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Inside the Acquisitions Boardroom
Inside the Acquisitions Boardroom: Stacy Cantor Abrams on Sara Wolf’s Remember Me Forever One question we get asked frequently as editors is whether or not we’d consider acquiring a book that has already been self-published. Many... Read more »
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Inside the Acquisitions Boardroom: Editor Stacy Cantor Abrams on Kelley York and Rowan Altwood’s Other Breakable Things
There’s a question we ask a lot inside the acquisitions boardroom, and that’s: What is this book’s high concept? In fact, we have entire meetings devoted solely to pinning down exactly the answer to this question.... Read more »
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Inside the Acquisition Board Room: Associate Editor Suzanne Evans on Leah and Kate Rooper’s Jane Unwrapped
Dear Reader: Fact: Jane’s a teen scientist who wants nothing more than to stay in her room and study while preparing to go to Cambridge. Before she can go, she’s forced out for one day of... Read more »
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Inside the Acquisition Boardroom: Editor Stacy Cantor Abrams on Lisa Burstein’s Dear Cassie
Acquiring a second novel from an author is very different from acquiring his or her debut. Whereas a debut is a blank slate to be molded as it will, a sophomore novel brings with it the expectations... Read more »
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Inside the Acquisition Boardroom: The Reece Malcolm List by Amy Spalding, by Editor Stacy Cantor Abrams
In The Reece Malcolm List, Devan keeps a secret list of any information she can gather about her reclusive mother, Reece Malcolm. At the start of the story, all she knows about her mom are five things:... Read more »
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Inside the Acquisition Boardroom: All the Broken Pieces by Cindi Madsen, by Editor Stacy Cantor Abrams
The reason I acquired Cindi Madsen’s All the Broken Pieces is a secret. I often say I am looking for books that are “high concept,” and a lot of authors tend to pull their hair out trying... Read more »
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Inside the Acquisition Boardroom: Lea Nolan’s Conjure by Assistant Publisher Guillian Helm
I had the good fortune to be one of the early readers for Lea Nolan’s Conjure. Before I was even halfway through I knew that Liz had found something special in Lea’s writing—an ancient curse, hoodoo (not... Read more »
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Inside the Acquisition Boardroom: Stephanie Thomas’ Luminosity by Editor Kerry Vail
Luminosity (book one of The Raven Chronicles) captivated me from its first lines. These words in particular haunted me: “His eyes turned white, mouth open…gone. Like an oyster shell without any meat inside.” Wow. Talk about impact.... Read more »
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Inside the Acquisition Boardroom: Jus Accardo’s Toxic, by Editor Kerry Vail
Jus Accardo is a Six. Yeah, she has super powers. (If you haven’t yet read Touch, a SIX is a teen with a genetic difference—one that gives them really cool powers like dream-walking, or healing powers, or... Read more »
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Inside the Acquisition Boardroom: Rachel Harris’ My Super Sweet Sixteenth Century, by Editor Stacy Cantor Abrams
At Entangled, the editors take our acquisition choices extremely seriously. A lot of time and dedication is put into each book we publish, so we want to make sure the ones we choose have the best possible... Read more »