Sales record: Susan Linn’s Consuming Kids sold 10,000 copies in hardcover before The New Press sold paperback rights for a hefty sum to Vintage Books, and Linn’s The Case for Make Believe has sold over 5,500 copies in all editions.
Media savvy author: Susan Linn’s work has been featured on the front page of the New York Times and she and her work have been featured on Good Morning America, Today, Sixty Minutes, Dateline, The Colbert Report, the Wall Street Journal, Mother Jones, the Boston Globe, and in the acclaimed documentary The Corporation, among others.
Prominent author and expert in her field: An award-winning producer and ventriloquist, Linn is internationally known for her pioneering work using puppets as therapeutic tools with children. She is a go-to expert on the topic of modern childhood and worked with renowned experts including the late Dr. Alvin Pouissant and Fred Rogers.
New Press sweet spot: The New Press thrives in the education and social commentary spaces, which are two topics that intersect in Whös Raising the Kids?.
Excellent blurbs and reviews: The hardcover received glowing endorsements from Sherry Turkle, Russell Banks, and Janet Lansbury, among others, and received starred reviews from all three major trade publications, as well as a rave review penned by Zephyr Teachout in the New York Times Book Review.
Affiliations: Linn was the Founding Director of Campaign for a Commercial-Free Childhood (now called Fairplay), and they see this book as essential to their mission and are promoting it vigorously.
Hot topic: Debates over how much screen time is too much are common among parents and non-parents alike, and books on this topic populate the bestseller list. Everyone is worried about how much technology is now integrated into our lives and our kids’ lives, and this book provides evidence to support those worries as well as solid, thoughtful, helpful advice for parents and activists alike to successfully navigate the treacherous world where technology and childhood collide.