Middle-Grade Market

 Is the market for middle grade novels dead, and should you be writing other types of books?

https://sarahallen.substack.com/p/all-my-middle-grade-author-friends

Children's Book Market

 What age categories and genres are represented in the children's book market?

https://emmawaltonhamilton.com/blog/understanding-the-childrens-book-market-age-categories-and-genres/

Children's Book Market

You need to pay attention to the market, but not write to the market.

http://kidlit.com/2016/02/22/writing-with-a-market-in-mind/

New YA Imprint

Sterling Children’s Books will launch a new teen fiction imprint, Splinter, in January 2011.
http://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/childrens/childrens-industry-news/article/44900-sterling-to-start-teen-fiction-imprint.html

Middle-Grade Blog

Lists, author interviews, market news, and a behind-the-scenes look at publishing for writers and lovers of middle-grade books.
http://www.fromthemixedupfiles.com/

Google Alerts

Get an email whenever Google indexes a mention of you or your book (or anything else you set up.)
www.google.com/alerts

Multicultural Science Fiction and Fantasy

Small press startup, Tu Publishng, hopes to begin accepting submissions for multicultural science fiction and fantasy is January 2010.
http://www.tupublishing.com/submission-guidelines/

Children's Books on Smartphones

Frog Media sells picture books that can be read/heard on the iPhone.
http://www.istorytimeapp.com/

New YA Imprint

Sourebooks Fire will launch a young adult imprint in Spring 2010.
http://www.publishersweekly.com/article/CA6699678.html?nid=2788&source=link&rid=350446227

Kids' Titles for Fall 2009

Publishers Weekly lists titles, by publisher, of kids' books coming out in the fall
http://ow.ly/p2XR

New Picture Book Line - Hammond

With a six titles in its first list, Hammond will debut a new book line this fall.
http://www.publishersweekly.com/article/CA6669625.html?nid=2788&source=title&rid=350446227

CWIM Blog

A must read blog by the editor of the Children's Writers and Illustrators Market.
http://cwim.blogspot.com/

The Recession

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

Publishers Marketplace

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

Blue Board

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

Magazine Themes

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

Magazines

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

Educational Publishers

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

Publishers Weekly - Children's Bookshelf

Sign up for a weekly email newsletter from Publishers Weekly. Get an inside view into the children's publishing world with breaking news, interviews, featured reviews, bestseller lists, photos, and a cartoon--Tales From the Slush Pile.
http://www.publishersweekly.com/enewsletter/CA6655445/2788.html

Contest - Middle Grade Mysteries

The first Bloom Award, for unpublished writers, will be awarded for a middle grade mystery. Submissions window: May 18 - October 31, 2009. First prize: publishing contract with "Tire Swing," the children's paperback imprint of Blooming Tree Press.
http://apublisherslife.blogspot.com/