Leaving On a Jet Plane

Oh, it's been crazy these last two weeks! The catalog has gone to print, the next book, due to arrive in May, needs one final proof before it goes to print, and I've prepared everything at the office so that I can leave for a two-week vacation-- Sunday. Actually, it's not all entirely vacation. Though we'll be in Taiwan for a week and Japan for a week, we will meet Holly Thompson, the author of our Spring 2008 book, in Tokyo.

Isn't it funny how, in this age of email, we can work with parties anywhere in the world and get entire books published without ever meeting each other? Meeting any of the authors I work with is a real treat, and especially one who lives halfway around the world. Last year, when we were in Hong Kong, we just missed Roseanne Thong, who was on vacation herself. But this time, the planets have aligned and we will get a chance to meet Holly, a wonderful writer, whose book you will really love.

So we're off for two weeks. See you when I get back, if not sooner...

An Unpardonable Lapse

I cannot believe that it's been so long since my last post. How terrible I am!

Don't worry, I'm still here. I'm working on a lot of things these days: our next catalog will be mailing in a few weeks. A warning: it's going to be a slim one. This spring, the website will be the only place to browse our entire selection of books. I hope this change doesn't cause too great an inconvenience, but we'll see.

Another project is our the upcoming book, which should be released in May, entitled Romina's Rangoli. It's about a girl who is half Mexican and half Indian. More on that in a later post.

For the fall, we will be publishing a book that takes place in Japan. The most exciting thing about this is that the author and illustrator are both from Japan, and in two weeks, I will be in Tokyo visiting with the author, Holly Thompson. How exciting is that! E and I will visit with her, then we will join a tour to Osaka, Kyoto, and surrounding areas. That will be an amazing trip. I may even be able to post some pictures if we have an internet connection.