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Melissa A. Craven, Indie Manager

Monday, 27 May 2019

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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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Melissa A. Craven, Indie Manager

Thursday, 02 February 2017

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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

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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

Animal Sidekicks in YA Fantasy! + Win A Copy of A Season of Sinister Dreams (Tracy Banghart) ~ (US Only)

Today we're excited to spotlight A Season of Sinister Dreams by Tracy Banghart! Read on for more about Tracy and her book, an guest post, plus an giveaway! Meet ...

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Giveaway: Wild Tongues Can't Be Tamed: 15 Voices from the Latinx Diaspora (Saraciea J. Fennell) ~ US Only

Wild Tongues Can't Be Tamed (US Only) by: Saraciea J. Fennell Release Date: September 14th, 2021 Publisher: Flatiron Books About the Book: Edited by The Bronx Is Reading founder S...

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Author Chat with Brianna Bourne (You and Me at the End of the World), Plus Giveaway! ~ (US Only)

Today we're excited to chat with Brianna Bourne author of You and Me at the End of the World! Read on for more about Brianna, her book, plus an giveaway! ...

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Author Chat with Laura Silverman (Up All Night: 13 Stories Between Sunset and Sunrise), Plus Giveaway! ~ (US Only)

Today we're excited to chat with Laura Silverman author of Up All Night: 13 Stories Between Sunset and Sunrise ! Read on for more about Laura, her book, plus an giveaway! &nb...

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It's Live! Cover Reveal: Freaks (Brett Riley), Plus Giveaway! ~ (US Only)

Hi, YABCers! Today we're excited to celebrate the cover reveal for Freaks by Brett Riley, releasing March 2022 by Imbrifex Books! Rea...

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Indie Superstars with the Author of Currents Converged + Giveaway (US Only)

Welcome to YA Books Central's "Indie Superstars" column. This event will spotlight the best and brightest of the indie community. You don’t want to miss out on these talented ...

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Traitors Among Us

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How to Get Away with Myrtle (Myrtle Hardcastle #2)

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Ground Zero

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In time for the twentieth anniversary of 9/11, master storyteller...

Final Season

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From New York Times bestselling author and former NFL player...

Sunny Makes a Splash (Sunny #4)

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The latest in the New York Times bestselling Sunny series...

The Magical Reality of Nadia (The Magical Reality of Nadia #1)

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Inspired by the author's real life experiences, this rollicking, charming...

What Adults Don’t Know About Architecture: Inspiring young minds to build a more beautiful world

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Children are rarely introduced properly to architecture, but there are...

The Curse of the Crystal Cavern (The Pathfinders Society #2)

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Fresh from their hair-raising adventures in The Mystery of the...

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Author Chat with Laura Silverman (Up All Night: 13 Stories Between Sunset and Sunrise), Plus Giveaway! ~ (US Only)

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