Children’s Digital Picture Books: Readers and Publishers

This book documents the findings of a one-year research project engaging the children’s publishing sector for feedback on reading trends and digital publishing in picture-book genres.

Katherine Day is a Lecturer in Publishing Practice at the University of Melbourne. She has extensive experience in the industry, having worked first as an editor at Penguin and then as a freelance editor for some of Australia’s most respected publishers. Her research interests include editorial practice and author-publisher negotiations. Her latest book, Publishing Contracts and the Post Negotiation Space (2023 Routledge) explores author contracts and power relations between authors and publishers.