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Rebecca Giblin, co-author of Chokepoint Capitalism: How Big Tech and Big Content Captured Creative Labor Markets and How We'll Win Them Back recommends an interesting list of books! Before jumping into the interview, please check out Rebecca's book:

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The Giblin Guide to Writing Children's Books first came out in 1990 and quickly became known as a good general guide to children's book writing. Jim was both the former editor-in-chief of Clarion Books and an award-winning author of children's nonfiction, and he drew on both of those experiences to write this book. I knew Jim, so there may be some bias in the comments that follow, but I don't think there is any doubt that with this latest revision, Jim's guide returned as a highly useful and relevant choice for anyone wanting to learn about writing for children.

Contents of The Giblin Guide to Writing Children's Books: A first chapter called "A Thriving Market" gives some facts about the children's book business today, but mostly covers the basics of getting started in writing. The real meat of the book follows: three chapters each on nonfiction, fiction (novels), and picture books. For each area, Jim both explains the types of books published in that area and gives concise how-to help for writing, studded with interesting examples. For example, in the fiction area he begins by looking at 10 "common failings in juvenile fiction," from his perspective as an editor, giving examples of each and explaining how to fix them. Then in "The Five Ages of Juvenile Fiction" he looks at easy readers, chapter books, middle-grade fiction, transitional fiction, and YA fiction. Last, he examines different types or genres of fiction, from mystery to multicultural. The book also includes a couple of chapters on submissions and the publishing process, followed by a list of books to read.

Here is some more detailed information about the nonfiction section of the book, for two reasons: most children's writing how-to's focus on novels and picture books, and Jim is known as a writer for his nonfiction. If nonfiction doesn't interest you, just skip ahead. Jim begins by looking at the nonfiction market, which has changed considerably in the past 20 years or so. He points out the greater importance of visuals and the need to write concisely. He then explores how to get ideas, shape your idea for the right age group, and write a proposal. In the second chapter, he provides a concise guide to the whole writing process, titled "Researching, Outlining, and Writing a Juvenile Nonfiction Book," which also includes tips for doing picture research. His third nonfiction chapter explores the importance of devices more common to fiction in nonfiction: an overall narrative line, strong openings, pacing, the use of anecdotes, and others.

Comments The Giblin Guide is a great introduction to writing for children. It covers the basics, and provides guidance in three different types of writing. I think Jim's experiences as an editor help make the guide even more useful, because his personal experiences aren't limited to what he he has done as a writer. He knows there may be more than one way to solve a writing problem, for example, and he points them out, such as in his discussion of whether or not to outline, and in how much detail. The part of the book dedicated to writing nonfiction is the best guide to this area I have seen. I do have a few quibbles. Perhaps because Jim's nonfiction has been published in the trade market only, he doesn't clearly differentiate trade nonfiction publishers from institutional publishers such as Lerner. He also does not look at the specific demands of the nonfiction picture book. But those are quibbles: most beginning writers will find the guidance they seek.

Who Needs The Giblin Guide to Writing Children's Books: Beginning writers, especially those writing in more than one area, will find this extremely useful. Nonfiction writers will also want this on their shelf. Writers already settled in novels and picture books may want to choose a more specific guide: for some possibilities, see my Writing How-To's, which I developed as a supplement to The C. I. Guide to Publishing Children's Books.

For more on James Cross Giblin, see this interview that he did with Roger Sutton of The Horn Book. For more about children's nonfiction, see this history of children's nonfiction in the US, written in 2013 by Jim, and my review of Anatomy of Nonfiction, a guide specifically focusing on writing NF for children. Disclosure: I received a review copy of this book for free from the publisher, as do most reviewers.

This guide is an overview of the field covering picture books to YA novels, including age groups, genres, fiction and nonfiction requirements, and guidelines for working with editors, from submission to publication written by the award-winning author and former Editor-in-Chief at Clarion Books James Cross Giblin.

