E heluhelu i ka hoʻohuiʻana i ka poʻe hoʻolohe
He Pelekikena Hope ma Curtis Brown Ltd. ke kuleana palapala,ʻo Elizabeth Harding ka mea kākau a me nā mea hōʻike moʻolelo o nā moʻolelo'ōpio, waena a me nā'ōpiopio'ōpio a me kāna papa inoa me ka New York Times bestsellers , Newbery, National Book Award, Printz, a me Coretta Scott King mahalo a me ka poʻe lanakila.
Me nā makahiki he mau makahiki o ka hoʻolālā i kākauʻia , ua kūlana kūponoʻo ia e hoʻomaopopo i ka wahi kūʻai.
Ma kēia kūkākūkāʻana, hoʻoikaikaʻo Harding i kāna mau'ōlelo aʻo maikaʻi loa i nā keiki kākau puke a kids:
E kākau i nā puke a nā keiki - heluhelu i nā puke a nā keiki!
Valerie Peterson: Aia'ōlelo kekahi iāʻoe, "makemake wau e kākau i kahi puke keiki," pehea kāu e haʻi aku ai iā ia?
Elizabeth Harding: Ke nīnau nei au: "Ua heluhelu aneiʻoe i kekahi mea i kēia manawa?"
Ke manaʻo nei au he pili nui nā poʻe i nā puke a nā keiki -ʻoiai me nā puke kiʻi kiʻi - no ka mea inā i heluheluʻiaʻoe i ka Poʻomanaʻo, Moon a Madeleine a iʻole kekahi o nā puke kiʻi'ē aʻe i kou wā'ōpiopio, ke manaʻo nei au e like pahaʻoe e heluhelu wale ai i ka lā. Aia kahi hui lōʻihi me nā puke āu e heluhelu ai e like me ke kamaliʻi.
Akā, ke manaʻo nei au he mea nui i nā mea kākau makemake e nānā a hoʻomaʻamaʻa pono iā lākou iho me ka mea e paʻiʻia nei i kēia lā.
Kāpili i kāu mea huli waihona puke kōkua kaiāulu
VP: No laila, e hele i kāu noi makaikai ma ka puke kūʻai ...
EH: Aia wau ma ka paʻiʻana, no laila, lawe mai au i nā puke i ka home i nā manawa a pau, a no ka nohoʻana i New York City , uaʻoi aku ka mahalo o kaʻu mau keiki i ka hale kūʻai ma mua o ka hale waihona puke.
Ua kōkua ka pāʻoihana kaiapuni i ka hua'ōlelo e pili ana i nā puke - Twitter, Facebook . He nui nā mea hoʻolaha i nā puke o nā keiki ma ka lehulehu e hoʻopuka nei , a ke hana nei lākou i kaʻoihana pāpili.
Akā, no ka mea hou a hoʻomaka e kākau i kahi puke a nā keiki, he mea pono ia e launa pū i kāu mea hale waihona puke no ka meaʻo ia pahaʻo ia ka meaʻike loa e pili ana i nā puke keiki. ʻAʻole wale kaʻike o ka mea hale waihona puke i ka mea e kūʻai aku ana -ʻaʻole ia he manawa maikaʻi loa -ʻike lākou i ka mea maikaʻi loa.
ʻO kēlā me kēia no nā puke kiʻi kiʻi a me nā puke waena. ʻO nā kumu a me nā hale waihona puke kekahi hui nui o nā kākoʻo a me nā kiaʻi puka no nā puke o nā keiki.
VP: He mau kahu kula a me nā mea hale waihona puke no nā puke'ōpio me nā mea kākau?
EH: ʻAe, akā i loko o ka puke YA a me nā puke'ōpio, nā keiki e huli a / a kūʻai paha i nā puke iā lākou iho, akāʻo ka puke kiʻi a me ka puke waena-ʻoi e'ōlelo pinepineʻia e ke kumu a mea hale waihona puke paha.
Nāʻike ma ka Market Market Book Children
VP: Ke hoʻolaha neiʻoe i nā puke keiki no ka kokoke 20% o Curtis Brown mau makahiki he 100. Hiki iāʻoe ke'ōlelo e pili ana i ka moku'āina o ka mākaʻi puke ma kēia lā?
EH: Ua kaʻawale loa ka mahele o ka puke puke o nā keiki mai ka mākeke kūʻokoʻa.
ʻO kaʻokoʻa i kēia lā mai ka wā i hoʻomaka ai au i kaʻoihana, he emi iki nā puke a nā keiki i lalo o ka pākū i kēia manawa -'ānō, he hana nui. ʻO kaʻu'ōlelo, he hana maʻamau ia, akā i kēia manawa uaʻikeʻiaʻo ia.
