The New Jersey SCBWI Conference was this past weekend and it was a roaring success. I open up Sunday with a State of the Market Report and as promised, here is the first installment. I included the top six publishers from June 2013 – June 2014 vs. June 2012 – June 2013, with their industry ranking and amount of contracts comparisons in YA – MG – PB. The most interesting thing to me was the fact that Sky Pony Press was ranked number 6 in the list of Top Publishers. I think this is quite a feat, considering they opened their door less than 3 years ago. I’m impressed.
Check back tomorrow to see the next three slides. If you attended the conference, I hope we had time to say “Hello.” It really was a great conference and it was wonderful to see all my old friends and meet new friends who I hope to see again next year.
Talk tomorrow,
Kathy
Filed under: Middle Grade Novels, picture books, publishers, Publishing Industry, Young Adult Novel Tagged: Contracts cateogries broken down, last year vs. June 2012-2013, State of the Market Report, Top 15 Children's Publishers, Who's Growing Who's Not
Great weekend all around! Thank you for the wonderful presentation. Nice to see you :-).
Thanks, Kathy, for your presentation and for posting all this information. It’s exciting to see the rise in book contracts.
It really was a GREAT presentation over the weekend Kathy! You are such a wealth of knowledge, I can’t even imagine how time consuming that was to prepare. I’m looking forward to seeing it all be shown in bite sized pieces on your blog! :-)
Very interesting, Kathy! But I’m not clear on the context. Those are contracts with who? Members of NJSCBWI? Contracts reported on Publisher’s Marketplace? Or some other source? Presumably they aren’t the total # of contracts signed by those publishers? Thanks!
Loved your presentation, Kathy, and of course the shout-outs for Sky Pony and Pandemic. :)
Yvonne
These were the first 6 slides from my State of the Market Report I gave at the NJSCBWI Conference. This listed the top 15 publishers for the three categories. Those are the number of contracts signed during last year vs. the previous year according to Publishers Market. The publishers may have signed other contracts, but they were not reported to PM.
Thank you Kathy! The presentation was great, and I could tell you put a LOT of work into it.
The conference has become one of the great highlights in my life each year (well, I missed last year :( ) There’s simply nothing like it! And I’m so glad you’ll be posting this wealth of valuable information, Kathy. We all want it! :D Thank you!
I’ll try to call you on Wednesday.
Ditto!
It is, so now we need to get revising.
Erika,
I am so glad you are on my team. Thanks!
Kathy
Lauri,
Thanks! I think everyone was interested in the presentation and I can use it to share with everyone who didn’t attend. Thanks for saying it was great.
Kathy
…that’ll work at night :)
THERE you are, Erika! And yes, I DO remember seeing your avatar and post :D So nice to have met you!
You know, I KNEW your imprint was Sky Pony Press, Yvonne, but when I read what Kathy wrote, I was too lazy to go up and peek in your book! lol I’m really looking forward to when I’m able to begin reading it, and I have a feeling I’m going to wish I started sooner—no matter WHEN I begin! :D So glad to have it :)