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2011 in review

The WordPress.com stats helper monkeys prepared a 2011 annual report for this blog. Here’s an excerpt: A New York City subway train holds 1,200 people. This blog was viewed about 6,500 times in 2011. If it were a NYC subway … Continue reading

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Marketing: who what where why how?

In Marketing, the first thing we need to do is ask lots of questions. Who is the book for? What would make them want to read it? Where? Why? How? We do research to find the answers… and then the … Continue reading

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Market Research

When we started our project I’m pretty sure that all of us had an idea of how we wanted Peter and Wendy to look in the end. Unfortunately none of us are part of our target market of children between … Continue reading

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Editorial: lots of hard work!

What do you need to work in Editorial? Paper, (red) pens and patience! In Editorial we’re responsible for the words you read on the page, and we want to be sure to get it right. Over the past few weeks … Continue reading

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Sound matters: recording Peter and Wendy

Peter and Wendy begins on a November evening in the 1900s with the Darling children tucked up in their beds while the stars whisper to Peter in the night sky. Fast forward to 2011, however, and things are a little … Continue reading

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Peter and Wendy: The Story Behind the Cover

The most prominent and time-consuming job of the Production Department has certainly been the design of the book cover. The heart and soul of Production, Gaia, has produced at least 10 different versions, of which more than one had been deemed ‘final’ by the team, only to be overhauled or even completely discarded soon afterwards.
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Welcome!

This is the website for the new centenary edition of Peter and Wendy, by J.M. Barrie. The book is due out from Merchiston Publishing in the summer of 2011. Browse around our site to learn more about the book, the … Continue reading

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