It is turning into a busy summer here at the South Dakota State Historical Society Press.
Editing continues on the remaining 4 books of the year. We’re getting close with A Marvelous Hundred Square Miles, which is all about early tourism in the Black Hills, and things are moving along nicely with the Dammed Indians Revisited, the updated version of Mike Lawson’s classic book about the Pick-Sloan Plan to dam the Missouri River.
Small-town Boy, Small-town Girl is also in full swing, and this is going to be a great book featuring two people’s fascinating memories of growing up in South Dakota in the first half of the twentieth century. Finally, Principle over Party is also on track for its release date of February 2010.
We’ve received our F&Gs (folded and gathered pages) of The Raccoon and the Bee Tree. This means we can send them out as review copies to the major children’s book review places. It might seem early, seeing as the book won’t be available for purchase until the beginning of October, but it is important to have advance copies to reviewers well in advance so that they can preview them for the bookstore buyers across the country.
Speaking of October, The Raccoon and the Bee Tree will have its official public launch at the South Dakota Festival of Books in Deadwood, October 2. Susan Turnbull, the illustrator, will be on hand at the booth for a special signing, and there will be a great giveaway at the same time. Should be a lot of fun, so if you are in Deadwood that weekend stop by and see the book, meet the author, and walk away with a little gift as well!
Our new catalogue came out last month. You can request a copy by emailing us us or you can download a copy from the SDSHS Press website instead.
Finally, we’ve had some major work done to our dedicated Prairie Tale website, including new book pages and lots of videos to help kids learn about the animals featured in the books.
