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Tag: ebooks
Breaking Down the Changes to E-Content in Your Local Libraries: What You Need to Know
If you've noticed the headlines in your literary news sources then you may have heard that publishers have been placing additional restrictions on libraries and the e-materials they circulate. But what are these changes and what do they mean? A breakdown of the state of things.
Metareading in Picturebooks: A Dissertation by Melanie McGilloway
The Twitter has its uses, you have to admit. The other day I was looped into a conversation there with a seemingly simple question: What are the picture books that favorably portray children reading ebooks? This question turns out to be a lot more difficult to ascertain than you might think. Over the years we’ve […]
We Need Diverse eBooks Too, Y’know
Here is what in truth is just a query masquerading as a legitimate blog post. I am never above misusing my power when I’m curious. And while I’m sure somebody somewhere has brought this up, I certainly can’t recall it being as big a topic as it could be. The other day I was talking […]
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Fusenews: Red-bearded ghosts welcome!
I begin today with news that is only tangentially children’s literature related. My excuse is that it makes me so happy I can hardly breathe. For Christmas I got the soundtrack of the musical Matilda, and I’ve been cooing over the brilliant lyrics and music ever since. Tim Minchin was the man behind said lyrics […]
Fusenews: Pretty pictures
It can be hard defending my juvenile love of Archie comics as a kid, but I am a woman of many means. Now there’s a new magazine out there by the name of Veronica & Betty. First off, not Betty & Veronica but Veronica & Betty? Granted, there used to be a comic by the […]
Fusenews: Give it what you’ve got
James Preller has an idea. An awesome idea. We’ve all heard that boys are reading far less than girls these days. To combat this lack of laddie reading, folks have come up with booklists or websites or what have you to inspire the male masses to pick up a book. Preller, however, has taken a […]
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Fusenews: Juice proof
Oh man. I need to get my third Newbery/Caldecott predictions up and pronto. Now that the Heavy Medal blog has entered the arena again you just know that the debating is about to begin. Already I can see that I’ll have to fight tooth and nail for my beloved One Crazy Summer and that Nina […]
Fusenews: Of Facts and Factotums
A night ago I had a dream that I was at the 826NYC Bingo Night and I forgot to take pictures or blog the event. The shame of it all! Boy, you know I won’t make that mistake this Saturday. And SPEAKING of this Saturday, are you guys aware that you rock, and rock hard? […]
Fusenews: Chubby little cubby all stuffed with RAGE!!!!
On Saturday, August 7th at 2:00 p.m. I will be moderating a talk with Stephen Roxburgh of namelos and Jennifer Perry, the Assistant Vice President & Editorial Director of the Book Publishing Group at Sesame Workshop, about ebooks, digital literature, and the current children’s literary industry. As preparation, this article from Publishers Weekly called The […]
Video Sunday: Sloth and MLIS Degrees
Okay dokey! So! First off, for half a second there I thought I couldn’t embed videos. Fortunately this morning I found myself a little workaround. I can now embed almost every video, with some exceptions. Huzzah! Now. Librarians doing Lady Gaga. My first thought off the top of my head is that they’re doing a […]
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