Here are the links I shared on my Twitter and Pinterest accounts this week that you might find interesting:

CHILDREN’S BOOKS

Five questions for Jeanne Birdsall – The Horn Book http://buff.ly/1066ZcZ #kidlit

Peter Sis: Accidental children’s book legend – North Adams Transcript http://buff.ly/105ZXVH #kidlit

Pushkin launches new imprint for children’s books in translation | Books http://buff.ly/15sG7Hv

EBOOKS

Microsoft Is Considering Purchasing Nook From Barnes & Noble: Report http://buff.ly/10tCs49 #ebooks

School Libraries Struggle with E-Book Loans | MindShift http://buff.ly/15rX0lA

Sourcebooks, Overdrive launch pilot to demonstrate the impact of ebook library lending on sales — paidContent http://buff.ly/10xl6SN #ebooks

Tor Books says cutting DRM out of its e-books hasn’t hurt business | Ars Technica http://buff.ly/13V3Mvd

LIBRARIES

How Graphic Novels Became the Hottest Section in the Library http://buff.ly/ZI1iAO

Social Media: Libraries Are Posting, but Is Anyone Listening? http://buff.ly/10nFCXl

Summer Reading Benefits – Collaborative Summer Library Program http://buff.ly/116jabx #libraries #reading

TEEN LIT

Coverflip: Maureen Johnson Calls For An End To Gendered Book Covers With An Amazing Challenge (IMAGES) http://buff.ly/15tcaH3

Stacked: Twitterview: Sara Zarr http://buff.ly/15mOkga #yalit

Here are the links I shared on my Twitter and Pinterest accounts this week that you might find interesting:

CHILDREN’S BOOKS

BEA 2013: Children’s Galleys to Grab http://buff.ly/ZfrEq5 #kidlit #BEA

A Manifesto for Children’s Literature; or, Reading Harold as a Teenager http://buff.ly/ZL6nt4 #kidlit

Maurice Sendak Tribute: Children’s Illustrators Donate Art For Auction http://buff.ly/10YzzyK

Middle Grade Saved My Life – The Horn Book http://buff.ly/10W58Jw #kidlit

Top book award named for Margaret Mahy – Newstalk ZB http://buff.ly/10qronc #kidlit

Winnie the Pooh author AA Milne was first world war propagandist | The Guardian http://buff.ly/10O6hT8

LIBRARIES

25 Vintage Photos of Librarians Being Awesome – Flavorwire http://buff.ly/ZTOH91

Architects of Dreams: Anythink’s Pam Sandlian Smith on the Power of Children’s Librarians | School Library Journal http://buff.ly/13PiwM7

CHANGE NEEDS A BRAND: don’t fear labels, leverage them – The Ubiquitous Librarian http://buff.ly/Z0rEKB #libraries

Christian Zabriskie: Libraries in New York City: Why We Give a Damn and Why You Should Too http://buff.ly/ZmsFNe #libraries

Hiring and Training Internet Mentors | TechSoup for Libraries http://buff.ly/YZIER3 #libraries

Seth’s Blog: Getting picked (need to vs. want to) http://buff.ly/11CjQ3o – I can see libraries helping people pick themselves!

Voices for the Library » The Importance of Librarians and Libraries http://buff.ly/Zpgvqi #libraries

READING

Anna Dewdney’s Fostering Lifelong Learners conference speech – The Horn Book http://buff.ly/101deib #reading

Free Comic Book Day 2013 – May 4th | Mighty Action http://buff.ly/10VUZMM

TECHNOLOGY

7 Myths of the Digital Divide » Cyborgology http://buff.ly/ZLY7Jk

Check out the New Ghost Blogging Platform Kickstarter: Funded in under 12 Hours! : @ProBlogger http://buff.ly/10VoLBi

Facebook deserted by millions of users in biggest markets |The Guardian http://buff.ly/ZfG9u8

Flexible 20 micron thick RFID tags can be embedded in paper | Chips http://buff.ly/ZBSqN9

FTC Guidelines: How to Ensure Compliance | How to Avoid Deceptive Ads http://buff.ly/10nv2ye #blogging

I’m still here: back online after a year without the internet | The Verge http://buff.ly/10YCZBt

The Webby Award Winners http://buff.ly/Zy1hiX

Will the Kalq keyboard finally spell the end for qwerty? | Technology|The Guardian http://buff.ly/14VCKs9

