Interesting Web Site
Posted by Liza's Journal at 2/14/2008 11:47 PM and is filed under uncategorized 
I just read about a Web site authors would be interested in, www.jacketflap.com. It's another helpful resource for children's book writers. You can register, search their database, and just read their blogs. If you visit, let me know what you think.
What a great site! What did I like best about it? All those little graphs on the left that show what publishers have actually published and when. For instance, if you were shopping a middle grade science fiction on alternative fuel, many popular publishers might sound good for this, according to their descriptions in most directories. At Jacket Flap, though, you can at least weed out the ones that SOUND good... but haven't published anything except ABC picture books since before the Civil War. Which is a real time saver for writers AND publishers.
Then there were all those blogs -- loved the blogs -- what a bonus. Especially since they include people from all aspects of the children's book industry.
Many thanks for sharing this, Liza.
Ann
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You're very welcome. Keep checking with my blog as I believe in the importance of sharing industry information. And please let me know of any discoveries as well so I can share them with our readers.
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