Tuesday, June 30, 2009

The Recession

Impact of the current economic climate on children's book business.
http://www.underdown.org/the-economy.htm

Monday, June 29, 2009

Publishers Marketplace

Fee based site and database for publishing professionals to follow the writing market.
http://www.publishersmarketplace.com/

Sunday, June 28, 2009

Character Chart

Detailed sample chart to keep track of your characters' traits.
http://www.eclectics.com/articles/character.html

Saturday, June 27, 2009

Children's Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA)

If you collect information on your website from children under 13 (name, email, etc.), you need to comply with COPPA.
http://www.coppa.org/

Friday, June 26, 2009

Promotional Emails

A bookseller's view on the correct way to use email to promote your book.
http://www.publishersweekly.com/blog/660000266/post/1380044738.html?nid=2788&rid=350446227

Thursday, June 25, 2009

Librarians' Internet Index

An organized listing of internet websites you can trust.
http://www.lii.org/

Wednesday, June 24, 2009

Booklist Online

Children's book reviews from the American Library Assocation.
http://www.booklistonline.com/default.aspx?page=booksforyouth

Tuesday, June 23, 2009

Google documents

Save your manuscript online so you can work on it when you're away from your computer. http://docs.google.com/

Monday, June 22, 2009

Chicago Manual Of Style Online

Everything you ever wanted to know about grammar, syntax, and punctuation.
http://www.chicagomanualofstyle.org/contents.html

Sunday, June 21, 2009

Jewish Children's Book Award

Sugarman Award for children's books published with a Judaic theme between October 1, 2008-October 1, 2009.
http://washingtondcjcc.org/center-for-arts/literary/sugarman-award.html

Saturday, June 20, 2009

Last names

Frequency of U.S. surnames from the 1990 census.
http://www.census.gov/genealogy/names/dist.all.last

Friday, June 19, 2009

Thursday, June 18, 2009

Delacorte Press MG and YA Contests

First middle-grade novel (postmark deadline June 30, 2009)
First young-adult novel (postmark deadline between October 1 and December 31, 2009)
http://www.randomhouse.com/kids/writingcontests/

Wednesday, June 17, 2009

Megablog

Search over 900 children's books blogs.
http://www.jacketflap.com/megablog/index.asp

Tuesday, June 16, 2009

Blue Board

The most active message board for children's book writers.
http://www.verlakay.com/boards/index.php

Monday, June 15, 2009

Finding an Agent

Large, searchable database of literary agents.
http://www.agentquery.com/

Sunday, June 14, 2009

Queries

Get your query critiqued. Read critiques of other people's queries.
http://queryshark.blogspot.com/

Saturday, June 13, 2009

Publishing Terms Dictionary

Understandthe terms that editors, agents, and publishers use in the book business.
http://bookendslitagency.blogspot.com/2009/06/publishing-dictionary-expanded.html

Friday, June 12, 2009

Fuse #8 -- School Library Journal Blog

A blog of all things kidlit, by the world's largest reviewer of books for children and teens.
http://www.schoollibraryjournal.com/blog/1790000379.html

Thursday, June 11, 2009

Ask a Librarian

Online reference service from the Library of Congress.
http://www.loc.gov/rr/askalib/

Wednesday, June 10, 2009

American Library Association 2009 Conference

Chicago, IL July 9- July 15, 2009. Over 300 educational programs, over 2000 committee meetings and events, exhibits, general sessions, and more.
http://www.ala.org/ala/conferencesevents/upcoming/annual/

Tuesday, June 9, 2009

Magazine Themes

Many children's magazines are themed. Find out what they're looking for.
http://www.lianamahoney.com/resources/theme+list.doc

Monday, June 8, 2009

Google to sell e-books

Google announced at BEA that it would sell e-books by the end of 2009.
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/01/technology/internet/01google.html

Sunday, June 7, 2009

Writing for Children and Teens

Crash course on getting your book published by author Cynthea Liu
http://www.writingforchildrenandteens.com/for-writers/

Saturday, June 6, 2009

Strategies for Success

Free download-- The Career Novelist: A Literary Agent Offers Strategies for Success by Donald Maass.
http://www.2morrow.bc.ca/documents/career_novelist_DonaldMaass.pdf

Friday, June 5, 2009

Book Trailers

Step-by-step instructions on how to make a video promotion for your book.
http://summerfriend.blogspot.com/2009/06/courtney-summers-tells-us-how-to-make.html

Thursday, June 4, 2009

First Book

Help provide books to children in need.
http://www.firstbook.org/

Wednesday, June 3, 2009

Purple Crayon

Information about writing, illustrating, and publishing children's books from editor Harold Underdown.
http://www.underdown.org/

Tuesday, June 2, 2009

Magazines

Links to websites and submission guidelines of magazines that accept work for the children's market.
http://www.kidmagwriters.com/

Monday, June 1, 2009

Educational Publishers

An up-to-date list for writers interested in the school/library market.
http://echristensen.atspace.com/markets.html