Funda ukuze uxhumeke kubalaleli
I-Vice-President e-Curtis Brown Ltd., i-ejensi yezincwadi, u-Elizabeth Harding imelela abalobi kanye nezifanekiselo zezingane ezincane, ebangeni eliphakathi kanye nezingane ezincane ezingamanga. Uhlu lwakhe luhlanganisa nabathengisi be-New York Times , i-Newbery, i-National Book Award, i-Printz, ne-Coretta Scott King inhlonipho abawina umklomelo.
Njengoba eneminyaka engamashumi eminyaka ehlangene nesipiliyoni , uyakwazi ngokukhethekile ukuqonda imakethe.
Kule ngxoxo, u-Harding wabelane ngezeluleko zakhe ezingcono kubalobi bezincwadi zezingane:
Ukubhala Izincwadi Zabantwana - Funda Amabhuku Wezingane!
U-Valerie Peterson: Uma othile ethi kuwe, "Ngifuna ukubhala incwadi yenyane," uyitshelani?
U-Elizabeth Harding: Ngangibuza: "Usuke ufunda noma yini nje yakamuva?"
Ngicabanga ukuthi abantu bazizwa bexhunyiwe kakhulu ezincwadini zezinyane - ikakhulukazi nezincwadi zesithombe-ngoba uma ufunde uGoodnight, Moon noma Madeleine noma enye yezinye izincwadi eziningi lapho usencane, ngicabanga ukuthi uzizwa sengathi ufunda nje izolo. Kukhona yonke inhlangano nezincwadi ozifunda njengengane.
Kodwa ngicabanga ukuthi kubaluleke kakhulu ukufuna abalobi ukuba babheke futhi bazijwayele ngempela ukuthi yini eshicilelwe namhlanje.
Thepha uLibrarian Yabantwana Bomakhelwane Bakho Abangane
I-VP: Ngakho-ke hamba wenze ucwaningo lwakho lwamakethe ebhukimakhi ...
I-EH: Ngikhicilela, ngakho-ke ngiletha izincwadi ekhaya njalo, futhi ngiseNew York City , izingane zami zihambisana kakhulu nesitolo samabhuku kunomtapo wolwazi.
Imithombo yezokuxhumana iye yasiza ekusakazeni igama ngezincwadi - Twitter, Facebook . Kuneziphakamiso eziningi zezincwadi zezingane emphakathini wokushicilela , futhi zisebenza kakhulu emithonjeni yezenhlalo.
Kodwa kumuntu omusha futhi oqala ukubhala incwadi yezingane, kufanelekile ukuba ube umngane wakho wezincwadi zomphakathi wendawo ngoba mhlawumbe ungumuntu onolwazi kakhulu mayelana nezincwadi zezingane. Akukhona nje kuphela ukuthi umtapo wezincwadi uyazi ukuthi yini ethengisayo - okuyinto engeyona into engcono ngaso sonke isikhathi - bayokwazi ukuthi yikuphi okungcono kakhulu.
Lokhu kuhamba ikakhulukazi ezincwadini zezithombe kanye nezincwadi eziphakathi kwamabanga aphakathi. Othisha nabadobi bezincwadi banesibindi esikhulu sabameli kanye nabalindisango bezincwadi zezingane.
I-VP: Ingabe othisha nabalondolozi bezincwadi zezincwadi zezingane ezincane nabalobi, nabo?
I-EH: Yebo, kodwa uma kwenzeka i-YA ne-teen books, izingane zithola futhi / noma zithenga izincwadi ngokwazo, kanti incwadi yesithombe nencwadi ephakathi nendawo ngokuvamile iphakanyiswa uthisha noma umtapo wezincwadi.
Ukuqonda kwiMakethe Yencwadi Yabantwana
I-VP: Usebenze izincwadi zezingane cishe 20% we-Curtis Brown iminyaka engu-100. Ungakwazi yini ukuphawula ngesimo semakethe yencwadi yengane namuhla?
EH: Imakethe yezincwadi zezingane ihlale ihluke ngokuphelele kumakethe omdala.
Umehluko namuhla kusukela lapho ngiqala khona ebhizinisini ukuthi izincwadi zezingane zazingaphansi kwe-radar manje - manje, ibhizinisi elikhulu. Ngisho, bekulokhu ibhizinisi, kodwa manje kubhekwa njengalokhu.
