Morning Notes: Simplified Time Travel Edition

JK ROWLING ANNOUNCES…SOMETHING

The Harry Potter author has generated a lot of speculation with a new “Pottermore” website and YouTube countdown clock. Click here to read 7 theories on what it could be.

50 CENT TO PEN BOOK ON BULLYING – I’M NOT KIDDING

I thought my celebrity author shock-o-meter was maxed out with Tyra Banks, but no! Click here to read.

(Thanks to Bookshelves of Doom for the link)

A WRINKLE IN TIME GETS A BETTER TITLE

Better Book Titles does it again. Click here to read.

Bone Dog by Eric Rohmann. On shelves July 19, 2011.

How did I miss this? Caldecott winner Eric Rohmann has written what sounds like a unique Halloween story about a dead dog that reappears…in as a skeleton.

Lynn and Cindy list their favorite covers of the year. Are any of your favorites on the list? Click the image above to read.

You may have heard that the next Diary of a Wimpy Kid title has been announced. If not, let @shannonmiller fill you in.

This wins the award for coolest and most bizarre book trailer of the year. The cool part comes in the form of the words spelled out with string. Then they show the book, and we get the bizarre. What was that? Seriously – what was that?

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