Thanks to Jim Whiting for sending this New York Times article! The article talks about how the kids of e-book-loving adults still prefer paper for their own books. It also brings up the subject/debate about if anything is lost by taking a picture book and converting it to an e-book.A great piece to check out!
Amazon Rewrites the Rules of Book Publishing
Thanks to Jim Whiting for sending this interesting article found in the New York Times. The article talks about how Amazon will be publishing books in both physical and e-book form and according to the article is encouraging writers to not go to Publishing Houses. Interesting read!
Jim Whiting: Nonfiction Hooks #scbwiwwa
Reported by Allyson Valentine Schrier Jim Whiting talked about The Good, the Bad and the Very, Very Ugly of nonfiction hooks. Using dozens of examples from his own nonfiction writing, Jim demonstrated varied openings for a host of nonfiction topics, discussing the strengths in each. Highlights: · In a biography, instead of starting with birth,... Continue Reading →
2011 Conference Series- Faculty Q & A with Jim Whiting
Happy Monday! I can't believe it's the week of our 20th Annual Writing and Illustrating for Children Conference!! Weekends are always worth looking forward to, but THIS weekend will be a memorable one!!! It's also time for another Faculty Q & A, and this one is with Jim Whiting. Jim is part of our Distinguished... Continue Reading →
2011 Conference Series-Distinguished Faculty: Jim Whiting
Just a few more days left in March! Which means we're getting that much closer to our 20th Annual Writing and Illustrating for Children Conference! It's time to introduce another wonderful faculty member who is part of our Distinguished Faculty; Author Jim Whiting. Not only is Jim an author, but he has also been a... Continue Reading →
FREE promotion for your latest book
This comes from the prolific and generous Jim Whiting:All published SCBWI members are invited to feature their recent work in Kids’ Book Author of the Week, a regular feature for Grand (as in grandparents) e-zine. Joni Sensel, Suzanne Selfors, Amanda Noll, Royce Buckingham, Anjali Banerjee, Deb Caletti, Samantha Vamos and Pam Withers are among the... Continue Reading →
Oooh! Read all about Jim Whiting
The Seattle Times picked up a Kitsap Sun piece about Jim and his 109--109!--books.My favorite quote:"I like to say I'm a walking advertisement for a liberal arts education. I have so many interests that I always have these 'Aha!' moments where I get excited about whatever it is I'm writing about."Whiting's work also makes him... Continue Reading →
Interesting piece on boys and reading
Jim Whiting sends this along--a survey of teen boys about why they read, and what they might like to read with older adults (such as their grandparents). Consider it your dose of good cheer (and endearingly awkward teen-ishness for the day).