Ŵerengani Kuti Uyanjanitsidwe Kwa Omvera
Vice Purezidenti ku bungwe lolemba mabuku la Curtis Brown Ltd., Elizabeth Harding akuyimira olemba ndi mafanizo a achinyamata, zolemba zapakati pakati pa achinyamata ndi zowonongeka. Ndipo mndandanda wake umaphatikizansopo New York Times ogulitsa kwambiri , Newbery, National Book Award, Printz, ndi Coretta Scott King ulemu ndi opindula mphoto.
Ndili ndi zaka makumi asanu ndi ziwiri zolemba zochitika , iye ali woyenera kumvetsetsa malonda.
Pa zokambiranazi, Kulimbika kumapereka uphungu wake wabwino kwa olemba buku la ana a ana:
Kulemba Mabuku a Ana - Werengani Mabuku a Ana!
Valerie Peterson: Munthu akakuuzani kuti, "Ndikufuna kulemba buku la mwana," mumamuuza chiyani?
Elizabeth Harding: Ndikufunsani: "Kodi mwawerenga posachedwapa?"
Ndikuganiza kuti anthu amamva kuti akugwirizana kwambiri ndi mabuku a mwana - makamaka ndi mabuku a zithunzi-chifukwa ngati mutayesedwa Goodnight, Moon kapena Madeleine kapena limodzi la mabuku ena a zithunzi pamene munali wamng'ono, ndikuganiza kuti mumangomva ngati dzulo. Pali mgwirizano wonse ndi mabuku omwe mumawerenga ali mwana.
Koma ndikuganiza kuti ndikofunika kwambiri kuti olemba mabuku akufuna kuti aziwone ndikudziwidziwitsanso zomwe zikufalitsidwa lero.
Gwiritsani Bwandolo Lanu Labwino Kwa Ana Anu
VP: Choncho, pitani mukafufuze kafukufuku wanu wa msika mu bukhu la mabuku ...
E: Ndimasindikizira, kotero ndikubweretsa mabuku kunyumba nthawi zonse, ndikukhala ku New York City , ana anga akugwirizana kwambiri ndi mabuku osungira mabuku kuposa laibulale.
Zolinga zamtunduwu zathandiza kufalitsa mau okhudza mabuku - Twitter, Facebook . Pali mauthenga ambiri a mabuku a ana m'madera osindikizira , ndipo amakhala otanganidwa kwambiri pazofalitsa.
Koma kwa wina yemwe ali watsopano ndi kuyamba kulemba buku la ana, ndi bwino kuti akhale bwenzi lanu lazinsungirako chifukwa iyeyo mwina ndi munthu wodziwa zambiri zokhudza mabuku a ana. Osati kokha wodziwa malowa amadziwa zomwe zikugulitsa - zomwe siziri nthawizonse zomwe ziri zabwino - iwo adziwa zomwe ziri zabwino kwambiri.
Izi zimapita makamaka m'mabuku a zithunzi ndi mabuku apakati. Aphunzitsi ndi alangizi othandizira maofesiwa ndi gulu loopsa la alangizi komanso alonda a mabuku a ana.
VP: Kodi aphunzitsi ndi alangizi othandizira alonda a mabuku akuluakulu ndi olemba, ndiwonso?
E: Inde, koma pa nkhani ya YA ndi mabuku a achinyamata, ana akupeza ndi / kapena kugula mabuku okhawo, koma buku la zithunzi ndi buku lapakati limalimbikitsidwa ndi aphunzitsi kapena osungira mabuku.
Zolemba pa Market Market ya Ana
VP: Wakhala akugulitsa mabuku a ana kwa zaka 20% za Curtis Brown zaka 100. Kodi mungayankhepo pa msika wa mabuku a mwana lero?
E: Msika wa mabuku wa ana wakhala nthawizonse wosiyana kwambiri ndi msika wamkulu.
