News For Nerds is a feature here on Katie’s Book Blog to help catch you up on all the bookish news you might have missed. Check back every Sunday to find out about cover reveals, book deals, movie news, and more.
Ebook steals:
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Publishing News:
Miranda Kenneally signed a 3 book deal with Sourcebooks Fire. You can find more details over on Miranda’s blog and while you are there, you should congratulate her!
Elizabeth Wein sold a companion to Code Name Verity. I only saw this on Twitter so I don’t know any more details but yay for a companion!
Movie news:
The final tributes have been cast for the Catching Fire movie. Head over to the official Facebook page to check them out!
Book trailer of the week:
Noteworthy blog posts/articles:
Word For Teens has another awesome guest post as part of her Characterize series. This post is on likable protagonists and I highly recommend checking it out, as well as the other posts in this series.
This week is just full of love for Word For Teens. Nicole posted a wonderful discussion about why book covers are important. You can check it out here.
It’s time for Banned Books Week once again and Allure For Books posted a great post about reading banned books and which ones she plans to read. Check it out here.
Giveaways:
Win a signed copy of Skylark from Love YA Lit
Win Alice In Zomblieland from Refracted Light
Win What She Left Behind from YA Book Queen
Win Embrace and Entice from The Hollow Cupboards
Win The Perks Of Being A Wallflower from A Foodie Bibliophile
Win The Spindlers from Bumbles & Fairy-Tales
Cover reveals:
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Princess of the Midnight Ball by Jessica Day George is great book!
I love the cover from ‘If he had been with me’ 🙂
I agree… LOVE the cover of If He Had Been With Me!! This is a cool feature!!!! 🙂
I love this feature! Thanks for the link to my post 🙂
Excited about a companion for Code Name Verity but also nervous. It has been my fave book of the year and can another possibly live up to it?
I love this feature!
Totally loving the covers to If He Had Been With Me and Just One Day!
I love the cover for If He Had Been With Me!!
The NEWS has never looked so go thank you.
Beta has a cool trailer.
Did you read the book ?