http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2006/11/15/diamond-annoucnes-new-kids-group/ The News Blog of Comics Culture Sun, 12 Oct 2008 10:19:19 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.2 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2006/11/15/diamond-annoucnes-new-kids-group/#comment-15906 Thu, 16 Nov 2006 07:26:53 +0000 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2006/11/15/diamond-annoucnes-new-kids-group/#comment-15906 [...] Diamond Book Distributors has released a few new details regarding its new children’s book group, although you have to swim though a small river of hype in the press release reprinted by Heidi MacDonald to find them. It’s possible that some of the more experienced hires will ensure that this initiative succeeds, but based upon Diamond’s efforts in the booksellers market to date, I’m holding off on betting money on it for the time being. It’s not that I think they’re destined to fail or anything — and goodness knows, a bookstore distributor willing to represent small publishers is always a worthy thing — but there’s been precious little evidence to date that the mostly ragtag line-up represented by Diamond has really benefited from new opportunities in the market in the same way as publishers with sharper, more experienced representation. [...] […] Diamond Book Distributors has released a few new details regarding its new children’s book group, although you have to swim though a small river of hype in the press release reprinted by Heidi MacDonald to find them. It’s possible that some of the more experienced hires will ensure that this initiative succeeds, but based upon Diamond’s efforts in the booksellers market to date, I’m holding off on betting money on it for the time being. It’s not that I think they’re destined to fail or anything — and goodness knows, a bookstore distributor willing to represent small publishers is always a worthy thing — but there’s been precious little evidence to date that the mostly ragtag line-up represented by Diamond has really benefited from new opportunities in the market in the same way as publishers with sharper, more experienced representation. […]

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