty of things about book editing from … Continue reading
How Being an Editor Helped Me As an Author
Some of you might know that I lead a double life—children’s book editor by day; nonfiction author by night (and weekends, and early mornings when I’m extra motivated). This means I work on both sides of the editor’s desk. I … Continue reading
Enough with the “creepy” already!
They pop up on the internet every year, on bulletin boards or else group blogs like Huffington Post. Sometimes they go viral, thanks to Twitter and Facebook and even good old-fashioned email forwards. They’re collections of book covers, for children’s … Continue reading
Raiders of the free ARCs
It’s always a kick when ARCs–advanced reading copies of books—first arrive at the office (if you work in publishing) or at home (if you’re an author). Recently I was lucky enough to have a few spare ARCs of my upcoming … Continue reading
Border’s Isn’t Gone, But We Still Have to Say Goodbye
Like everyone else in the book business these past few months, we’d been wondering about the fate of Borders—whether the whole company would go under, completely taking out one of the major bookstore players. We knew there’d be a big … Continue reading
The Way It Was and the Way It Is Now
(Our thoughts about our new submissions policy and the fact that we will no longer respond to every unsolicited manuscript): Twenty-five years ago, Albert Whitman received hundreds of manuscripts a year and we read every single one. People typed their … Continue reading
What Children’s Book Editors Do on Their Summer Vacations
Years ago, I remember reading a post on children’s writers’ online message board (yes, we editors lurk) about how slow things are at publishing houses during the summer months. “All the editors are at their vacation houses in the Hamptons!” … Continue reading
So write, it’s wrong
Okay, while we sympathize with the striking writers in Hollywood, this article made us roll our eyes a little: Strking Writers Turn to Child’s Play. It’s about television and film writers who’ve suddenly found an “unusual” (!) new calling writing … Continue reading
