'Boys and books: How do you get them together?' (The why and how boys aren't reading as much as girls, and don't forget Jon Scieszka's Guys Read.) (StarTribune, registration required)

- HarperTeen launches on MySpace (after the HarperTeen FanLit experiment, they have decided to also go to where teens are hanging out already. You can check it out here.) (press release)

- '21 ways to give a book' (Great follow-up to Wednesday's post.) (MotherReader)

- Amazon buys Rowling's last Harry Potter book (Will someone tell me why.) (The Joplin Times)

- Zest Books sponsors a book cover contest for their new book (47 Things Teens Can Do For the Environment... #1 come up with an inspirational cover for cool green book.)

- 'A year in comics and graphic novels' (More year-in-review for the graphically inclined.) (Village Voice)

- New website connects writers with publishers (For $19 Creative Bylines will put your manuscript in front of an editor. Interesting. I'll be watching this one.) (Rapid Growth)

- 'Girl gets a makeover' (It's been years since I read this, but I am very into the concept of flipping targeted age-groups. Very cool iMix "soundtrack" to go with the music-scene obsessed story too.) (Publishers Weekly)

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