Hoʻolālāʻia ka paʻi puke o nā keiki i kahiʻoihana $ 3 billion.
VP: hiki iāʻoe ke wehewehe i kēlā mea?
EH: Ma hope o nā puke maikaʻi a me nā papahana e like me Harry Potter, Lemony Snicket, Twilight a me nā Hunger Games , keʻike nei kaʻoihana i nā puke a nā keiki a me nā puke Young Adult e hana kālā. Ma kēlāʻano,ʻo ka nānāʻana i ka nānāʻana e like me kona mau hiʻohiʻona e pili ana i ka mākeke kūʻokoʻa -ʻo kaʻike e loaʻa ana ke kālā i ka nānāʻana i kaʻoihana o kaʻoihana i ka mākeke a me kona hiki.
Ke kūʻai aku a me ka kūʻai hale waihona puke - He mea koʻikoʻi hou i ka Market Market Book Children
VP: No laila, ma waho aʻe o ka pae o ka wā o nā mea heluhelu i manaʻoʻia, he aha nā mea e hoʻohālikelike ai i ka mākeke o nā keiki mai ke kanaka makua?
EH: Ma kahi i kūʻaiʻia ai nā puke liʻiliʻi ma keʻano kūʻai nui no nā puke kanaka makua, no nā puke a nā keiki,ʻo ke kula, a me nā makuka kūʻai hale i mea nui loa i ka kūʻaiʻana - a ua ulu houʻia ma kahi hou.
No ka hāʻawiʻana i kahi hiʻohiʻona o ka moʻolelo - i 20 mau makahiki i hala, ua ikaika loa kaʻoihana kula a me ka hale waihona puke, a he manawa nui ia inā kūʻaiʻia ka puke o kāu mau puke ma nā hale kūʻai liʻiliʻi, akā,ʻaʻoleʻo ia ke kumu.
A laila hele maiʻo Barnes a me Noble a me nā mea'ē aʻe a me Amazon i loko o ke kiʻi, a ua lilo i mea nui ka hiki ke kūʻai aku i kāu mau puke ma o kēlā wahi; ua kau nuiʻia ke kaumaha ma luna o kēlā mau kūʻai. Ua hoʻohuliʻia ka hilinaʻi [mai nā kula a me nā hale waihona puke] no ka laweʻana i nā puke ma ka pā puke puke ma B & N. Hoʻomaka ka paʻakikī o ka mākeke i nā mea kūʻai kūʻai kālepa -ʻaʻole i kū i keʻano maʻamau, a uaʻoi aku ka pili o ka kūʻaiʻana i nā puke o nā mākua.
ʻOiai ka nui o nā kaumaha i kauʻia ma luna o kēlā mau kūʻai, akā, ua hoʻi hou mākou i ka loaʻaʻana o kaʻoihana kūʻai hale kūʻai o ke kula.
VP:ʻO ia ka mea e kākoʻo i kāu mau manaʻo i nā mea kākau moʻolelo e hana lākou i nā mea hale waihona puke no ka'ōlelo aʻo a me ka hoʻokomo.
EH: ʻAe. Hoʻomaka ka hoʻonohonohoʻana i ka māhele kiʻi puke e hoʻihoʻi i luna, a ua kūlike me ka paukū a pau e pili ana i nā paepae a me nā Core Common, a no laila, he mea nui nui nā kumu a me nā waihona puke a me ka māhele aʻo kula no ka holomua o kahi puke.
ʻAʻoleʻike nuiʻia nā kula a me nā hale waihona puke, akā, ke manaʻo nei au e hoʻi hou lākou i ke aniani.
Nā Puke Kūʻokoʻa Independent pono e kūʻai aku i nā puke a Keke
VP: Pehea e hoʻololi ai ka liʻiliʻiʻana i nā puke kūʻai liʻiliʻi i ka māna puke puke?
EH:ʻO kekahi mea hoʻonani,ʻo ia ka mea i koiʻia ai nā kālepa kūʻokoʻa e lilo i mea nui a noʻonoʻo no ka paʻakikī a he nui nā mea i loaʻa ma ka kūʻaiʻana i nā puke kiʻi kiʻi a me nā puke waena.
Ma kekahi manawa, i kahi manawa e lohe ai au ua holo "ʻo Barnes a me Noble" ma ka puke o ka mea kākau a ua lilo ia i mea e pōʻino ai - nā pōʻino . E makemake wau i kahi mea kākau a hikiʻole ke haʻi aku iā ia. Ua emi ka emi a emiʻole ka hihia.