Kusiyanasiyana lero kuyambira pamene ndinayamba mu bizinesi ndikuti mabuku a ana anali pang'ono pansi pa radar omwe ali tsopano - tsopano, ndi bizinesi yaikulu. Ine ndikutanthauza, nthawizonse wakhala bizinesi, koma tsopano izo zimazindikiridwa monga choncho.
Kusindikiza kwa mabuku a ana akuyesa kukhala bizinesi ya $ 3 biliyoni.
VP: Kodi mungathe kufotokozera?
E: Mwachidziwikire, pambuyo pa mabuku ogwira mtima ndi mndandanda monga Harry Potter, Lemony Snicket, Twilight ndi The Hunger Games , makampaniwa tsopano akuzindikira kuti mabuku a ana ndi Young Adult mabuku amapanga ndalama. Pachifukwa chimenecho, malingaliro owonetsera pazinthu ndi ofanana ndi momwe amachitira pa msika wa anthu akuluakulu - kuzindikira kuti pali ndalama zoti anthu azichita nawo chidwi pamsika ndi zomwe angathe.
Zolemba za Sukulu ndi Ma Library - Zofunika Zowonjezeredwa ku Soko Loyamba la Ana
VP: Choncho, pambali pa zaka za owerenga omwe akufuna, ndi zinthu ziti zomwe zimasiyanitsa msika wa ana kuchokera kwa akuluakulu?
E: Pamene ogulitsa malonda akhala akugulitsa mabukhu akuluakulu, mabuku a ana, sukulu, ndi makalata a laibulale nthawi zonse akhala ofunikira kwambiri kugulitsa - ndipo pakhala pali kubwezeretsedwa kwatsopano komweko.
Kupereka zochitika za mbiriyakale - zaka 20 zapitazo sukulu ndi msika wa laibulale zinali zamphamvu kwambiri, panthawiyo, zinali zabwino ngati bukhu la ana anu linagulitsidwa m'masitolo ogulitsa mabuku, mwachiwonekere, koma sizinali zolinga.
Kenaka Barnes ndi Noble ndi masitolo ena ndi Amazon anafika pachithunzichi, ndipo zinakhala zofunikira kwambiri kuti tigulitse mabuku anu kudutsa malowa; kulemera kwake kunayikidwa pa malonda amenewo. Cholinga chinasinthidwa [kuchokera ku sukulu ndi malaibulale] kuti apeze mabuku ku khoma la zithunzi pa B & N. Msika wa anawo unayamba kudalira kwambiri malonda awo ogulitsira - omwe kale sanali otero, ndipo zomwe zinali zogwirizana ndi momwe mabuku achikulire anagulitsidwira.
Palinso kulemera kwakukulu kuyika malondawa, koma tabwerera ku msika wa laibulale wa sukulu kukhala wovuta kwambiri.
VP: Kotero izo zikhoza kuthandizira malingaliro anu kuti akwaniritse olemba omwe amapita kumalo osungiramo mabuku awo kuti awathandize ndi kuwathandiza.
E: Inde. Msika wa bukhu lazithunzi ukuyamba kugwedeza, ndipo ukugwirizana ndi zida zonse za miyezo ndi Common Common, ndipo tsopano aphunzitsi ndi anthu ogwira ntchito mosungirako mabuku ndi msika wa sukulu akufunikanso kuti buku liziyenda bwino.
Sukulu ndi ma libraries sizinathenso kufunika kwake, koma ndikuganiza kuti abwerera mmbuyo.
Mabungwe Odziimira Okhaokha Amagulitsa Mabuku a Kid
VP: Kodi kusinthanitsa kwa malonda kwa malonda kunakhudza motani msika wa mabuku a ana?
E: Chinthu chochititsa chidwi ndi chakuti ogulitsa malonda okhaokha adakakamizidwa kuti azikhala okonzeka kwambiri komanso kuti akhale ndi mpikisano wambiri ndipo ambiri apeza bwino kugulitsa mabuku a zithunzi ndi mabuku apakati.
