The Buzz @ Sourcebooks

By far the most important things we do are on behalf of our thousands of authors.

The Buzz @ Sourcebooks captures just some of the great features and news about our authors generated by our relentless, energetic marketing and publicity teams.

• USA Today Debuts Nancy Pearl Audio of Isabella: Star of the Story
• Booklist Reviews Cowboy Tough by Joanne Kennedy
• Dominique Raccah and Sourcebooks Featured on NPR's All Things Considered

New York Times and USA Today Bestsellers

Congratulations, Teresa J. Rhyne, Dodinsky, Megan Mulry, Judith Merkle Riley, Susanna Kearsley, Julie Ann Walker, Olivia Cunning and Grace Burrowes!

Spotlight Title: I'm Not Her

“Janet Gurtler’s fine portrayal of a family in crisis from the point of view of high-school freshman Tess Smith is completely honest and realistic. The writing is crisp and the dialogue is authentic. The relationships are heartbreakingly truthful. This is a must read for teens and those of us who want to understand them.” – Sacramento Book Review

Books Change Lives

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When you read the right book at the right time, it alters your perspective. In short, books change lives. Find out here what books changed the lives of noted authors, celebrities and readers like.

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Sourcebooks Launches the Shakesperience

We're at an epic point in the history of the book.

Ebooks, reading devices, retailers and e-tailers, software and apps, and all the cool things we haven't even imagined yet are changing the face of reading, entertainment and learning. Sourcebooks Next is our blog looking not from the perspective of pundit or prognosticator, but from the perspective of a publisher deeply engaged in the workings of the transformation.

• The Future of eBooks and eReading: What are YOUR questions?
• Library eBooks: The Role of Libraries in the Book Discovery Process

“User interface.” It's not usually where you start talking about Shakespeare. But it's where this story starts.

To date we have typically taught and learned Shakespeare, whether in high school or in college, from a book. If you ask students about this experience, they use words like “difficult” and “boring.” And if you watch them actually trying to learn that way, you recognize the problem. The way the book is set up actually interrupts their “flow”—it gets in the way of their immersion.

So with all these inherent challenges, we asked can we use technology to make reading Shakespeare easier?

We’ve been working with students, teachers and readers on this very question and are pleased to announce the launch of Shakesperience: A hands-on experience with Shakespeare—built to help you more quickly get into and stay in the play. This in an entirely new experience, one that was built from the user’s point of view.