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test heading (the candy currently in my office which is not chocolate and which I purchased for myself, I swear) Sometimes we get asked the question -- are there little things that authors can do that will help get a publisher's attention for their pitch -- like send them some chocolate in the envelope? Now, [...]
test heading (here is a photo of my bookshelf at the present time, which is actually a moderately reasonable representation of our publishing, though of course many books are omitted for purposes of being on the bottom of the bookshelf behind some boxes) Publishers really want to publish books. It's practically the whole reason for [...]
You guys! We have advance copies of our whole list for Fall 2015 in the office. It is glorious! So many books! So shiny and attractive and new! Here's a quick preview. Covers of books (with Human Body Theater being slightly shiny because of spot gloss)! Also, we've got back covers! These are some attractive [...]
test heading (my Fall 2015 review copy shelf right now) Sometimes the books we publish aren't everyone's cup of tea. That's something we're actually pretty okay with. We publish a whole bunch of books, over a number of different age levels and genres, addressing lots of different subject matter. If you are a person who [...]
test heading (art from Richard Sala's lovely graphic novel Cat Burglar Black. No publishing idea theft occurs during this book.) Every so often, someone e-mails or calls or comes up to us at a show to tell us that they have a wonderful book that they're working on, but they don't want to show it [...]
Omaha Beach on D-Day! We're so pleased to share a first look at the advanced books for this title, which just showed up in the office right now. They look super! This book is a new format for us -- it's translated from French. What it does is take an iconic historical photograph, and tell [...]
We're delighted that we have for you a new chapter in the saga of Battling Boy: The Fall of the House of West, the second volume of Aurora's story! If you've been following along with us and Paul from day one, you'll know that when Battling Boy descends to the planet of monsters, he finds [...]
Hey guys! Winter is slowly creeping up on us (in the dead heat of summer that it currently is). So without further ado: our upcoming season! The Nameless City, by Faith Erin Hicks The Show, by Bastien Vives, Michael Sanlaville, and Balak The Glorkian Warrior and the Mustache of Destiny, by James Kochalka (the final [...]
New book! We've just gotten copies of the third volume of the Last Man series, The Chase! They're officially in the office, and they look splendid. Here are pictures! The front cover -- featuring our excellent female protagonist, Adrian's mom! The spine (also featuring Adrian's mom)! (And here are all the spines together. You'll notice [...]
test heading (This is totally our booth from NYCC. But we swear our SDCC booth looks very similar.) First Second Books will be exhibiting at San Diego Comic-Con at booth #1323! We’ve got lots of books and authors and programs at the show – and please stop by the booth and say hi. (And for [...]
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