TEEN READS

Anne Frank’s Diary Too ‘Pornographic’ For 7th-Grade Students, Claims Michigan Parent http://buff.ly/ZmsKAw #yalit

Marie Lu on ‘Champion’ cover | Shelf Life – Gorgeous!! http://buff.ly/13PrF7u #yalit

WORK LIFE

Killing Time: How to Destroy Your Productivity

Publisher’s Weekly has a list of the top selling children’s books of 2012.  Their list explores the hardcover frontlist and backlist as well as the paperback frontlist and backlist.  They also note that you will see several bestselling franchises worthy of attention, including series by Suzanne Collins, Rick Riordan, James Patterson, Rachel Renée Russell, Veronica Roth, Stephanie Meyer, and Lincoln Pierce.

Here are the 18 books that sold over 300,000 copies that appear on the Hardcover Frontlist:

  

1. The Mark of Athena by Rick Riordan

2. The Third Wheel by Jeff Kinney

3.  The Serpent’s Shadow by Rick Riordan

  

4.  Tales from a Not-So-Graceful Ice Princess by Rachel Renée Russell

5.  Insurgent by Veronica Roth

6.  Tales from a Not So Smart Miss Know-It-All by Rachel Renée Russell

  

7.  Middle School: Get Me Out of Here! by James Patterson and Chris Tebbetts

8.  Junie B., First Grader: Turkeys We Have Loved and Eaten (and Other Thankful Stuff) by Barbara Park, illustrated by Denise Brunkus

9.  Hidden by P.C. Cast and Kristin Cast

  

10.  “Who Could That Be at This Hour?” by Lemony Snicket, illustrated by Seth

11.  Big Nate Goes for Broke by Lincoln Pierce

12.  Justin Bieber: Just Getting Started by Justin Bieber

  

13.  I Funny by James Patterson and Chris Grabenstein

14.  A Perfect Time for Pandas by Mary Pope Osborne, illustrated by Sal Murdocca

15.  Lincoln’s Last Days by Bill O’Reilly and Dwight Jon Zimmerman

  

16.  Disney Bedtime Favorites

17.  Nancy Clancy, Super Sleuth by Jane O’Connor, illustrated by Robin Preiss Glasser

18.  Pete the Cat and His Four Groovy Buttons by Eric Litwin

Here are the links I shared on my Twitter and Pinterest accounts this week that you might find interesting:

CHILDREN’S BOOKS

Book Doctor: do classic children’s books give us too rosy a view of childhood? | Children’s books http://buff.ly/11Bdn98 #kidlit

Gillian Cross’s top 10 books about being different | Books http://buff.ly/14SvvBs #kidlit

Mo Willems: Children’s book author shares his secrets http://buff.ly/11C6XaR #kidlit

New Video Throws Spotlight on Newbery Authors http://buff.ly/11H7EyD #kidlit

Remembering Elaine Konigsburg – The Horn Book http://buff.ly/11zwsd9 #authors #kidlit

Tacky the Penguin’s Creators Celebrate 25 Years – Publishers Weekly: Lester and Munsinger’s first-ever collabo… http://bit.ly/13XRt5a

EBOOKS

Looking for a good laugh about digital vs. paper? The Paperless Future – "Emma" http://buff.ly/YPCKBT

Patterson Sees Ads as a Wake Up Call http://buff.ly/15LaB6c #reading #ebooks

LIBRARIES

The Most Playful Libraries in the World – Flavorwire http://buff.ly/15Ck1Bq #libraries

Nice!! "A Quick Guide to Private Browsing" – iLibrarian http://oedb.org/blogs/ilibrarian/2013/a-quick-guide-to-private-browsing/ …

READING

5 Ways to Become a Better Reader – Lifehack http://buff.ly/Zl95V5 #reading

30 things to tell a book snob | Booktrust http://buff.ly/11DFNiC

World Book Night: Ten writers’ reasons for reading | Books http://buff.ly/ZNe50g

TECHNOLOGY

Twitter Scares CNN President http://buff.ly/11GWycO #twitter

Who Are The Top 50 Social Media Power Influencers, 2013? – Forbes http://buff.ly/ZN2L46

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TEEN READS

Elizabeth Vail: Lovesick and Tired: Unnecessary Romance in YA http://buff.ly/11GXw98 #yalit

