July 23rd, 2012
ljdigital

Winning Teens Over With Technology

Both Simon & Schuster and Barnes & Noble have offered incentives to boost interest in teen readers. Simon & Schuster is promoting a texting contest to win a coffee date with Scott Westerfeld to chat about his new book, LeviathanThe same is being done for Tonya Hurley’sThe Blessed, and have the chance to win a guitar. 

Barnes & Noble is giving away a collection of free young adult eBooks with the purchase of a Nook Tablet. This is being done to combat the up-and-coming Nexus 7 being put out by Google. Buyers of the Nook Tablet will receive Blue Bloods by Melissa de la CruzAngel Burn by L. A. WeatherlyThe Enemy by Charlie Higson; and Jessica’s Guide to Dating on the Dark Side by Beth Fantaskey.

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