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Kristen McLean

thinking, writing, publishing, and collaborating in the 21st century
  • about me
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  • blog
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  • about me
  • lectures and writing
  • links
  • blog
  • Speaking
  • contact

  • industry statistics and information

    some free*, some not
    • The Association of American Publishers (AAP)*
    • Bowker’s PubTrack Consumer
    • Nielsen Bookscan
    • SIMBA Information

  • 21st century thought leaders

    these folks are paving the way for the future
    • Adaptive Path
    • The Experts at Big Think
    • Ericsson's 2020 Project: Shaping Ideas
    • Good Magazine
    • The Imagine It! Project
    • The MacArthur Foundation Digital Media and Learning Initiative
    • O'Reilly Tools of Change for Publishing (TOC)
    • RSA-21st Century Enlightenment (UK)
    • Stanford University's Entrepreneurship Corner
    • TED: Ideas Worth Spreading

  • interesting thinkers

    i like the way their brains work
    • Jason Fried - 37Signals
    • Seth Godin
    • Henry Jenkins (Provost's Professor of Communication, USC)
    • Kompani Group - Strategy Incubation
    • Charles Leadbeter - on innovation
    • Jacob Lewis - Figment
    • Bob Miller - Workman
    • Richard Nash - Cursor
    • Dominique Raccah - Sourcebooks
    • Eric Reis - Start-up Lessons Learned
    • Howard Rheingold (Professor of Social Media, Stanford & Berkeley)
    • Jay Rosen (NYU)
    • Scroll Motion
    • Paco Underhill - Envirosell
    • Ethan Zuckerman - on how to broaden your worldview in networks

  • literacy and learning

    resources for understanding the new reading landscape
    • Kaiser Family Foundation: 2010 Study of Media Use in 8-18 yearolds
    • Howard Rheingold on 21st Century Literacies
    • NYT - The Case for $320,000 Kindergarten Teachers (7/27/10)
    • Crap Detection 101: How to Distinguish Good and Bad Information Online
      Paid content, but highly recommended for parents & teachers.

  • great reviews and commentary

    the best of the blogosphere & web
    • A Fuse #8 Production at SLJ
    • Goodreads.com
    • Kitlitosphere Central
    • No Flying No Tights
    • Publisher's Weekly Online
    • Reading Group Choices
    • Read Roger (The Horn Book)
    • Seven Impossible Things Before Breakfast
    • Shelf Awareness
    • Shelf Talker: A Children's Booksellers Blog
    • Teensread.com
    • Twenty by Jenny
    • YPulse Media

  • Publishing Resources

    links to key organizations in the publishing industry
    • The American Booksellers Association (ABA)
    • American Booksellers Foundation for Free Expression (ABFFE)
    • The American Library Association (ALA)
    • The Association of American Publishers (AAP)
    • The Author's Guild
    • Book Expo America (BEA)
    • The Book Industry Study Group (BISG)
    • The Children's Book Council (CBC)
    • IndieBound
    • The Society of Children's Book Authors and Illustrators (SCBWI)

  • regional booksellers associations

    find a great indie bookstore in your area
    • The New England Independent Booksellers Association (NEIBA)
    • The New Atlantic Independent Booksellers Association (NAIBA)
    • The Southern Independent Booksellers Alliance (SIBA)
    • The Mountains & Plains Independent Booksellers Association (MPIBA)
    • The Southern California Independent Booksellers Association (SCIBA)
    • The Northern California Independent Booksellers Association (NCIBA)
    • The Pacific Northwest Booksellers Association (PNBA)
    • The MIdwest Booksellers Association (MBA)
    • The Great Lakes Independent Booksellers Association (GLBA)
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