‘Tiger Eyes’: A Family Film http://buff.ly/15LaW9c #yalit

Here are the links I shared on my Twitter and Pinterest accounts this week that you might find interesting:

CHILDREN’S BOOKS

Five Questions for Anna Dewdney – The Horn Book http://buff.ly/11aEQz6 #kidlit

Laura Powell’s top 10 heroes in disguise | Children’s books http://buff.ly/16XUrVe #kidlit

Top Ten Novels in Verse by Lauren Strohecker | Nerdy Book Club http://buff.ly/ZnXbG6

Writing a Wordless Book by Lizi Boyd | Nerdy Book Club http://buff.ly/11cF8pl #kidlit

EBOOKS

Simon & Schuster launches ebook lending pilot with New York City public libraries — paidContent http://buff.ly/12dDGEp #ebooks #libraries

LIBRARIES

Five Great Things Libraries Are Doing With Old Books | LJ Insider http://buff.ly/17vkCnF

Jo Knowles – What’s so important about your local library? http://buff.ly/ZuJbul #libraries

Why libraries are relevant in the Google age – Las Vegas Sun News http://buff.ly/ZkPaVx #libraries

PUBLISHING

Neil Gaiman urges publishers to ‘make mistakes’ in uncertain new era | Books http://buff.ly/119Gpeb

Self-Publishing Grabs Huge Market Share From Traditional Publishers | David Gaughran http://buff.ly/16S3Ldh

TECHNOLOGY

12 Types Of Social Media Users – infographic http://shrd.by/D5Rnf3 via @BerriePelser

Fujitsu Develops Technology That Turns Paper Into a Touchscreen – Wow! http://on.mash.to/11clpVD

Judge rules Union County blogger is protected by the state’s shield law | http://buff.ly/17AplEy #blogging #blogs

Kids read and write better on iPads: Swedish study – The Local http://buff.ly/15ptbB3

Teens and Social Media: http://pinterest.com/pin/193021534002126208/

TEEN LIT

The Spring Book Preview, Y.A. Edition – Jen Doll-The Atlantic Wire http://buff.ly/114ReRe

Watch New ‘Hunger Games: Catching Fire’ Teaser Trailer [VIDEO] http://on.mash.to/17A9pSD #yalit

Here are the links I shared on my Twitter and Pinterest accounts this week that you might find interesting:

CHILDREN’S BOOKS

The 25 Books Every Kid Should Have on Their Bookshelf – Flavorwire http://buff.ly/16KGPMZ

Amazon backs down over Cornish-language children’s book | Books http://buff.ly/11IwiRa

The children’s books you can never part with | The Poop http://buff.ly/16C1Vx8

The Duck Who Shared Her Eggs: How Children’s Books Approach Modern Reproduction – Jennifer Bleyer-The Atlantic http://buff.ly/10QQZJt

Five questions for Marilyn Singer – The Horn Book http://buff.ly/16CietP

May Kids’ Book Club Pick: ‘Lunch Lady And The Cyborg Substitute’ : NPR http://buff.ly/16PyHe6

Reading with Babies and Board Books for Babies – Mama Smiles-Joyful Parenting http://buff.ly/XYELQd

EBOOKS

The Reading Brain in The Digital Age: The Science of Paper versus Screens: Scientific American http://buff.ly/ZjydYA

Thin Reads Wants to Be Like ‘Publishers Weekly’ for Ebook Singles http://buff.ly/16KsYq6

Why Do We Keep Making Ebooks Like Paper Books? http://buff.ly/YY1NFX #ebooks

LIBRARIES

All Your Data Are Belong To You | Librarian in Black Blog http://buff.ly/YTJ3r5 – also known as why librarians kick ass #rights #librarians

BBC News – Libraries to store all UK web content http://bbc.in/10Ab4Cd #libraries

Ithaka Survey: Humanities Faculty Love the Library; Scientists Less Enthusiastic http://buff.ly/Ya05m5

Librarians and community involvement as a professional competence | Library as Incubator Project http://buff.ly/XYcGZj

Libraries and Authors – ALA’s response to Scott Turow – http://buff.ly/10YSF3y

The Slow Death of the American Author – Scott Turow bemoans library e-lending among other things – http://buff.ly/16KrHPL

