New at Forbes: Cedella Marley interview, Million Copy Print Run for Guts, Book Designer Process and More

I've been busy over at Forbes.com writing about book publishing, with lots more great stuff on the way. You can follow me there and/or @raquelita on Twitter to see the latest. And as always, if you're a publicist, editor, agent, bookstore staffer, publishing company staffer or anyone else related to books with a newsworthy idea, you can pitch me by emailing rachelkb at gmail dot com with "Forbes" in the subject line. I'm especially interested in covering more visual news like the book cover article, and photography books and other photo/art-driven books, since I haven't done as much of that, as well as issue-driven books like The Warehouse but am open to anything new/notable/newsworthy.

"Why New Raina Telgemeier Graphic Memoir ‘Guts’ Has A One Million Copy Print Run"

"Cedella Marley On Adapting Her Father Bob Marley’s Song “Get Up, Stand Up” Into New Children’s Book"

"How This Doubleday Art Director Designs Book Covers, From ‘Frankenstein’ To ‘Fitness Junkie’"

"10 2019 Children’s Book Recommendations From Children’s Bookstores"

"Why Authors Are Holding Book Events At Museums And Other Nontraditional Venues"

"How The Death Of A Minimum Wage Dunkin' Donuts Worker Inspired Thriller 'The Warehouse'"

My latest at Forbes on an 11-year-old with a book deal

My latest article at Forbes online is titled, "11-Year-Old Boy Lands Book Deal About Crocheting After His Creations Go Viral" and since posting it yesterday, it's now the most-read of all my articles there. I believe that's partly because the star of it posted it on his Facebook page, which has a lot of readers, and people are interested in children who become authors. Read it to learn more about the Wisconsin publisher who moved quickly to secure the book deal and what they're looking for from future kid authors (they are open to submissions).