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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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