
Good Comics for Kids
July 7, 2014 by Betsy Bird
We’re getting into the thick of summer now. Both the BEA and ALA conferences have come and gone. Folks are beginning to get a grip on the fall season. So before we go any further I’m going to provide you with a bit of a sneaky peek at Harper Collins and what all they have […]
November 12, 2012 by Betsy Bird
Oh the previews are here, they’re here, they’re here, The wonderful previews are here Time to go out, go out, go out, Go out and order a . . . . beer? No, no . . . From that catchy little tune (working on it) I hope you realize that preview season is upon us […]
November 28, 2011 by Betsy Bird
Here’s how paranoid I am. I saw an allusion somewhere to someone having written up the recent Harper Collins 2012 preview and my first reaction was, “GAH! Someone else is working my beat!!” That was followed promptly by a sense of profound relief. “Aww. That’s awesome. Someone else is working my beat.” Then I actually […]
November 19, 2010 by Betsy Bird
Once you get into the swing of these librarian previews, they start to come easier to the old typing fingers. For Spring 2011 I’ve mostly been keeping to the publishers with smaller print runs until now. Candlewick. Chronicle. Lerner. Harper Collins sort of marks the first foray into the big leagues. Each table took thirty […]
June 17, 2010 by Betsy Bird
I may have mentioned in the past that for the most recent librarian previews I’ve been taking my laptop along to type upon. This is a useful strategy but it has yielded a strange result. When I get home to type from my notes I find that rather than save me time, my notetaking skills […]
Politics in Practice
by John Chrastka
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