Office Porn

Guys, I need a little pick-me-up. This whole house-hunting/renovation decision is beginning to wear me out. So help me cheer up, please! Show me where you work, and help inspire me to think about possibly decorating a new office space for kt literary. I was going to offer a copy of Sara Beitia‘s debut novel [...]

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Happy September!

Hard to believe it’s September already! Out here in Colorado, the kids have already gone back to school (several weeks ago, in fact), but as an East Coaster, I still believe that the week after Labor Day is the official start of the school year, and all the Back-to-Schoolishness that that implies. Nonetheless, no matter [...]

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A Thursday Linkapalooza!

Before I get to the winner of a copy of either Scarlett Fever by Maureen Johnson or Albatross by Josie Bloss (both out on February 1st! Pre-order today at your favorite bookstore!), I though I’d share some great recent links for those, and other kt literary titles. Bookshelves of Doom has a few words for [...]

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More Love for Our Authors

If a book doesn’t spring to the top of the bestseller list when it’s released, is it over? Maybe for folks like Dan Brown (as if!) but not for children’s books, which can grow and grow and grow — both in sales and in attention. For instance, check out this tweet from Kirkus Reviews: The [...]

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Good news!

So much good news, it’s hard to decide which book jacket to showcase! Let’s go in order of pub date, shall we? The genius librarians at YALSA have nominated Ellen Booraem’s The Unnameables to the 2010 Best Books for Young Adult list. Blog readers may recall that I sat in on the discussion of the [...]

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