The Hub: Tweets of the Week – May 4, 2012

Here is a list of fun and informative tweets from some of your favorite people in YA Lit:

• Microsoft buys into Barnes & Noble’s Nook – shares of $BKS soar more than 79% on the news http://cnnmon.ie/JpvAhw $MSFT - @CNNMoney (CNN Money)
• Join the conversation! Would love to hear from agents/eds too! Race in YA Lit: Wake Up & Smell the Coffee-Colored Skin http://wp.me/p8gnj-VK - @sarahockler (Sarah Ockler – Bittersweet)
• Title for Book 3: https://www.facebook.com/LaurenDeStefanoFan/posts/447536301926781
  http://fb.me/1UMoM0Z0o - @LaurenDeStefano (Lauren DeStefano -Fever)
• We are so excited about this — browse inside @ellenschreiber‘s VAMPIRE KISSES 9: IMMORTAL HEARTS now! http://vsb.li/jRa5T8 #yalit - @harperteen (HarperTeen)
• Bowker’s Kelly Gallagher predicts Amazon and Barnes & Noble will offer free eReaders by end of year. http://bit.ly/K1Mgga - @GalleyCat (GalleyCat)
• The YAMazing Race with MGnificent Prizes is a GO! Click here to get started (and just check out those prizes! *drools*) http://ow.ly/aEISH - @marissa_meyer (Marissa Meyer - Cinder)
• THE LETTER Q sends the Younger You a Message. Watch the author video via @TheAdvocateMag. http://bit.ly/JRkbqM @TrevorProject @scholastic - @this_is_teen (this is teen)
• I’m really tired of the notion that the best source of conflict for teen girls is having other teen girls be bitches. #Observationoftheday - @OfficiallyAlly (Ally Carter - Out of Sight, Out of Mind)
• @VeronicaRoth addressed the #DivergentNation last night in NYC. Check out the livestream from the event now http://ow.ly/aF4iZ - @PitchDarkBooks (Pitch Dark Books)
• BuzzGirl is annoyed. Why were there no YA characters on this list about YA characters? Read her post here: http://ow.ly/aEYXP - @RandomBuzzers (Random Buzzers)
• U can see Aus & US covers side by side here: http://justinelarbalestier.com @sarahreesbrenna has her story of the cover: http://sarahtales.livejournal.com/197874.html - @JustineLavaworm (Justine Larbalestier – Team Human)
• For your ENTERTAINMENTS, the first chapter of TEAM HUMAN by@sarahreesbrenna and @JustineLavaworm. BEHOLD. http://justinelarbalestier.com/books/team-human/excerpt/ - @maureenjohnson (Maureen Johnson - The Name of the Star)
• Teens protest at Seventeen magazine: “Where are the girls like me?”http://pwne.ws/JsZcb0 - @PWKidsBookshelf (Children’s Bookshelf)
• Another gloomy day in NYC, but we’re already looking forward to summer with these hot titles! Take a peek:http://www.scribd.com/doc/89104091/Penguin-Teen-Summer-2012-Preview - @PenguinTeen (PenguinTeen)
• If you haven’t entered to win an ARC of DEMON EYES, you should get on that right now! http://bit.ly/IDi1xw - @scott_tracey (Scott Tracey - Demon Eyes)
• Enter for a chance to win an ARC of A MIDSUMMER TIGHTS DREAM by Louise Rennison http://vsb.li/OzOVch #yalit - @harperteen (HarperTeen)
• Like crime fiction? Check out this list of 10 crime fiction for youth picks! http://bit.ly/Ixg7NT - @Scholastic (Scholastic)
• Exclusive cover reveal and excerpt: ‘Prodigy’ by Marie Lu http://usat.ly/IL6oPP - @USATODAYBooks (USA TODAY Books)

– Faythe Arredondo, currently reading The Cupcake Queen by Heather Helper and failing miserably at YALSA’s Best of the Best Reading Challenge!

I know I missed some tweets this week, so let me know which ones! @farre

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