Cory Doctorow is a bestselling science fiction writer and activist. He is a special adviser to the Electronic Frontier Foundation, with whom he has worked for 20 years. He is also a visiting professor of computer science at the Open University (UK) and of library science at the University of North Carolina. He is also a MIT Media Lab research affiliate. He co-founded the UK Open Rights Group and co-owns the website Boing Boing. He is the author of more than 20 books, including novels for adults and young adults, graphic novels for middle-grade readers, picture books, nonfiction books on technology and politics, and collections of essays. Follow him on Twitter (@doctorow).

Assemblyman Thomas P. Giblin and Assemblywoman Britnee Timberlake are asking residents, businesses and organizations in the 34th legislative district to support their 2018 Holiday Toy and Book Drive, which last year handed out hundreds of toys and books to kids ages 3 to 15.

Toys and books collected will be distributed to local organizations including the East Orange/Orange Community Development Corp., Montclair Child Development Corp/Head Start Program, The Boys and Girls Club of Clifton, Moving Orange Forward, St. Peters Haven, and United Way of Northern New Jersey.

Provocative What makes this book so refreshing is that it never lets its reader off the hook I see it as a kind of manual that will arm you with the technical knowhow (and the confidence) to demand more. -- Kitty Drake * The Guardian * Nerdy, sharp, radical, and readable. -- Tim Harford * Financial Times * Chokepoint Capitalism tells us how the vampires crashed the party, and provides protective garlic. -- Margaret Atwood, author of The Handmaids Tale A welcome intervention. -- Oscar Williams * New Statesman * We all know something is wrong about every click, stream, and purchase we make unfairly depriving value creators of their worth, while enriching the wealthiest and most extractive entities in human history. Instead of just complaining about the corporate stranglehold over production and exchange, Giblin and Doctorow show us why this happened, how it works, and what we can do about it. An infuriating yet inspiring call to collective action. -- Douglas Rushkoff, author of Throwing Rocks at the Google Bus and Survival of the Richest An urgent, profound, and approachable take on what it's going to take to save our culture. If you care about books, movies, or music, read this book right now. And share a copy with a friend. -- Seth Godin, author of The Practice Chokepoint Capitalism is not just a fascinating tour of the hidden mechanics of the platform era, from Spotify playlists to Prince's name change, but a compelling agenda to break Big Tech's hold. It presents a clear new way to think about corporate power and a path to taking that power back for cultural creators and all of us. -- Eli Pariser, author of The Filter Bubble and cofounder of Avaaz The great myth of the American economy is that it rewards creators and producers. But Chokepoint Capitalism dares to tell the real story of how it actually rewards the all-powerful middlemen fleecing both workers and consumers. This book is an absolute must-read for anyone who senses that the predominant economic mythology is a lie, who wants to know what's really happening in this economy and who is ready to finally start fixing the problem. -- David Sirota, writer of Don't Look Up and founder of The Lever [A] lucid and damning expos of how big business captured the culture markets Interwoven with maddening tales of exploitation are detailed discussions of statutory licensing reform, copyright infringement detection systems, and other technical matters The books broad scope, expert policy recommendations, and flashes of wit make it a must-read for anyone involved in these industries. -- Publishers Weekly, starred review Giblin and Doctorow persuasively argue that copyright cant unrig a rigged market for that you need worker power, antitrust, and solidarity. -- Jimmy Wales, cofounder of Wikipedia I loved this book It helps us all see the locks and chains, and the ways to chisel through them. -- Zephyr Teachout, law professor and author of Corruption in America and Break Em Up Creators are being ground up by the modern culture industries, with little choice but to participate in markets Giblin and Doctorow show why, and offer a range of powerful strategies for fighting back. -- Lawrence Lessig, Roy L. Furman Professor of Law and Leadership at Harvard Law School Capitalism doesnt work without competition. Giblin and Doctorow impressively show the extent to which thats been lost throughout the creative industries, and how this pattern threatens every other worker. -- Craig Newmark, founder of Craigslist A tome for the times The revolution will not be spotified! -- Christopher Coe, artist and cofounder of Awesome Soundwave Chokepoint Capitali

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