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Address
How do I get to Candlewick
Press?
Our NEW offices are located at:
99 Dover Street, Somerville, MA 02144
PHONE: (617) 661-3330
FAX: (617) 661-0565
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By
Boston's MBTA:
Take the Red Line to Davis Square in Somerville, exit the T station and head towards Davis Square on Holland Street. Dover Street will be on the right, in between "Mr. Crepe" and "BSC Sports Club". Candlewick is located one block down Dover Street, on the right side of the street.
If traveling by
car, please consult your favorite search engine
for maps and detailed directions.
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Author and Illustrator Appearances
How do I schedule an author or
illustrator event or appearance?
Contact:
appearances@candlewick.com
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Author and Illustrator Correspondence
How do I contact an author or illustrator?
To write to an author or illustrator, mail to:
<Author or Illustrator's Name>
c/o Candlewick Press
99 Dover Street
Somerville, MA 02144
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Books
What kinds of books does
Candlewick publish?
Candlewick Press publishes hardcover and paperback books for children of all
ages: outstanding picture books, easy readers, middle-grade and young adult
fiction, poetry collections, nonfiction, novelty, and activity books.
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Book Sellers and Teachers
Do you offer free materials for booksellers,
teachers, and librarians?
We are happy to provide posters, activity kits, and
other advertised publicity materials at your request and while supplies last.
Check out our most recent
catalog
for new offerings, or contact: marketinginfo@candlewick.com.
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Brand New Readers
What are Brand New Readers and how do I get to
the Brand New Readers Web site?
Brand New Readers are short, funny stories with words and pictures that
children, ages 4-7, can read all the way through even the very first time. Your
new reader will read with confidence--and enjoyment. Learn more about this
exciting new series at www.brandnewreaders.com!
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Careers
How do I apply for a job at Candlewick Press?
Check our Careers page for
current job openings.
Does Candlewick Press offer any internships?
Candlewick Press offers internships in the fall, spring, and summer according to the needs of various departments.
An independent publisher, we are a dynamic company that provides excellent opportunities to acquire firsthand knowledge
of the publishing industry. We are looking for motivated, conscientious, and dedicated individuals who are eager to
learn about the children?s publishing industry and be part of a high-energy, creative team. Although interns are
assigned to a specific department, they will be exposed to all departments within the company. When feasible,
the following internship positions are offered: Marketing, Sales, Publishing Services, Design, Editorial, Contracts & Rights and Art.
The desired time commitment is 12 hours per week and these positions do not offer any monetary compensation.
Interested candidates should e-mail their resume and cover letter to interns@candlewick.com for consideration.
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Catalogs
How do I request a catalog?
Address individual catalog requests (and a
9" X 12" SASE with $1.25 postage) to:
Attn: Catalog Request
Sales Department
Candlewick Press
99 Dover Street
Somerville, MA 02144
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Contact Us
How do I contact Candlewick Press
online?
Candlewick Press, Inc.
99 Dover Street
Somerville, MA 02144
FAX: (617) 661-0565
e-mail: bigbear@candlewick.com
For
customer service
or to order a
catalog:
salesinfo@candlewick.com
To
review
published Candlewick books, members of the press and educational consultants
should contact: publicity@candlewick.com
For general and editorial comments or inquiries:
bigbear@candlewick.com
We do not accept editorial queries or submissions online. If you are an author
or illustrator and would like us to consider your work, please read our
submissions policy to learn more.
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. Desk Copies
How do I request a desk copy?
We are pleased to provide complimentary desk copies of any adopted required text for instructors at colleges and universities in the US. Please e-mail the title of the book with ISBN, name of course and enrollment, and your college mailing address to deskcopies@candlewick.com.
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Donations
Can I request a donation of books
for my organization?
Candlewick is committed to supporting literacy efforts. We contribute annually
to a number of worthy causes. Send e-mail to
marketinginfo@candlewick.com for consideration.