ʻOiaʻiʻo, he mea nui inā aia kēia puke ma Barnes & Noble, akā,ʻaʻole pono e loaʻa. Inā hele lākou -ʻoiaiʻaʻole ia he kūpono - ma waena o ke kula, ka hale waihona puke a me nā kuʻi, i kēia manawa hiki iā mākou ke'ōlelo, "Ua maikaʻi, aia kekahi mauʻano'ē aʻe e kūʻai aku i ka puke."
Nā Kūkākūkā e pili ana i ka Pāʻani Kamaliʻi (YA)
VP: Ua loaʻa i ka'ōpio ke kaulana i nā makahiki i hala iho nei. ʻO kēlā me kēia hua'ōlelo no ka noʻonoʻo e makemake ai i nā kākau kākau YA?
EH:ʻO ka mua, e kauoha aku wau i kekahi e kākau no ia hālāwai e manaʻo ai e hiki i nā mea heluhelu ke hoʻopuka i nā mea i pololeiʻole ma mua o ka mea'ē aʻe. Eia hou, no laila ke manaʻo nei au he mea nui e heluhelu - no ka mea, he mea nui e hoʻomaopopo iho i ka paʻakikī o ka poʻe heluhelu, ka naʻau, ke akamai, nā'ōpio hoihoi, a me nā hua'ōlelo maikaʻi. ʻAʻole hiki iāʻoe ke loaʻa kekahi mea ma o ka mea heluhelu YA.
VP:ʻO nā'ōlelo kūikawā no ka YA noiʻi heluhelu?
EH: Ke manaʻo nei wauʻekolu mau pōhaku kihi o ka YAʻo The Outsiders na SE Hinton, ka Pigman na Paul Zindel, a me The Chocolate War , na Robert Cormier. ʻO nā mea i pili i nā mea a pau, ua hōʻikeʻia e koʻu Curtis Brown mua o Marilyn Marlow, a he poʻe keu loa lākou o keʻano maikaʻi loa i kaʻano.
VP:ʻAʻohe hakakā dystopian aʻoiʻole paha i waena o ia mau mea. Hiki paha iāʻoe ke kamaʻilio i nāʻano'ōpio'ōpio?
EH: ʻO ka makaikai YA keʻano o ka loli, e like me ka nui. I kēia manawa aia kahi hana e pili ana i ka wā kahiko - hopena, e hoʻi kākou i ka dystopian, vampires a me nā mea. A laila, noʻonoʻo, aloha , a hoʻi i ka wā i kēia manawa. Loaʻa i ko lākou manawa no kekahi manawa.
ʻAʻole e nalowale ka mea heluhelu no ka mea e loli ana nā loli - aia nā mea heluhelu i laila!
Loaʻa i kahi keiki aʻo YA Literary Agent
VP: Ua hoʻohanaʻia kaʻike kūpono ma muli o ka nele o nā mea kākau i kahi luna, akā, uaʻano'ē paha ka loli. Hiki iāʻoe ke'ōlelo i ka pono o kēia lā no ka loaʻaʻana o kahi luna?
EH: He mea maikaʻi ia ma ka makahiki 20 i hala aku nei,ʻaʻole i loaʻa ka nui o nā luna lawelawe i nā puke a nā keiki , a he emi loa ka māhele YA / Teen i kēia manawa, no laila, ua emi nā keiki keiki a me nā mea kākau hoʻoponopono ua hoʻopili pololeiʻia ka pilina, a ua nui ka pilina ma ia.
Manaʻo wauʻo ka mea pili i ka hoʻoponopono a ka mea kākau hoʻoponopono i kēia manawa, akā,ʻoi aku ka paʻakikī o kēlā pilina mua ma mua o ka hoʻomakaʻana o kaʻoihanaʻoi aku -ʻoi aku ka nui o nā mea kākau a me nā mea hoʻoponopono. ʻO kahi kahi e komo ai kahi luna.
VP: Hoʻohālikeʻoe i nā mea hōʻikeʻike. He aha ka mea likeʻole o ka mea kākau i nā mea kākau?
EH: Uaʻoi aʻe ka paʻakikī e hiki ke hōʻike i ka mea kākau,ʻoiai no kou kūʻai aku i kahiʻano, ma mua o ka palapala kākau paʻa.
Ma keʻano he mea hoʻohālike o ka mea hōʻike (koʻu laweʻana iā lākou i kahi puke) he mea nui ia e hōʻoiaʻiʻo i nā maka o nā kānaka ma ko lākou mau pūʻulu. ʻO ia hoʻi ka hopena o kaʻu kamaʻilio mauʻana i nā mea hoʻoponopono - i kekahi manawa e piʻi mai ia e like me "He papa nui wau e pili ana i kēlāʻano-a-ʻano likeʻole -ʻAʻole aneiʻoe iʻike i keʻano o kēlā mea e like me ia?"