Ukushicilelwa kwezincwadi zezingane kubalwa ukuba yi-$ 3 billion yebhizinisi.
VP: Ungakwazi yini ukuchaza ngalokho?
I-EH: Ngokuyinhloko, ngemuva kwezincwadi eziphumelelayo nochungechunge olunjenge-Harry Potter, i-Lemony Snicket, iTwilight ne- The Hunger Games , imboni manje iyaqaphela ukuthi izincwadi zezingane nezincwadi ze- Young Adult zenza imali. Ngaleyo ndlela, umbono wokushicilela kuwo ufana nombono walo emakethe omdala - ukuqaphela ukuthi kunemali yokwenyuswa kwemboni emakethe kanye namandla ayo.
Ukuthengiswa Kwezikole Nezincwadi - Ukubaluleka Okuvuselelekile Emakethe Yezincwadi Zezingane
I-VP: Ngakho, ngaphandle kweminyaka yobudala yabafundi abahlosiwe, yiziphi izici ezihlukanisa imakethe yezingane kusuka kumuntu omdala?
I-EH: Lapho abathengisi bezinto zokuthengisa bebeyimakethe eyinhloko yamabhuku amadala, izincwadi zezingane, isikole, nezimakethe zethalabhulali bezilokhu zibaluleke kakhulu ekuthengiseni - futhi kube nokuvuselelwa kwamuva lapho.
Ukunikeza umbono wezomlando - eminyakeni engu-20 eyedlule imakethe yesikole nomtapo wezincwadi wawuqinile futhi, ngaleso sikhathi, kwakukuhle uma ibhuku lezingane zakho lithengiswa ezinqolobaneni zezinto zokuthenga, kusobala, kodwa akulona ukugxila.
Khona-ke uBarnes noNoble namanye ama-superstores nama-Amazon bafika esithombeni, futhi kwaba kubaluleke kakhulu ukukwazi ukuthengisa izincwadi zakho ngalezo zindawo; kwabekwa isisindo esiningi kulabo abathengisayo. Ukugxila kugxile [ezikoleni nasematatsheni] ukuthola izincwadi ebhodini lombhalo ku-B & N. Imakethe yezingane yaqala ukuthembela kakhulu kulabo abathengisa ukuthengisa - okwakungakaze kwenzeke njalo, futhi okwakuhambisana nokuthi amabhuku amadala athengiswa kanjani.
Kukhona isisindo esiningi esibekwe kulabo abathengisayo, kodwa sibuyele emuva ekubeni nemakethe yamathalabhu yesikolo ibaluleke ngempela.
I-VP: Ngakho lokho kuzokusekela isiphakamiso sakho kubabhali abafisa ukubandakanya izithameli zabo zendawo ukuthola iseluleko nokufaka.
EH: Yebo. Imakethe yezincwadi yezithombe iqala ukuphazamiseka, futhi ihambisana nayo yonke i-buzz mayelana namazinga kanye ne-Common Core, ngakho-ke manje othisha namathebhulali kanye nemakethe yesikole baphinde babaluleke kakhulu empumelelweni yencwadi.
Izikole nemitapo yezincwadi azizange zilahlekelwe ngempela ukubaluleka kwazo, kodwa ngicabanga ukuthi zibuyele emuva ekukhanyeni.
Abathengisi Abazimele Bathengisa Ngokuphumelelayo Amabhuku Wezincwadi
I-VP: Ukushintshaniswa kokuthengiswa kwezinto ezithengisa ukuthengisa kwathinteka kanjani emakethe yezincwadi zezingane?
I-E: Enye into ethakazelisayo yilabo abathengisi abazimele baye baphoqeleka ukuba babe nokuncintisana kakhulu nokudala ukuhlala bekhuphisana futhi abaningi babo baye bathola ngempela ukuthengisa izincwadi zesithombe kanye nezincwadi eziphakathi.
Ngezinye izikhathi bekuyoba nesimo lapho ngizwa ukuthi uBarnes noNoble "badlulile" encwadini yomlobi futhi kwakuvame ukulimaza kakhulu . Ngingaba nomlobi ongeke ngikwazi ukukhuluma naye. Lokho kwenzeka kancane kancane.
