Plans for the April 23 celebration of World Book Night in the U.S. are moving along, with the announcement this week of the U.S. organization’s Board of Directors and news that the title selection process is nearing completion.

This year’s full-color, 20-page ABC Best Books for Children Catalog featuring more than 200 fully vetted frontlist and backlist titles is slated to arrive at all ABA member stores by next week.

Joanna Parzakonis of Bookbug, Lanora Hurley of Next Chapter Bookshop, and Maggie Tokuda-Hall of Books Inc. share tips for attracting and keeping YA book club readers.

Penguin Young Readers Group is partnering with ABA member stores to promote literacy through Jumpstart’s annual Read for the Record event.

U.S. World Book Night Chief Executive Carl Lennertz talks about plans for the inaugural U.S. event to be held on April 23, 2012 — the International Day of the Book.

World Book Night is launching in the U.S. with the goal of giving away one million books across the country on April 23, 2012. Carl Lennertz, currently vice president for independent retailing at HarperCollins, has been hired as chief executive of the U.S. division of WBN and will start on September 1.

J.K. Rowling announces Pottermore; New York Times reports on bookstores charging for author events; U.K. celebrates Independent Booksellers’ Week; AMIBA seeks local first videos; Summer of a Million Books campaign begins

In celebration of National Volunteer Week, which runs from April 10 - 16, booksellers from Indigo Bridge Books and Open Books talk about the logistics of working with a team of community members happy to donate their time.

Independent booksellers and book bloggers have united to produce the Bookrageous calendar, a fundraising project that promotes the love of books.

Jennifer Frances is making her second cross-country literacy tour in Bess the Book Bus, distributing books to children along the way. Among her supporters are several independent bookstores.