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What Is Fifth Avenue Press? An Introduction to AADL's Publishing Imprint

When

Wednesday November 7, 2018: 7:00pm to 8:30pm  Add to Calendar /   Add to Google Calendar

Where

Downtown Library: 4th Floor Meeting Room

Description

In 2017 the library debuted our publishing imprint, Fifth Avenue Press and we published our first class of authors.  On Sunday, November 4 we celebrated the release of our 2018 titles! If you are curious about the press, wonder how it works, or if you're considering submitting a manuscript, join us to get answers to all of your questions! Fifth Avenue Press authors will be on hand to talk about the process from their perspective, too!

 

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Hello, my name is James Barbatano and I am looking to publish my book ‘The Legend of Mim: a Modern Day Fairytale.’ It’s about a young fairy named Mim who is being threatened by her evil stepmother, so she runs away to the human world in order to escape her stepmother’s evil power. The story was inspired by classic fairytales such as Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, where the main character has an evil stepmother who has dark magical powers. It also has an important moral at the end involving hoe love and kindness can triumph over evil. I consider it a crossbetween of a picture book and an early chapter book. It took me a long time to edit and rewrite my story, but I consider it to be my own personal masterpiece. My parents like it, my grandmother likes it and some of my friends like it, but I am unsure whether children will like it. How big is the market for children’s literature? I am rather curious to know. Thank you for reading my message.
Sincerely, James Barbatano

Hi James! The market for children's literature is huge and is broken down into many chunks from trade vs. paper to different formats, age groups and genres. This recent Publishers Weekly article gives you a peek at the $$ numbers https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/childrens/childrens-indust…. If you have any more questions about the press please send us an email to fifthavenuepress@aadl.org! Thanks for the message! - erin