Yiqiniso, kuhle uma le ncwadi i-Barnes & Noble, kodwa akudingeki ukuba khona. Uma kudlula - ngenkathi kungalungile - phakathi kwesikole, ilabhulali kanye nama-indies, manje singakwazi ukusho, "Kulungile. Kunezinye izindlela zokuthengisa le ncwadi."
Iseluleko Mayelana Ne-Young Adult (YA) Market
I-VP: I-Young Adult itholakele kakhulu eminyakeni yamuva. Noma yikuphi amagama okuhlakanipha okufunayo abalobi baka-AB?
I-EH: Okokuqala, ngingaxwayisa noma ubani obhalela izilaleli ukuthi ngicabanga ukuthi abafundi baka-YA bangakwazi ukufakela izinto ezingezona iqiniso kunomunye umuntu. Futhi, yingakho ngicabanga ukuthi kubalulekile ukufunda - ngoba kubalulekile ukuqonda ukuthi abafundi bakho banzima, abanomzwelo, abahlakaniphile, izingane ezithakazelisayo nezinhlamvu zakho kangcono zibe okufanayo. Awukwazi ukuthola lutho nge-YA reader.
I-VP: Noma yiziphi izincomo zomuntu siqu zokufunda kwe-SA?
EH: Ngicabanga ukuthi ama-corner amathathu angama-YA angaphandle Kwa- SE Hinton, i-Pigman kaPaul Zindel, ne- The Chocolate War , kaRobert Cormier. Lokho kwenzeka kubo bonke abaye bamelwa nguCrustis Brown ngaphambi kukaMarilyn Marlow, futhi yizibonelo ezinhle kakhulu zobuhle kuleli hlobo.
I-VP: Ayikho impi yama-dystopian noma ama-vampires phakathi kwalabo. Ungakwazi yini ukukhuluma ngemikhuba yezingane ezincane?
EH: Imakethe ye-YA iyinkimbinkimbi, njengabaningi. Okwamanje kunomkhuba obheke esikhathini sangempela - ekugcineni, sizobuyela kuma-dystopian, amampires kanye nama-waswolves. Khona-ke fantasy, romance , futhi emuva kuya contemporary. Ama-Mermaids enza ngisho nomzuzwana wabo kancane.
Abafundi abanyamalala ngoba isimo sishintsha - abafundi bakhona!
Ukuthola i-Children's or YA Literary Agent
I-VP: Ukuhlakanipha okwejwayelekile kwakubonakala ukuthi abalobi bezingane abadingi i-agent, kodwa lokho kubonakala kushintshile kakhulu. Ungakwazi yini ukukhuluma nesidingo samanje sokuba ne-agent?
I-E: Kuyathakazelisa kodwa uma ngiqala cishe eminyakeni engaba ngu-20 edlule, kwakungekho amanxusa amaningi abhekana nezincwadi zezingane , futhi imakethe ye-YA / yezingane yayincane kakhulu kunamanje, ngakho-ke kwakunezinkampani ezincane zezincwadi zezingane kanye nomhleli wombhali ubuhlobo bubekwe ngqo, futhi kwakukhona ukusondelana okuningi kulokho.
Ngicabanga ukuthi umbhali wokubambisana wasesekhona, kodwa ukwenza ukuthi uxhumano lokuqala lube nzima kunalokho lapho ngiqala ngoba ibhizinisi likhulu kakhulu manje - kunabalobi abaningi nabahleli. Yilapho i-agent engena khona.
I-VP: Umelela ama-illustrators. Lokhu kuhluke kanjani ngokumelela abalobi?
I-EH: Kunzima kakhulu ukumelela i-illustrator, kuphela ngenxa yokuthi uthengisa isitayela, kunokuba ubhalwe ngesandla.
Njengommeli we-illustrators [ukuwathola incwadi yokubheka] kuningi lokuqinisekisa ukuthi abantu banamehlo kuma-portfoliyo abo. Kubuye kube ukuhamba kwami kokukhuluma njalo nabahleli - ngezinye izikhathi kuyovela "nginombhalo omkhulu ngalesi sihloko nesihloko - Uyazi noma ubani onokubukeka okunjalo noma ozizwayo?"
