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For readers and friends in the New York City area, join 5 Sarahs of YA (including four of the 2009 Debs!) for a reading and book signing at Books of Wonder, 18 W 18th St, on Sunday Aug 2, 1-3 PM ( Read more... )

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Hi Debs and Debs Watchers!

With less than 100 days until the TWENTY BOY SUMMER release, we're hosting our first giveaway! Two winners will receive an autographed TWENTY BOY SUMMER advance review copy. Entries are open until 11:59 PM EST, Saturday Feb. 28.

Check out the details here:

TWENTY BOY SUMMER ARC Giveaway!

Good luck!

Debs, I was chatting with Sarah Cross last week about health insurance for self employed, and seeing the "day job" post below reminded me to post this. Not sure if everyone knows about this great resource ( Read more... )

Hi Debs... I found a few reports on teens and social media from the Pew Internet & American Life Project. This organization has TONS of great information and reports for FREE (not just on teens but across all kinds of consumer demographics). The site's search feature isn't the greatest - it's hard to differentiate the full reports from the excerpts ( Read more... )

Name: Sarah Ockler

'09 Book Title: TWENTY BOY SUMMER

Publisher: Little, Brown

Favorite Books: On the Road (Jack Kerouac), Catcher in the Rye (JD Salinger), Jitterbug Perfume (Tom Robbins), Diary of Anais Nin (Anais Nin), The Truth About Forever and Keeping the Moon (Sarah Dessen), Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants (Anne Brashares)... and a late entry ( Read more... )