Oh Starbucks. Will your caffeine-fueled dominance ever end? Evidently not. After being the outlet through which several books became best-sellers, like Mitch Alboms’ For One More Day and Beautiful Boy by David Sheff, the java-juggernaut’s entertainment division has ventured into co-publishing.

According to MediaBistro’s GalleyCat, Starbucks’ first project will not, contrary to popular expectations, be a juicy memoir written by an exploited coffee bean farmer in South America. Instead, it’s a children’s book called The Traveler, written and illustrated by two brothers named Daren and Daniel Simkin. Starbucks Entertainment is co-publishing along with Farrar, Straus and Giroux.

Check out GalleyCat to see an interview of the authors, conducted by their sister. How cute. Then read GalleyCat’s aside about how Daren Simkin is not a “young author plucked out of obscurity,” as he’s being touted, but is actually quite hooked up in the literary world (and now probably gets free French Roast as well).

Why Starbucks, you cheeky trickster. You’ve gotten us hooked again!

Read the entire article HERE.

Do you have a children’s book you’d like to see in a Starbucks (or bookstore) near you? Why not send a query letter to Farrar, Straus and Giroux today and let WordHustler help you inspire some young (future coffee-drinkers) minds! I’d like one tall cup of success, please!

According to The Holy Taco, the top eight most annoying citizens inside any Starbucks start with the “Manager Who Refuses to Recognize the Words Small, Medium, and Large” and just gets a lot WORSE from there (Except for #4, of course).

To read the whole article, go to The Holy Taco HERE.

Do you want to write a book that is one day sold in Starbucks? Me too. Let’s send some query letters via WordHustler to some respected literary agents so we can take the first step towards some Grande Non-Fat publishing success.