Pangakhale nthawi zina ndikadamva kuti Barnes ndi Noble "adadutsa" pa bukhu la wolemba ndipo izi zinkakhala zopweteka kwambiri . Ndikanakhala ndi wolemba wosasunthika ndipo ndilibe chilichonse choti ndingamuuze. Izi zimakhala zochepa kwambiri.
Inde, ndizotheka ngati bukuli lili ku Barnes & Noble, koma sikuyenera kukhalapo. Ngati atadutsa - pamene si abwino - pakati pa sukulu, laibulale ndi ma indies, tsopano titha kunena kuti, "Chabwino, pali njira zina zogulitsa bukhuli."
Malangizo Ponena za Achinyamata Aakulu (YA) Market
VP: Wachinyamata wamkulu watchuka kwambiri m'zaka zaposachedwapa. Mawu aliwonse a nzeru okhumba Olemba?
E: Choyamba, ndikuchenjeza aliyense kulemba kwa omvera omwe ndikuganiza kuti Owerenga amawombera zinthu zomwe sizowona mofulumira kuposa wina aliyense. Kachiwiri, ndichifukwa chake ndikuganiza kuti ndifunika kuwerenga - chifukwa ndifunikira kumvetsetsa kuti owerenga anu ndi ovuta, okhudza maganizo, opusa, ana okondweretsa komanso olemba anu bwino kukhala chimodzimodzi. Inu simungakhoze kupeza chirichonse mwa WA kuwerenga.
VP: Ndondomeko zilizonse zaumwini kwa kuwerenga KA kafukufuku?
E: Ndimaganiza kuti miyala yazing'ono zitatu za YA ndizo kunja kwa SE Hinton, The Pigman ndi Paul Zindel, ndi The Chocolate War , ndi Robert Cormier. Zomwe zimachitika kwa onse ziyimiridwa ndi Curtis Brown yemwe adatsogoleredwa ndi Marilyn Marlow, ndipo iwo ndi zitsanzo zabwino kwambiri za mtundu wawo.
VP: Palibe nkhondo za dystopi kapena maimpires pakati pawo. Kodi mungalankhule ndi Achikulire Achikhalidwe?
E: Msika Wawo ndi wovuta, monga ambiri. Pakalipano pali njira yotsatila - pomalizira pake, tibwereranso ku ma dystopian, vampires and werewolves. Ndiye malingaliro, chikondi , ndi kubwerera ku nthawi yino. Mermaids ngakhale anali ndi mphindi yawo kwa pang'ono.
Owerenga samachoka chifukwa chakuti kusintha kumachitika - owerenga alipo!
Kupeza Ana kapena YA Literary Agent
VP: Nzeru yowoneka kuti olemba a ana safuna wothandizira, koma izo zikuwoneka kuti zasintha kwambiri. Kodi mungalankhule ndi kufunikira kwa lero kukhala ndi wothandizira?
E: Ndizosangalatsa koma pamene ndinayamba pafupifupi zaka 20 zapitazo, panalibe olemba mabuku ambiri a ana , ndipo malonda a YA / achinyamata anali ang'onoang'ono kuposa tsopano, motero panali olemba mabuku ochepa komanso olemba mabuku Chiyanjano chinakhazikitsidwa mwachindunji, ndipo panali chiyanjano chochuluka mwa izo.
Ndikuganiza kuti mlembi-mkonzi wapamtima wapamtima akadali pomwepo, koma kupanga mgwirizano woyambawo ndi wovuta kuposa momwe ndinayambira chifukwa bizinesi ndi yaikulu tsopano - pali olemba ambiri ndi olemba. Ndiko komwe wothandizira amabwera.
VP: Mukuyimiranso mafanizo. Kodi izo zimasiyana bwanji ndi kuimira olemba?
E: Ndikovuta kwambiri kuimira illustrator, chifukwa chakuti mukugulitsa kalembedwe, m'malo molemba zolemba.
