test headingStanding up in defense of fanworks and remix culture at this point is sort of like saying, "OMG, I actually think geeky boys are kinda cute!" -- yes, we know, we all know, we've all known for some time. Geeks are cool, and media fandom is, if not exactly cool, then at least socially
Today is the pub date of Thien Pham's remarkable book, Sumo. How proud of it are we? THIS PROUD!
test heading (This is my cat Persephone. She knows all about luxury problems, despite not being a cartoonist.) Congratulations! You've finished your first published book. It's been edited, copyedited, proofread, corrected, designed, approved, proofed, printed, bound, shipped, warehoused, marketed, sold into stores, and finally... YOUR BOOK IS OUT! Now is the time for you to Read More »
test heading"Editing" and "Copyediting" are two distinct things, at least as far as the book publishing industry is concerned. Editing is something your editor does, and it generally concerns broad artistic changes like "Let's make this character a cat instead of a person" or "How about you kill all your characters halfway through and then Read More »
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Taking a break from the absolute mayhem of New York Comic Con to say CONGRATULATIONS!!! to three New York Times Bestsellers: Broxo, by Zack Giallongo  Sailor Twain, by Mark Siegel  And guest star Hope Larson, whose graphic novel adaptation of A Wrinkle in Time was published by our sister imprint, Farrar, Straus and Read More »
There aren't many books that make me feel all dreamy and sad and shivery the way SAILOR TWAIN does. Just thinking about this book makes me want to swim in the Hudson River -- probably not a good idea, but certainly an inspiring one. The Hudson inspires romantic feelings in all of us, I think,
Four years ago I fell in love with a lonely barbarian boy on a mountain top. He had the unglamorous name of Broxo, and he fought the undead. I knew right then that the story had to become a First Second graphic novel. Zack Giallongo, the writer and illustrator of Broxo, created a world that's as
Feynman – now available as e-book!
Hey guys! As of yesterday, you can buy Feynman at the iTunes book store, to read on your iPad! Technology! It marches along.
Self-publishing vs publishing with a traditional print publisher
test headingThere's a much longer post here, but I may never have the several hours it needs in order to be written well. But since this is something that comes up pretty frequently, I thought it might be sort of interesting/useful to put out some quick and dirty comparisons between self-publishing and publishing with a Read More »