Kuningi ngokuhlala phambi kwabantu, ukugcina umsebenzi we-illustrator ngaphansi kwezinyosi zabo.
Iseluleko sabalobi abafuna i-Agent Literary
I-VP: Yisiphi iseluleko ongayithola kumuntu ofuna i-agent yombhalo ?
EH: Yiba ngumsebenzi. Izinga lokuzama ukuqala kusukela ngisungulile selizuziwe kakhulu - ngicabanga ukuthi kungenxa yokuthi abantu benza ucwaningo olwengeziwe, futhi kunamathuba amaningi okuza kusayithi njengeyakho futhi ufunde kabanzi mayelana nenqubo ngaphambi kokuthatha isinyathelo izwe ...
Kodwa kuyamangaza ukuthi kungakanani ukuxhumana enginakho nomuntu ongenzi kahle. Ngisho noma kungumuntu ongithumelela umbuzo we-imeyili.
Imibuzo nge-imeyli yonke iyaqala ukubukeka ngokufanayo kepha uma ngithumela i-imeyili futhi ngithi ngizoba nesithakazelo ekufundeni amakhasi angu-50, ungabuyeli impendulo kuwo wonke ama-caps "OMG!" Kumele uqhubeke lolo lwazi - uphethe. Kubalulekile - futhi ukubuyela emuva eqinisweni lokuthi ukushicilelwa kwezincwadi zezingane ibhizinisi, kubalulekile.
I-VP: Uthola kanjani abalobi ofuna ukuwamela?
I-EH: Ngithola okuningi [kwemibhalo yesandla] phezu kwe-transom - Nginalo uhlu oluhle kakhulu okwamanje ngakho ngokuvamile uma ngicela izinto kungakhathaliseki ukuthi ngiyithokozisa indaba noma igcwalisa umgodi ohlwini lwami - into ethile ukuthi anginalo ohlwini lwami.
Ngithola okuningi kokudluliselwa kwabanye abalobi engibamele, okuyinto ehlala ihlambalaza njalo.
Nginabantwana abane, ngakho-ke angikwenzi izingqungquthela eziningi okwamanje - kodwa ngangivame ukwenza ithoni, futhi ngiyithola ibakhuthaza kakhulu. Ngithanda ukuhlangana nomuntu ngedwa futhi ngibeke ubuso ebusweni. Kungakhathaliseki ukuthi lokho kulungile kimi noma cha, ngithanda ukuhlangana nabantu.
Ngicabanga ukuthi kubalulekile kubafisa abafisa ukuya emihlanganweni - ngicabanga ukuthi bayakufanelekela. Njengomuntu owethule, ngizizwa ukuthi kufanelekile. Ezingqungqutheleni, ungaphakathi kweqembu labantu abakhona lapho ngenxa yesizathu esifanayo - njalo kukhona inkhulumomphendvulwano ethakazelisayo.
I-VP: Yisho ukuthi unesipho esivela ku-agent. Ungamtshela kanjani ukuthi "nguye"?
I-EH: Ukuba ne-agent kuyisinqumo somuntu siqu - futhi baningi kakhulu lapho ngicabanga ukuthi kubalulekile ukuthola umuntu ofana nawe kufilosofi. Kungakhathaliseki ukuthi i-agent yakho kanye ne-agent yakho banamalungu afanayo, ngicabanga ukuthi kubalulekile ukuthi uyavumelana ukuthi izinto kufanele ziphathwe kanjani. Abanye abantu bangase bakhethe omunye umuntu onobudlova ngendlela abaphatha ngayo izinto; abanye abantu bahlehlisiwe futhi bangathanda ukuba nomuntu onesimo esifanayo.
Kuyathakazelisa ukuba i-agent ibe nesithakazelo emsebenzini wakho, kodwa uma ingeyona i-agent enhle kuwe, ngeke kube yinto ehle kakhulu.
VP: Siyabonga kakhulu isikhathi sakho nemicabango, Elizabeth!
Ukuze ufunde kabanzi mayelana nokuhamba kwezwe lokushicilela kwencwadi yamanje - kufaka phakathi imishini yedijithali kanye nefilimu nokuthengiswa kwe-tv okulungile - kusuka kulezi zinkulumo namanye ama-literary agents e-Curtis Brown Ltd ..