Toronto Public Library Enters Alternate Reality (Gaming) http://buff.ly/ZbQ7PO

PUBLISHING

Ten ways self-publishing has changed the books world | Books http://buff.ly/Y9mTCf

What’s the Problem with Self-Publishing? – Library Journal http://buff.ly/16PECQB

READING

Love this poem – Personal by Tony Hoagland : Poetry Magazine http://buff.ly/YaBiy4

TECHNOLOGY

Pls Rt- Next week: Join Internet Defense League action to fix the #CFAA. Justice for #aaronswartz http://act.demandprogress.org/act/cosponsor_aarons_law_idl/?referring_akid=.194196.pE4I30&source=typ-tw …

Still under the impression that video games are strictly for kids? Meet an 85 year old gamer- Psychedelic Catnip – http://buff.ly/Yf0Bis

TEEN READS

The evolution of LGBTQ characters in Y.A. lit | Bill Konigsberg Online http://buff.ly/16BB4RS

How a Graphic Novel is Born (And Raised) by Raina Telgemeier | Inside A Dog http://buff.ly/16Ku4SF

New Imprint to Reissue Forgotten YA Literature http://buff.ly/Y0HHr9 #yalit

Here are the links I shared on my Twitter and Pinterest accounts this week that you might find interesting:

CHILDREN’S BOOKS

Encouraging Lifelong Reading with Great Children’s Books | NEA Today http://buff.ly/16w0Ma8

Fathers, read aloud to your kids http://buff.ly/Yr78WE

Librarian Nancy Pearl records first children’s audio book http://buff.ly/YqArJ1

Sarah Moore Fitzgerald’s top 10 books featuring grandparents | Children’s books http://buff.ly/XRWSqY

w00t! 30 Poets/30 Days is off and running, leading off this year with @MaryLeeHahn – http://bit.ly/YXBK4u #poetry #kidlit

EBOOKS

Ebooks are actually not books—schools among first to realizing this fact | Digital Book World http://buff.ly/ZD9GyL

LIBRARIES

6 Bookless Libraries – iLibrarian http://buff.ly/YtwSBQ

The 12 Technologies Forever Changing School Libraries | Edudemic http://bit.ly/YXCXSB

Civic Art Cleveland – Abandoning Our Historic Character and the South Euclid-Lyndhurst Library – http://buff.ly/160YeyO

Kurt Vonnegut, Charles Bukowski, Susan Sontag, Harper Lee, and Other Literary Greats on Censorship | Brain Pickings http://buff.ly/PKQZob

Libraries in Lock-Up » Public Libraries Online http://buff.ly/YkFoTB

Library helps local youth learn to design video games | TechSoup for Libraries http://buff.ly/YqLpOG

Philly Free Library Debuts Virtual Collection at Suburban Station http://buff.ly/YqLK3S

Will Librarians Still Use Goodreads? http://buff.ly/16wGP3a

PRIVACY

California Wants Companies to Disclose Everything They Know About You http://on.mash.to/XYgjKm

PUBLISHING

Arthur Frommer reacquires travel book brand from Google | Internet & Media|CNET News http://buff.ly/16yI16f

Michael Wolff: Why Paywalls Won’t Solve Newspapers’ Larger Issues – PSFK-PSFK http://buff.ly/16kdk2v

TECHNOLOGY

Amazon snaps up book recommendation site Goodreads | Digital Trends http://buff.ly/YjXaGD

The Best Applications For Creating Free Email Newsletters | Larry Ferlazzo’s Websites of the Day… http://buff.ly/164sY1N

Blogs still more influential than Twitter, says study | The Wall Blog http://buff.ly/YPCTrV (Chart below)

Delicious Becomes A Bit More Social Again, Adds Twitter And Facebook Logins | TechCrunch http://buff.ly/163LyY4

Free Technology for Teachers: Create Your Own iPad Magazine on Flipboard http://buff.ly/16iS5y3

Google’s Secrets Of Innovation: Empowering Its Employees – Forbes http://buff.ly/YPSeFU

In South Korea, wifi movie posters offer the connectivity to access extra content | Springwise http://buff.ly/Yf8Av6

I’ve Been Using Evernote All Wrong. Here’s Why It’s Actually Amazing http://buff.ly/Yt4Shs

Music Fans Aren’t Owners? Court Finds Redigi Music Resale Service Infringes Copyright | EFF http://buff.ly/16isJQX

The Simple Reason Why Goodreads Is So Valuable to Amazon – Jordan Weissmann-The Atlantic http://buff.ly/YXlsm4

Stop Reacting to Robots: A Path to Mindful Work – 99U http://buff.ly/11PC2Hq – How distracted are you by your own digital habits?

