BookStats annual survey results announced; BEA author events to be streamed live; “Buzz Books 2013: Fall/Winter” released; Prospective booksellers learn the ropes at Paz workshop; Midwest Booksellers Choice Awards finalists announced; Anne Frank’s The Diary of a Young Girl challenged at Michigan school; Winner of Hugh Hefner First Amendment Award announced; Bookmasters to distribute TGS International

Two e-book promotions were recently added to the IndieCommerce Publisher Promotions page. Categories include Buddhism and teen romance and fantasy.

Here is news of a 24-hour Kobo eBook Mother’s Day sale, an update on revenue share and rebate distributions, and a callout for best practices for Kobo content promotion, in-store displays, and customer acquisition.

Seven e-book promotions were recently added to the IndieCommerce Publisher Promotions page. Categories include Father’s Day, landscaping, food, healthy living, and heavy metal music.

Houghton Mifflin Harcourt’s Our Boston to benefit The One Fund; Preliminary World Book Night statistics revealed; Publishing Triangle’s annual awards presented; AAUP lists “Books for Understanding: Chechnya”; MacAdam Cage founder David Poindexter dies; HarperCollins launches digital mystery line Witness; Down East Books sold to Rowman & Littlefield; Hachette makes e-book catalog available to libraries

Kobo has just announced a new Mother’s Day promotion: buy a Kobo Glo between May 1 and May 13 and receive a free sleep cover. 

Three e-book promotions were recently added to the IndieCommerce Publisher Promotions page. Categories include middle grade humor, steals and deals, and favorites from Harper Perennial.

Three e-book promotions were recently added to the IndieCommerce Publisher Promotions page. Categories include Mother’s Day, romance, and book group reads.

Six e-book promotions were recently added to the IndieCommerce Publisher Promotions page. Categories include humor, teen reads, great leaders, thrillers, and steals and deals.

Pubs for the Hub to raise funds for Boston; Intuit’s “Make a Wish” contest for small business owners returns; ALA’s list of most challenged titles released; Houghton Mifflin Harcourt announces Take 5; Books Are My Bag to launch in U.K.; Simon & Schuster in pilot program with New York City libraries; Ingram adds Ebook Library titles to OASIS