WINNERS! and Lots More

The winner of GETTING REVENGE ON LAUREN WOOD is:

Vivien

And the winners of THE DEATH BY BIKINI MYSTERIES:

Orchid
Miss Kallie
JB

Congratulations! Please send your mailing instructions to gerb (@) lindagerber (.) com and we'll get those sent out to you.

Everyone, please join us again this Friday for another GCC interview and freebie with Laurie Stolarz!

Meanwhile, lots to tell you about this week:

DEAR BULLY is in this month's Glamour!

<Megan Kelly Hall and Carrie Jones, who made it all happen.

I'm honored to be included in this anthology. Proceeds from the sale of this book will go directly to an anti-bullying organization. Meanwhile, you can join the campaign to stop bullying. If you haven't already, please join the Young Adult Authors Against Bullying page on Facebook for book updates, stories, strategies for dealing with bullies and strength in numbers.

When Friends Aren't (TFC) (Somewhat related.) How do you know if your friends aren't really your friends?

Life Imitates Art? (carlabuckley.com) If you were intrigued by the mysterious bird and fish mass deaths recently, you really should check out Carla Buckley's THE THINGS THAT KEEP US HERE. You can't get any more current and ripped-from-the-headlines than this story of a family trying to stick together in the midst of an avian flu pandemic. I read it last summer and it still haunts me (especially after seeing the pictures of all those dead birds in Arkansas.)

ALA Report by Mary Kole (Kidlit.com) Scroll about halfway down for a peek at Holly Thompson's upcoming book, ORCHARDS! Woo! (Holly was in SCBWI with me in Tokyo, author of ASH and WAKAME GATHERERS, and is simply brilliant.)

ALA Winners (SCBWI Blog) (Yay for Printz Honor winner AS King! If you haven't read PLEASE IGNORE VERA DIETZ yet, what are you waiting for?)

ALA 2011 Best Books (ALA) PLEASE IGNORE VERA DIETZ also made this list, along with a whole stack of my TBR pile!

Edited to add: ALA 2011 Popular Paperbacks (ALA) Woot! I just realized that DEATH BY BIKINI was named a 2011 Popular Paperback! Yay!!!

RIP Borders? (DetNews) All signs point to the end for Borders - including Simon and Schuster canceling their author events at all Borders stores...

Digital sales have reached a 'tipping point" (Bookseller.com) Is this the kiss of death for bookstores? (PBP) And what about e-book lending? (PublishingPerspectives)

Other publishing trends for 2011? (TrendSpotting) What would you like to see?

Happy release week to: Danette Vigilante, THE TROUBLE WITH HALF A MOON, Julia Karr
XVI, Keri Mikulski HEAD GAMES, Cate Tiernan BALEFIRE bindup, Me (rah, rah) THE DEATH BY BIKINI MYSTERIES bindup, Cat Clarke ENTANGLED, Beth Revis ACROSS THE UNIVERSE, Amelia Atwater-Rhodes
ALL JUST GLASS, Tim Tharp BADD, Dori Jones Yang DAUGHTER OF XANADU, Lorraine Zago Rosenthal OTHER WORDS FOR LOVE, Kristen Tracy THE REINVENTION OF BESSICA LEFTER, Wendelin Van Draanen
THE RUNNING DREAM, Alexandra Monir TIMELESS, and Maurissa Guibord WARPED.

And finally, for this week's video link - Daniel Radcliff lightens things up:

I Am Harry Potter from Daniel Radcliffe

Vladimir Putin and Me

On the iPod - Halfway Gone by Lifehouse

Let Women Jump!

What do Vladimir Putin and I have in common? We both got this really cool brochure (in Russian!) from my friend Vic at WSJUSA and a fabulous ski jump pin that says 'Sochi 2014'.

Is it too early to start thinking about the 2014 Olympics? I don't think so. The women jumpers have been fighting for inclusion to the Winter Olympic Games for YEARS. They need all the support they can get. So I hope you don't mind, but I'm going to keep beating this drum. If you haven't shown your support for the women jumpers yet, please do. Visit the WSJUSA site right now. I'll wait.

2014 HAS to be the year. Anything else would be unacceptable. All the pathetic excuses the IOC has given to freeze them out won't work any more. Let's rally around the women and make it happen!

Lisa McMann:

Last night I met with the fabulous Lisa McMann at her signing in Cincinnati. We got to sit down and chat with Lauren from Shooting Stars Magazine and her beautiful sister Kari, the camerawoman. I'll tell you all about it on Friday when a signed copy of GONE is up for grabs on our return to FREEBIE FRIDAY!

Party Time!!!

We're celebrating our three-year birthday over at Teen Fiction Cafe this month! Be sure to stop by for cool posts and a whole ton of freebies from your favorite authors. Here's the lineup:

1st Sara Zarr, 2nd Wendy Toliver, 3rd Erica Orloff, 4th Alyson Noel, 5th Lauren Baratz-Logsted, 6th Stephanie Kuehnert, 7th Sara Hantz, 8th Kelly Parra, 9th Jessica Burkhart, 10th Meslissa Walker, 11th Kay Cassidy, 12th ME!, 13th Amanda Ashby, 15th - winners announced.

Happy Release Week!

Lauren Oliver (BEFORE I FALL), Rachel Hawkins (HEX HALL ), Susanne Dunlap (ANASTASIA'S SECRET), Jen Calonita (BROADWAY LIGHTS: SECRETS OF MY HOLLYWOOD LIFE), Gemma Malley (THE RETURNERS ), Angela Morrison (SING ME TO SLEEP) and Teri Hall (THE LINE)!

This Week's Video Linkie: