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Melissa A. Craven, Indie Manager

Monday, 27 May 2019

News & Updates

Behind the Scenes in Indie Publishing with Nina Walker, Author of The Color Alchemist

Behind the Scenes of Indie Publishing At YABC we work closely with a lot of Indie authors. Some are best sellers and some are just starting out, and many more fall in the middle of that spectrum. Today we are excited to introduce you to Nina Walker, USA Today Best Selling...

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Melissa A. Craven, Indie Manager

Thursday, 29 June 2017

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What's Hot in KU

Welcome to YA Books Central's "What's Hot in KU" post. This weekly event will highlight what's hot, new and exciting in the Amazon Kindle Unlimited Library. Amazon's Kindle Unlimited subscription is a great way to enjoy unlimited reading on a tight budget. With over a million titles and counting, we thought...

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Melissa A. Craven, Indie Manager

Thursday, 25 May 2017

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Melissa A. Craven, Indie Manager

Thursday, 30 March 2017

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Melissa A. Craven, Indie Manager

Thursday, 23 March 2017

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What's Hot in KU

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Melissa A. Craven, Indie Manager

Thursday, 02 February 2017

News & Updates

What's Hot In Kindle Unlimited

Welcome to YA Books Central's "What's Hot in KU" post. This weekly event will highlight what's hot, new and exciting in the Amazon Kindle Unlimited Library. Amazon's Kindle Unlimited subscription is a great way to enjoy unlimi/ted reading on a tight budget. With over a million titles and counting, we thought...

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Melissa A. Craven, Indie Manager

Monday, 09 January 2017

News & Updates Monthly Column

Indie Superstars with Giveaway!

Welcome to YA Books Central's "Indie Superstars" column. This monthly event will spotlight the best and brightest of the indie community. You don’t want to miss these talented authors This week, Staff Reviewer, Kelly St Clare has interviewed Internationally bestselling author, Siobhan Davis! YABC: Welcome, Siobhan! You are joining us all the way...

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Melissa A. Craven, Indie Manager

Thursday, 10 November 2016

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FEATURED GIVEAWAYS

MINE FOREVER: Author Interview + Giveaway! (US Only)

Today we're excited to chat with Skylar Nightingale author of Mine Forever: A YA Romance. Read on for more about Skylar and her book, plus enter a giveaway! Mine Foreve...

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Teen Titans Raven: Author Video + Giveaway! (US/CAN)

Today we're excited to spotlight Teen Titans Raven by Kami Garcia and illustrated by Gabriel Picola. Read on for more about Kami and her book, plus a video & giveaway! ABOUT TH...

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Author of the Week plus Giveaway! (International)

This week's Author of the Week is actually a pair of authors who are cowriting one of the hottest contemporary series of the summer! Meet Ann Maree Craven and Michelle MacQueen, check out their latest...

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THE RIFT Giveaway! (US/CAN)

The Rift (US & Canada) by: Rachael Craw Release Date: October 8, 2019 Publisher: Candlewick Press About the Book: As corporate greed is pitted against supernatural forces, two young ...

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MEET ME AT MIDNIGHT Cover Reveal + Giveaway (US Only)

Today, we're super excited to share the gorgeous cover for MEET ME AT MIDNIGHT, by Jessica Pennington. (April 2020 from Tor Teen). We're big fans of summer romcoms and can't wait to get our han...

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EYE OF ZEUS Cover Reveal plus Giveaway! (US Only)

Today, we're super excited to reveal the awesome cover for EYE OF ZEUS by Alane Adams releasing April 2020 from SparkPress.This book is perfect for fans of the Percy Jackson series, and we are so in l...

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The Lady Rogue

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The Last Magician meets A Gentleman’s Guide to Vice and...

A Very Pikmi Halloween (Pikmi Pops)

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Pikmi Pops(TM) are the latest collectible craze! Join these cute...

Apocalypse Taco

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Sid, Axl, and Ivan volunteer to make a late-night fast-food...

The Owls Have Come to Take Us Away

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In this delightfully creepy novel from Coretta Scott King/John Steptoe...

Voyages in the Underworld of Orpheus Black

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Harry Black is lost between the world of war and...

Awesome Achievers in Technology: Super and Strange Facts about 12 Almost Famous History Makers

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Part of a super fun middle grade series, Awesome Achievers...

Kitty and the Moonlight Rescue

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Girl by day. Cat by night. Ready for an adventure....

Kindergarten Big Skills Workbook: Sorting for Stem

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A strong educational foundation helps ensure a child is able...

Math Practice; Extra Big Skills Workbook

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A strong educational foundation helps ensure a child is able...

Kindergarten Skills Workbook: Handwriting

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A strong educational foundation helps ensure a child is able...

Little Penguin's New Friend

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The first I Can Read! book featuring beloved picture book...

Flights of Fancy: Creative Inspiration from Ten Award-Winning Authors and Illustrators

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In a beautiful anthology, ten children’s book greats share stories,...

Firebrand: The Initiation of Natali Presano (Firebrand, #1)

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First time in print! The...

The 12th Candle

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Sage Sassafras’s life is cursed! No, really. Since birth, Sage...