TEEN READS

The Guardian – My transgender novel is too personal to be propaganda | Books http://buff.ly/16iSTTG

Michael Grant’s top tips for writing YA | Children’s books http://buff.ly/16w0eBl

The tide swings toward #middlegrade at #Bologna13: via @publisherswkly http://ow.ly/jxH9C

Here are the links I shared on my Twitter and Pinterest accounts this week that you might find interesting:

CHILDREN’S BOOKS

5 Tips For Getting Children Excited About Reading | Edudemic http://bit.ly/X1BMWT

Abrams Announces Wimpy Kid #8 http://buff.ly/10FRoz4

BBC News – Children should be allowed to get bored, expert says http://buff.ly/11rFaZI

Creating a Common Language for Cross-Cultural Kid’s Book Collaboration | Publishing Perspectives http://buff.ly/15OwZYc

"Identifying exactly why a particular book is successful is hard but some of it is about the universality of a theme."http://buff.ly/11DwVdf

The It-Doesn’t-Matter Suit: Sylvia Plath’s Lovely, Little-Known Vintage Children’s Book | Brain Pickings http://buff.ly/11MhmA5

Tony Ross: My favourite children’s books – Telegraph http://buff.ly/10F8DR8

EBOOKS

Accidental Discovery by Ursula Le Guin – on one important way print is different than digital | Book View Cafe Blog http://buff.ly/11DxTWW

Penguin Lifts Library Ebook Purchase Embargo – The Digital Shift http://buff.ly/YhKEay

LIBRARIES

"Do you see why I love teachers and librarians so much?" Post at #nerdybookclub will make your day. http://nerdybookclub.wordpress.com/2013/03/24/the-great-inbe-tween-by-lindsey-leavitt/ …

Gray owl adopts library – The Bozeman Daily Chronicle: Dailyfeatures http://buff.ly/10n5rti

Library of Congress digs into 170 billion tweets – http://buff.ly/10BhZ0m

Putting Libraries on the National Stage | District Dispatch http://buff.ly/10tUSVs

Ten Easy Pieces on the Profession of Librarianship | Peer to Peer Review http://buff.ly/XvuTsP

Toronto gets its first ever tool library http://buff.ly/YdErwe

What could a library do with a gigabit Internet connection? – Boing Boing http://buff.ly/11OaS3G

PUBLISHERS

Chronicle Books Named Best Children’s Publisher of the Year – GalleyCat http://buff.ly/160Ur4A

Does Piracy Impact Sales? Not How You Might Think! | American Libraries Magazine http://buff.ly/11qZ8DY

TECHNOLOGY

BBC News – Privacy ‘impossible’ with Google Glass warn campaigners http://buff.ly/14shHwh

Google’s Google problem | The Economist http://buff.ly/Zgut8U

Internet Access for All: A New Program Targets Low-Income Students | MindShift http://buff.ly/10n7lu4

Is Pheed the next big social media "thing"? – http://buff.ly/11qhzJ7

Presefy Lets You Control Presentations With Your Phone, No Software Required | TechCrunch http://bit.ly/16SBhkJ

Thanks Google Keep! EverNote sees uptick in downloads, usage — Tech News and Analysis http://buff.ly/15Jwj6i

Tumblr Now Hosts Over 100 Million Blogs http://on.mash.to/YevTVQ

TEEN READS

Ally Condie Lands Deal for Two New Novels – GalleyCat http://buff.ly/11DwO1a

First Theatrical Poster for Ender’s Game Revealed! | http://buff.ly/Ydfl0s

I wish I had teachers like @yaloveblog in high school. Check out this awesome idea for literacy lockers she had http://bit.ly/YpBxGV

Kate Winslet joins upcoming young adult film Divergent | Reuters http://buff.ly/10F8WeN

Neil Gaiman & Marvel Back Together; Bounty Hunter Angela Returns For ‘Guardians Of The Galaxy’ http://buff.ly/11qofH7

What Makes a Good YA Coming-Out Novel? – The Horn Book http://buff.ly/YiadIp