Scholastic's New Common Core Programs

April 18, 2013

Scholastic's New Technology Programs Aimed at the Common Core Scholastic's newest generation of educational technology programs are all designed to meet the requirements of the Common Core State Standards. The publisher introduced the six new products at the start of the Education Innovation Summit being held at Arizona State University. The goal of the new products, Scholastic said, is to "help all students reach Common Core proficiency." more » London Book Fair 2013: Defining the New Role for Literary Agents The specific question at a late day panel on the Tuesday of the London Book Fair was not about whether literary agents matter, but about their future. Hosted in the Author Lounge, and filled with a crowd of what looked to be predominantly self-published authors, panelist-agents Andrew Lownie (who has an eponymous firm), and Hellie Ogden (who just joined Janklow & Nesbit in the U.K.) discussed what they see as the new role of today's book agents. more » 'The Four Agreements' Gets a Boost From Oprah's 'Super Soul Sunday' Fifteen years after Amber-Allen Publishing released don Miguel Ruiz's bestseller The Four Agreements, the publisher shipped 45,000 copies last month after the author was the featured guest on Oprah Winfrey's TV show Super Soul Sunday on March 3 and 10. more » Berenstain Bears Join Sourcebooks' Put Me In The Story Platform Sourcebooks has signed a deal with the Berenstain Bears creators to release versions of their classic kids' titles through Sourcebooks' Put Me In the Story platform, an iPad app and website that allows parents to produce personalized versions of children's books with their kids' names, pictures and more. more » Today's Job Sounds True, Inc. is seeking a Marketing Manager. Maybe it's you! For more about this and other jobs, visit PW JobZone. To post a new job, click here. Bancroft Press: A Baltimore Maverick In 20 years of publishing, Baltimore's Bancroft Press has produced a body of work that ranges from Fox News host Bill O'Reilly's first novel, Those Who Trespass, to its just-released first picture book. more » » Memorial Service Set for Ash Green A memorial service for longtime Knopf vice president and senior editor Ash Green will be held in New York at Cooper Union on Thursday, April 25 at 5:00 pm in the Great Hall. Green, who started at Knopf in 1964, died last September at the age of 84. Some of the authors he edited include Gabriel Garcia Marquez, George H. W. Bush, Andre Sakharov, Vaclav Havel, Walter Cronkite, Ken Burns, Joseph Ellis, and Max Hastings. more » » Distribution: RH, Candlewick Renew Random House announced a multi-year extension of its distribution partnership with Candlewick Press, which will continue to be distributed by Random House in the U.S. and Canada. more » » Job Moves: April 18, 2013 At Bloomsbury, Rachel Mannheimer has been promoted to editor and Melanie Sankel has been promoted to director, adoption sales at Bloomsbury Academic. Jennifer Corcoran will join Little, Brown Books for Young Readers as director of publicity, starting on May 6. She was most recently the publicity director at Disney Publishing Worldwide. more » » THE ROUNDUP Complaints Against Amazon Grow: "International publishers and booksellers at the London Book Fair this year have become increasingly vocal about their difficulties in working with Amazon." Veronica Roth Reveals New 'Divergent': "Allegiant" will be out October 22. le Carré Has Not Mellowed With Age: A look at the author, now 81. Jersey Shore Bookshop Closes: The town's only bookstore will be closing on April 30 after more than 20 years in business. 2013 Cannes Lineup: Including "As I Lay Daying" and "The Great Gatsby." VIEW ALL » Authors on the Air Authors on the Air April 18, 2013: Vladimir Alexandrov, Mark Mazzetti Vladimir Alexandrov, author of The Black Russian (Atlantic Monthly Press, 978-0-8021-2069-4) will be a guest on "the Kojo Nnamdi Show" at 1:00pm EST. Mark Mazzetti, author of The Way of the Knife: The CIA, a Secret Army, and a War at the Ends of the Earth (Penguin Press, 978-1594204807), will be on The Daily Show. more » » BLOGS PWxyz Blog Adam Boretz Behind the Audio with Simon & Schuster In the studio with Holter Graham, Daniel Sharman, and Andrew Solomon. more » Beyond Her Book Barbara Vey National Library Week I love celebrations and this week is one of my favorites... It's National Library Week! more » ShelfTalker Elizabeth Bluemle Writing Up to Children Searching for those few, those proud, those slingers of language. more » PICTURE OF THE DAY Erdrich and Odell Switch Authors Louise Erdrich and Jonathan Odell switched name cards during the finalists' meet-and-greet before the 25th annual Minnesota Book Awards gala event at the Hilton Hotel in Minneapolis Saturday. Erdrich won the award in the adult fiction category for The Round House (HarperCollins); Odell was a finalist in the same category for The Healing (Random House/Nan A. Talese). Erdrich's award was her fifth Minnesota Book Award; she is the first writer to do so. Photo Credit: Claire Kirch	Email not displaying correctly? View it in your browser.

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