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Episode 347: State of Children's Book Publishing!

Book Friends Forever Podcast by Alvina and Grace

Apr 30, 202647:12Arts

Alvina and Grace are recording together in Brooklyn! They discuss the overall state of the children's book industry, including an article by Harold Underdown, and talk about the effects of book banning and the drop in th...

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Episode 347: State of Children's Book Publishing! is an episode from Book Friends Forever Podcast by Alvina and Grace. Alvina and Grace are recording together in Brooklyn! They discuss the overall state of the children's book industry, incl...

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Published Apr 30, 2026, 47:12 long, audio available.

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What is Episode 347: State of Children's Book Publishing! about?

Alvina and Grace are recording together in Brooklyn! They discuss the overall state of the children's book industry, including an article by Harold Underdown, and talk about the effects of book banning and the drop in the school and library market, and discuss how it's just a tough market overall, sadly. They discuss middle grade books and page counts and how the days of bulking them up to make them look longer are behind us. They also discuss young adult publishing and the term "clean teen." For the Fortune Cookie segment, Alvina talks about the official announcement of her imprint "Alvina Ling Books" and logo reveal, and the great reception it received. And she also talks about what happened when they tried to secure the url AlvinaLingBooks.com. And they end as always with what they're grateful for. Click here to become a Patreon member: .

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Episode 347: State of Children's Book Publishing! is an episode from Book Friends Forever Podcast by Alvina and Grace.

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This episode is 47:12 long.

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This episode was published on Apr 30, 2026.

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Episode 347: State of Children's Book Publishing! is from Book Friends Forever Podcast by Alvina and Grace.

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Published Apr 30, 2026 and 47:12 long