Naked Mole Rat Saves the World

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Can Kit’s super-weird superpower save her world? ...

The Brokenhearted

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teenage girl is transformed into a reluctant superhero and...

Latest Member Reviews

The Lady Rogue

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Olivia Farr, Staff Reviewer

"THE LADY ROGUE is an absolutely thrilling historical fiction/fantasy. In the vein of THE MUMMY but in Romania and with..."

The Burning Shadow (Origin Series, #2)

3.7

Kim Baccellia, Staff Reviewer

"What worked: I'm a huge fan of the Lux series and LOVE Daemon. The relationship between Daemon and Kat is..."

The Owls Have Come to Take Us Away

3.0

Olivia Farr, Staff Reviewer

"THE OWLS HAVE COME TO TAKE US AWAY is a middle grade sci-fi/horror (though not too scary) that follows a..."

A Very Pikmi Halloween (Pikmi Pops)

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Olivia Farr, Staff Reviewer

"Celebrate Halloween with the Pikmi Pops in this cute story about friendship. Wubbs the Bat and Vampy the Bat are..."

Apocalypse Taco

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Olivia Farr, Staff Reviewer

"APOCALYPSE TACO is a horror graphic novel that follows two middle school aged boys, Axl and Ivan. Axl and Ivan..."

Voyages in the Underworld of Orpheus Black

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Olivia Farr, Staff Reviewer

"VOYAGES IN THE UNDERWORLD OF ORPHEUS BLACK is a story about brotherhood, war, and the power of art. Harry is..."

Awesome Achievers in Technology: Super and Strange Facts about 12 Almost Famous History Makers

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Olivia Farr, Staff Reviewer

"AWESOME ACHIEVERS IN TECHNOLOGY is an approachable middle grade non-fiction book about people behind every day inventions that you may..."

Firebrand: The Initiation of Natali Presano (Firebrand, #1)

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Olivia Farr, Staff Reviewer

"This comic book is an interesting print form of a webtoon series that captures season 1. Natali Presano was born..."

Kitty and the Moonlight Rescue

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Bethany Wicker, Listings Manager & Staff Reviewer

"Kitty wants to be a superhero like her mom, but she's afraid to go out in the dark. Her mom..."

Kindergarten Big Skills Workbook: Sorting for Stem

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Beth Rodgers, Staff Reviewer

"'Sorting for STEM Big Skills Workbook' deals with core concepts. Science, technology, engineering, and mathematics are the focus in this..."

Math Practice; Extra Big Skills Workbook

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Beth Rodgers, Staff Reviewer

"'Math Practice Extra Big Skills Workbook' has a large variety of fun activities to help students build their math knowledge...."

Kindergarten Skills Workbook: Handwriting

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Beth Rodgers, Staff Reviewer

"'Handwriting Skills Workbook' does a great job of informing students and parents alike about the importance of focusing on how..."

Little Penguin's New Friend

4.0

Beth Rodgers, Staff Reviewer

"'Little Penguin's New Friend' by Tadgh Bentley is a cute story about the making of a friendship despite misconceptions about..."

Flights of Fancy: Creative Inspiration from Ten Award-Winning Authors and Illustrators

4.3

Beth Rodgers, Staff Reviewer

"'Flights of Fancy: Creative Inspiration from Ten Award-Winning Authors and Illustrators' is a great help to aspiring authors, as it..."

Naked Mole Rat Saves the World

4.0

Olivia Farr, Staff Reviewer

"NAKED MOLE RAT SAVES THE WORLD tells the story of kit, whose name is lowercase because she was too small..."

The 12th Candle

4.0

Karen Yingling, Staff Reviewer

"Sage lives out west in the town of Goldview, and her family is cursed. Years ago, her mother and her..."

Lily and the Wedding Date Mistake

4.0

Beth Rodgers, Staff Reviewer

"'Lily and the Wedding Date Mistake' by Seven Steps is a story of friendship lost and found between main characters..."

Bea and the Bad Boy

4.8

Beth Rodgers, Staff Reviewer

"'Bea and the Bad Boy' by Anna Catherine Field is a page-turning story that evolves from two people who don't..."

Igloo High

3.8

Beth Rodgers, Staff Reviewer

"'Igloo High' by Jacinthe Dessureault has many of the typical aspects that young adult novels contain, including a popular girl,..."

Tiger Queen

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Bethany Wicker, Listings Manager & Staff Reviewer

"All Kateri wants to do is impress her father, become the queen she's meant to be, protect her people, and..."

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ScienceFiction

Behind the Scenes in Indie Publishing with Nina Walker, Author of The Color Alchemist

What's Hot in KU

What's Hot in KU

What's Hot in KU

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Indie Superstars with Giveaway!

What's Hot in KU

What's Hot in KU

FEATURED GIVEAWAYS

MINE FOREVER: Author Interview + Giveaway! (US Only)

Teen Titans Raven: Author Video + Giveaway! (US/CAN)

Author of the Week plus Giveaway! (International)

THE RIFT Giveaway! (US/CAN)

MEET ME AT MIDNIGHT Cover Reveal + Giveaway (US Only)

EYE OF ZEUS Cover Reveal plus Giveaway! (US Only)

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