January 2012
On Public Relations: Hierarchy of Book... →
paulbogaards:
Hierarchy of Book Publishing The Top 100 (circa 2012)
1). Brand-name authors (still)
Stephen King (since 1974)
John Grisham (1989)
Patricia Cornwell (1990)
Jodi Picoult (1992)
Nicholas Sparks (1996)
Jennifer Weiner (2001)
Etc.
2). Self-published authors with proven track…
“Attempting to live life the way they’ve always lived it — by preserving...”
– Why E-books Are Turning the Library and Publishing Worlds Upside Down « The Scholarly Kitchen (via infoneer-pulse)
“A generation ago as a father I learned early to see small children as...”
– Treat Children As the Scientists They Are and Skip the Terrible Two’s (via gjmueller)
“My fingers positively itched to drift at length along their spines, to arrive at...”
– Kate Morton (The Distant Hours)
“Above all, watch with glittering eyes the whole world around you because the...”
– Roald Dahl (via kari-shma)
“But I loved the library simply because it was a library. I love libraries. I...”
– Emily Wing Smith, Back When You Were Easier to Love (via prettybooks)
NYPL Wire–The New York Public Library: 10... →
nypl:
A Ball for Daisy, written and illustrated by Chris Raschka, just won the 2012 Caldecott Medal! Youth Materials Specialist Betsy Bird shares her picks for 10 winners that have stood the test of time.
1942: Make Way for Ducklings by Robert McCloskey (Viking) These ducklings don’t age…
“I believe in manicures. I believe in overdressing. I believe in primping at...”
– Audrey Hepburn (via justbesplendid)
FREE “How To” Pedagogy Sheets →
world-shaker:
Courtesy of the University of Tennessee (Knoxville). These are quick, free two-pagers. Each one has an introduction, best practices/ideas, supporting research, and some references. Here are three of them (click through for the rest):
Reflective Writing: This handout addresses different types of reflection writing, such as free-writing responses and journal writing.
Guided...