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Licensing
How can I license Candlewick Press
property?
Requests for licensing Candlewick Press property (including images, titles,
names, and characters) may be sent to:
Licensing Request
Candlewick Press, Inc.
99 Dover Street
Somerville, MA 02144
FAX: (617) 661-0565
e-mail: licensing@candlewick.com
Please note Candlewick Press cannot process any request that is not submitted in
writing and allow us at least one month to respond to your request. Thank you.
For information regarding international sales, please send inquires to licensing@candlewick.com.
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Licensed Products
Below is a partial list of currently licensed
products.
Guess How Much I Love You
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Permissions
Whom should I contact to request permission to
reprint text and/or illustrations from Candlewick Press
books?
If you wish to use content from our titles and/or this site, please submit your permission request in writing, via mail to the attention of the Permissions Department, Candlewick Press, 99 Dover Street, Somerville, MA 02144 or by fax to (617) 661-0565. You can also make a request by email at permissions@candlewick.com.
We estimate a minimum of six weeks from the date of submission for a response to be received to any request, but this estimation may be subject to variation. Please allow sufficient time for our response.
Candlewick Press reserves all rights in its publications - you may NOT assume if you have submitted a request that permission is granted to you unless and until we have sent you a formal permission license. You should bear in mind that it takes time to process requests, and we do not always control all rights in the material being requested from us.
When contacting us for permission, please be sure to include the following information relevant to your request, together with your contact details, including a postal address:
• Exact material to be used - both text and illustrations - including page and/or figure numbers from our book (or please attach a copy of the exact material requested indicating its context).
• Commercial, educational or non-profit- please indicate which category of usage is planned.
• Territory for distribution (e.g. local area, the United States, the World).
Please also supply details of the following depending on the proposed use of the material:
Publication - books
• Author name and title of your publication.
• Is your book to be published in hardback, paperback or both?
• Is your book for educational or trade distribution?
• Name of your publisher and probable publication date of your book.
• Estimated number of copies to be printed and proposed retail price for each format requested.
• Approximate number of pages in your book and percentage of that number taken up by our material.
• Territory in which your book will be published.
• Language(s) in which your book will be published.
Publication - newspapers/magazines
• Publication date of the relevant issue of your newspaper/magazine.
• Approximate circulation of your newspaper/magazine.
• Territory in which your newspaper/magazine is distributed.
• Language(s) in which your newspaper/magazine is published.
• Retail price of your newspaper/magazine.
• One-off or serial usage (if latter give details as to frequency and dates for proposed usage)?
Website
• What is the proposed download/yearly license fee for your website?
• At what market is the website aimed?
• URL/website address on which our material will be used.
• Whether the website is password protected or generally available to all via the internet.
• How long will our material remain on your website?
Audio/Audio-visual recording (e.g. tape cassette, CD, video, DVD)
• Will this be a straight reading of the text and/or showing of illustrations? (Please specify.)
• If illustrations are to be used do you propose a partial or full dramatization?
• For what market is the recording planned (e.g. commercial, educational, disabled)?
• How many units do you plan to manufacture?
• Where do you plan to distribute the recording (e.g. local area, the United States, the World)?
• Approximate length of the recording and percentage of that length taken up by our material.
• Proposed retail price.
Event Promotion
* In what ways will the material be used to promote the event?
• For how long is the event planned (1 week/month/year)?
Television or Radio
• Is a straight reading of the text and/or showing of illustrations planned? (Please specify.)
• If illustrations to be used, do you propose a partial or full dramatization?
• What is the proposed duration of the program?
• Where will the program be broadcast?
• What are the planned date(s) of broadcast?
• Approximate length of the program and percentage of that length taken up by our material.
Teaching Aid
• In what context will the material be used?
• Will the material be sold as part of a teachers' pack?
• Do you plan to include photocopiable sheets?
• What is the proposed retail price of the teaching aid?