Monga wogwiritsira ntchito zojambula [ndikuwatenga ntchito yolemba] ndikutsimikiza kuti anthu ali ndi maso pa zikopa zawo. Ndimayambanso kulankhula ndi olemba - nthawi zina zidzatuluka ngati "Ndili ndi mndandanda waukulu wokhudza nkhani zoterezi - Kodi mumadziwa wina yemwe ali ndi mawonekedwe ngati amenewa?"
Ndizo zambiri za kukhala pamaso pa anthu, kusunga ntchito ya mkujambula pansi pa mphuno zawo.
Malangizo kwa Olemba Akufuna Mlembi Wakalemba
VP: Ndi uphungu wotani umene ungakhale nawo kwa munthu wofuna wothandizira kulemba ?
E: Khalani katswiri. Ndondomeko ya kufufuza kuyambira pomwe ndinayambira yakula kwambiri - ndikuganiza kuti ndi chifukwa chakuti anthu akufufuza zambiri, ndipo pali mwayi wochuluka wopita ku webusaiti ngati yanu ndikuphunzira zambiri za njirayi musanalowe dziko ...
Koma n'zosadabwitsa kuti ndikugwirizana kotani ndi munthu amene sachita ntchito. Ngakhale ngati ndi winawake amene anditumizira ine imelo yankho.
Mauthenga a Imeli onse amayamba kuwonekera mofanana koma ngati nditumiza imelo kumbuyo ndikumanena kuti ndikanakonda kuwerenga masamba 50, musabwezere yankho m'makutu onse "OMG!" Muyenera kupitiriza ntchitoyi - yambani. Ndikofunika - kubwereranso kukutsimikizira kuti buku la ana ndilo bizinesi, ndilofunika.
VP: Mukupeza bwanji olemba omwe mukuwaimira?
E: Ndimatenga [malemba] ambiri pamasom'pamaso - Ndili ndi mndandanda wabwino kwambiri panthawi yomwe ndimakhala ndikufunsira zinthu mwina ndikupeza kuti nkhaniyo ndi yosangalatsa kapena ikudzaza mndandanda wanga - ndi chinachake kuti ndilibe mndandanda wanga.
Ndimatenga zambiri kuchokera kwa olemba ena omwe ndimawaimira, omwe nthawi zonse amanyengerera.
Ndili ndi ana anayi, kotero sindichita misonkhano yambiri panthawiyi - koma ndinkakonda kupanga tani, ndipo ndimawapeza akulimbikitsana kwambiri. Ndimakonda kukomana ndi munthu wina ndikukhazikitsa nkhope ndi dzina. Kaya nkhaniyo ndi yabwino kwa ine kapena ayi, ndimakonda kukomana ndi anthu.
Ndikuganiza kuti ndizofunika kuti olemba mabuku akufuna kukhala nawo pamisonkhano - ndikuganiza kuti ndi ofunika. Monga munthu amene wapereka, ndikudzimva kuti ndi ofunika. Pamisonkhano, muli pakati pa gulu la anthu omwe alipo chifukwa chofanana - nthawi zonse pali zokambirana zokondweretsa.
VP: Nkuti muli ndi kupereka kuchokera kwa wothandizira. Kodi mungadziwe bwanji kuti iye ndi "mmodzi"?
E: Kukhala ndi wothandizira ndi chisankho chaumwini - ndipo pali ambiri kunja uko ndikuganiza kuti ndikofunika kupeza munthu wofanana ndi inu mufilosofi. Kaya wanu ndi wothandizira anu ali ndi umunthu wofanana, ndikuganiza kuti ndi kofunika kuti muvomereze momwe zinthu ziyenera kukhalira. Anthu ena angasankhe munthu yemwe ali wamwano kwambiri momwe amachitira zinthu; anthu ena amatsitsidwa kwambiri ndipo angakonde kukhala ndi munthu wofanana.
Ndizosangalatsa kuti wothandizila azikhala ndi chidwi ndi ntchito yanu, koma ngati sali woyenera kwa inu, sizingakhale bwino.
VP: Zikomo kwambiri nthawi ndi malingaliro anu, Elizabeth!
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