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From: L. Brown / M. Regenold <miclarry>
Date: Thu, 7 Jun 2007 18:45:49 -0500
As a student in the Vermont College MFA program in writing for children, last semester I analyzed several celebrity-written picture books and wrote a snarky essay about them, which I posted on my blog: http://iowakid.blogspot.com/2006/11/how-to-write-picture-book-guide-for.html
Last fall at a children's writer conference I asked a HarperCollins editor why his house publishes celebrity-written books, which he admitted aren't the world's greatest literature. He answered as expected--to make money. The theory is that a few PBs that do really well will help support his buying other, "smaller" books that he's really excited about but that don't have a huge market.
How do librarians respond to celebrity authors? Are you more apt to purchase such books because you think parents will ask for them?
Just curious.
Michele Regenold
Received on Thu 07 Jun 2007 06:45:49 PM CDT
Date: Thu, 7 Jun 2007 18:45:49 -0500
As a student in the Vermont College MFA program in writing for children, last semester I analyzed several celebrity-written picture books and wrote a snarky essay about them, which I posted on my blog: http://iowakid.blogspot.com/2006/11/how-to-write-picture-book-guide-for.html
Last fall at a children's writer conference I asked a HarperCollins editor why his house publishes celebrity-written books, which he admitted aren't the world's greatest literature. He answered as expected--to make money. The theory is that a few PBs that do really well will help support his buying other, "smaller" books that he's really excited about but that don't have a huge market.
How do librarians respond to celebrity authors? Are you more apt to purchase such books because you think parents will ask for them?
Just curious.
Michele Regenold
Received on Thu 07 Jun 2007 06:45:49 PM CDT