He mea nui no ka nohoʻana i mua o nā kānaka, e mālama ana i ka hana a ka mea paʻi kiʻi ma lalo o ko lākou mau ihu.
Nā'ōlelo aʻo no nā mea kākau e nānā ana i kahi mea kākau
VP: He aha ka manaʻo e loaʻa iāʻoe no ka mea eʻimi ana i kahi mea kākau inoa ?
EH: E liloʻoe i meaʻoihana. Ua piʻi ka piʻiʻana o ka hulina mai ka wā i hoʻomaka ai au - manaʻo wau no ka nui o ka noiʻana o nā kānaka, a ua nui nā manawa e hiki ai ke hele i kahi kahua e like me kāu a aʻo hou e pili ana i ke kaʻina hana ma mua o ka heleʻana i ka honua ...
Akā, he mea kānalua i ka nui o koʻu pilina me kekahi mea hanaʻole. Inā paha he mea nāna e hoʻouna mai iaʻu i kahi leka uila.
Nā leka uila e hoʻomaka i ka nānā likeʻana akā inā wau e leka uila a'ōlelo aku e makemake wau i ka heluheluʻana i nāʻaoʻao he 50, mai hoʻouna i ka pane ma nā pāpau "OMG!" Ponoʻoe e hoʻomau i kēlāʻano noʻonoʻo - laweʻia. He mea nui - ke hoʻi hou nei i kaʻoiaʻiʻo o ka paʻi puke a nā keiki heʻoihana, he mea nui.
VP: Peheaʻoe eʻike ai i nā mea kākau e makemakeʻoe e pani?
EH: Loaʻa wau i ka nui o ka papa inoa i kēia manawa pēlā keʻano inā e noi wau no ka waiwai a inā paha uaʻike wau i ka mea e pili ana i nā mea a piha paha i ka puka i kaʻu papa inoa -ʻo ia kekahi mea ʻaʻole aʻu i kaʻu papa inoa.
Loaʻa iaʻu ka nui o nā mea i kākauʻia mai nā mea kākau'ē aʻe aʻu e pani nei,ʻo ia ka mea maʻalahi loa.
ʻEhā kaʻu mau keiki, no laila,ʻaʻole au e hālāwai nui i nā manawa i kēia manawa - akā, hana wau i kahi ton, aʻike wau iā lākou he mea hoʻonāukiuki loa. Makemake au e hālāwai me ke kanaka a me ka hoʻokau i kahi inoa. Inā he kūpono ia mea iaʻu aʻaʻoleʻole, makemake au e hālāwai me nā kānaka.
Ke manaʻo nei au he mea nui i nā mea kākau e makemake e hele i nāʻahaʻaina - Ke manaʻo nei wau he waiwai lākou. E like me ka mea nāna i hōʻike mai, keʻike nei au ua waiwai lākou. Ma nā hālāwai, aiaʻoe ma waena o kahi hui o nā poʻe i loaʻa i laila no ka like hoʻokahi kumu - he mau'ōlelo maʻamau a pau.
VP: E'ōleloʻoe i kāu hāʻawiʻana mai kahi luna. Pehea e hiki ai iāʻoe ke haʻi ināʻo iaʻo "hoʻokahi"?
EH:ʻO ka loaʻaʻana o kahiʻelele he hoʻoponopono pono'ī - a he nui nā mea i waho e manaʻo nei he mea nui eʻike i kekahi mea e like meʻoe i kaʻikepili. Inā he mauʻano pilikino like meʻoe a me kou luna, ke manaʻo nei au he mea nui eʻaeʻoe i ka hopena o nā mea e pono ai. Hiki paha i kekahi poʻe ke koho i kekahi mea hakakā ma keʻano o kā lākou mālamaʻana i nā mea; ua hoʻonuiʻia kekahi poʻe a makemake lākou e loaʻa i kekahi me keʻano like.
He mea hauʻoli ia no kahi luna e makemake i kāu hana, akā ināʻaʻoleʻo ia kaʻelele pono noʻoe,ʻaʻole ia e lilo i meaʻike nui loa.
VP: Mahalo nui no kou manawa a me kou mau manaʻo, e Elizabeth!
E aʻo hou e pili ana i ka hoʻokeleʻana i ka palapala puke e kū nei i kēia manawa -ʻo ka hoʻokumu pūnaewele a me nā kiʻi kūʻai pono'ī - mai kēia mau hālāwai kūkā me nā poʻe palapala'ē aʻe Curtis Brown Ltd..