IMPORTANT POINTS TO NOTE
The above questions are intended as guidelines only to help with your permission request. They are not exhaustive and therefore we ask you to supply as much information as possible about your proposal.
Please note Candlewick Press cannot process any request that is not submitted in
writing and allow us at least six weeks to respond to your request. Thank you.
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Orders, Sales & Customer Service
How do I buy Candlewick Press books?
For Individual Customers
Thank you for your interest in our books. They can be found at many local
bookstores. To find a bookseller near you or an online bookstore, please visit:
American Booksellers Association:
BookWeb Bookseller Directories
BookWire's Index of Booksellers
Individual customers can place orders by calling Random House, Inc. (800)
733-3000 or faxing to (800) 659-2436. Please have your VISA, MasterCard, or
American Express ready. You will be charged at the list price plus a shipping
and handling fee and any applicable sales tax.
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For Retail and Wholesale Accounts
Candlewick Press books are distributed in the U.S. by Random House
Inc. and are available from all major wholesalers and prebinders
throughout the U.S. and Canada.
If you have an existing account, order by:
Phone: (800) 733-3000
Fax: (800) 659-2436
Electronic Ordering: Random House Inc. is a member of PUBNET. The SAN is
201-3975.
To open an account, write:
Random House Inc.
Attn: New Accounts
400 Hahn Rd.
Westminster, MD 21157
For Random House Inc. customer service:
Write Random House
Attn: Customer Service,
400 Hahn Road,
Westminster, MD 21157
Call (800) 733-3000
Fax (800) 659-2436
Email CustomerService@randomhouse.com
or visit the Random House Business Self-Service site to check the status of, or track, your orders. To find a sales representative in your area or for general sales questions:
salesinfo@candlewick.com
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How
do I place a multiple-copy order?
Candlewick Sales Department: salesinfo@candlewick.com
Book Trade Reps
Booksellers:
Look through this list to find a trade bookstore rep in your area.
Abraham Associates:
Juliet Patterson
4012 Utica Avenue South
St. Louis Park, MN 55416
(p) 800-701-2489
(f) 612-927-8089
jpabr@aol.com
(IA, IL, IN, KS, KY, MI, MN, MO, NE,ND,OH,SD,WI)
Consolino & Watson:
Michael R. Watson
216 Sylvia St.
Arlington, MA 02476
(p) 781-648-1865
(f) 781-648-1865
mrwatson@rcn.com
(CT, MA, ME, NH, RI, VT)
Chesapeake & Hudson:
Janine Jensen
115 W Potomac Street
Bruswick, MD 21716
(p) 800-231-4469
(f) 800-307-5163
Janine@cheshud.com
(DC, DE, MD, NJ, NY, PA, WV)
McFadden Associates:
Tom McFadden
3571 E Davies Place
Littleton, CO 80122
(p) 303-771-2898
(f) 303-771-4909
tmcfadden@classic.msn.com
(AK, AZ, CA, CO, ID, MT, NM, NV, OR, UT, WY, WA, HI
STA (Southern Territory Associates):
Judy Stevenson
4508 64th Street
Lubbock, TX 79414
(p) 806-799-9997
(f) 806-799-9777
Sta77@flash.net
(AL, AR, FL, GA, LA, MS, NC, OK, SC, TN, TX,VA)
In Canada, contact Penguin Canada:
Cindy Kantor
Penguin Canada
10 Alcorn Avenue, Suite 300
Toronto, ON M4V 3B2
Canada
(p) 416-925-2249
(f) 416-925-0068
cindy.kantor@penguin.ca
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Gift Trade Reps
Gift
accounts: Look through this list to find a rep that services gift accounts in
your area.
