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Welcome
to
our
daily
feature, Quote
of
the
Day.
This
Supreme
Court
is
deeply
divided
on
issues,
and
the
public
is
more
familiar
with
each
justice
than
ever
before
because
of
social
media.
Publishers
understand
that
audiences
are
invested.
—
Kathleen
Schmidt,
a
publishing
veteran,
in
comments
given
to
the
ABA
Journal,
concerning
Supreme
Court
justices’
forays
into
writing
children’s
books
that
sell
incredibly
well.
“Public
figure/celebrity
children’s
books
make
it
harder
for
non-celebrity
authors
to
publish
children’s
books,”
she
said.
“When
publishers
know
a
big
name
can
be
attached
to
these
books,
they
(rightly)
assume
they
will
sell
well.”
Thus
far,
Justices
Sonia
Sotomayor,
Ketanji
Brown
Jackson,
and
Neil
Gorsuch
have
penned
“kid
lit,”
which
has
earned
them
tens
of
thousands
of
dollars.
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Zaretsky is
the
managing
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