Krikorian Miller
P.O Box 271/11 Market Square
Newburyport, MA 01950
978-465-7377
(*MA, CT, NH, VT, RI, and Upstate NY)
*showroom location
Anne McGilvray & Company
2332 Valdina Street
Dallas, TX 75207
214-638-4438
info@annemcgilvray.com
(Southern *CA, NM, AZ, OH, NE, IA, KS, *IL, IN, MO, MI, *MN, SD, ND, WI, *TX, OK, LA, AR)
*showroom locations
Ruth Stein & Associates
135 East 83rd Street
New York, NY 10028
212-988-1163
(*New York City, Long Island, and Northern NJ)
*showroom location
Barbara Golden Collection
540 Alhambra St
Crockett, CA 94525
510-222-1163
(Northern CA)
ISBN Sales, LLC
40 Sutphin Road
Yardley, PA 19067
215-428-1552
(Southern NJ, PA, Washington, DC, DE, VA and WV)
Ted Weinstein and The Company He Keeps
6100 4th Ave South #282
Seattle, WA 98108
206-763-9474
(*WA, OR and AK)
*showroom location
B Hawley Sales
5468 Jewel Creek Court
Boulder, CO 80301
303-581-9595
(UT, CO, MT, WY)
JMS SALES INC.
642 Mt. Pleasant St
Greensburg, PA 15601
724-836-4090
800-909-0006
(Christian Market)
If you are unable to locate a gift rep in your area, please contact the special sales department at Candlewick Press: salesinfo@candlewick.com
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School and Library Reps
I'm an approved Board of Education vendor
interested in representing Candlewick to schools and/or libraries.
Whom do I contact to discuss this?
Just contact schoolandlibraryrep@candlewick.com.
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Partnerships/Links
Whom do I contact to discuss becoming a
Candlewick partner and linking my Web site with
Candlewick's?
Just contact partners@candlewick.com.
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Press and Reviews
How do I schedule an author or illustrator
event or appearance?
Contact:
appearances@candlewick.com
I am
a member of the press. Whom do I contact about publicity or media
matters--or to interview an author/illustrator?
publicity@candlewick.com
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Submissions
How do I submit a manuscript or artwork?
Manuscripts
We're
sorry, but we're unable to accept unsolicited manuscripts at this time.
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Artwork
If
you think your illustration style is well-suited to our list, please send
non-returnable, color samples (color copies or sample books, but no original
artwork, please) to:
Attn: Art Resource Coordinator
Candlewick Press
99 Dover Street
Somerville, MA 02144
Please include a brief cover letter and a resume detailing relevant professional
and publishing experience.
If you work in more than one medium or style, or specialize in a particular
subject matter (e.g., people, animals, landscapes, etc.), remember to include a
representative assortment of samples.
Include your name, address, and telephone number on every sample. We also
appreciate knowing the date the work was created and the medium used.
Please do not send original art. If you wish to submit a full portfolio or have
materials returned to you, you must include detailed instructions, return
packaging, and sufficient postage. We regret that materials received without
these elements cannot be returned.
If you would like to send an electronic file of your artwork, please send it in
JPEG or PDF form to bigbear@candlewick.com where it will be forwarded to a
member of the Art department.
We keep tear sheets and illustration samples--including updates--on file for one
year and will contact you if we have or anticipate a project that suits your
particular talents.
NO PHONE CALLS
PLEASE.
Thank you for your interest in
Candlewick!
We look forward to seeing your work.
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Costumes
How do I arrange to reserve a Waldo, Maisy, or Little Nutbrown Hare (GUESS HOW MUCH I LOVE YOU) costume, or an Edward Tulane doll for my bookstore/school/library event?
For events at bookstores, schools, and libraries and for other book-related occasions, a free Waldo costume may be reserved by e-mailing
waldocostume@candlewick.com.
If you are interested in a visit from Maisy, GUESS HOW MUCH I LOVE YOU's Little Nutbrown Hare, or an Edward Tulane doll for your book-related activity or event, rental costumes are available through Costume Specialists. For more information, contact:
Jay Christopher
JChristopher@COSPEC.com
(800) 596-9357
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