Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing to Partner with Shindig for "Hot YA Summer Chat Series"

July 9 – John Corey Whaley (WHERE THINGS COME BACK)
(RSVP Here: http://www.shindig.com/event/wherethingscomeback)

July 16 – Abbi Glines (BECAUSE OF LOW)
(RSVP Here: http://www.shindig.com/event/becauseoflow)

July 23 – Neal Schusterman (UNWHOLLY)
(RSVP Here: http://www.shindig.com/event/unwholly)

July 30 – Carmen Rodrigues (34 PIECES OF YOU)
(RSVP Here: http://www.shindig.com/event/34pieces)

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Simon & Schuster Children’s Publishing, one of the leading children’s book publishers in the world, is comprised of the following imprints: Aladdin, Atheneum Books for Young Readers, Beach Lane Books, Libros para niños, Little Simon®, Little Simon Inspirations™, Margaret K. McElderry Books, Paula Wiseman Books, Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, Simon Pulse, and Simon Spotlight®. While maintaining an extensive award-winning backlist, the division continues to publish acclaimed and bestselling books for children of all ages. In addition to numerous Caldecott, Newbery, and National Book Award winners, Simon & Schuster publishes such high-profile properties and series as Eloise, Olivia, Raggedy Ann & Andy™, Henry & Mudge®, The Hardy Boys®, Nancy Drew®, The Spiderwick Chronicles, Nickelodeon’s® Dora the Explorer®, and SpongeBob SquarePants. For more information about Simon & Schuster Children’s Publishing, visit our website at http://kids.simonandschuster.com.

Simon & Schuster, a part of the CBS Corporation, is a global leader in the field of general interest publishing, dedicated to providing the best in fiction and nonfiction for consumers of all ages, across all printed, electronic, and audio formats. Its divisions include Simon & Schuster Adult Publishing, Simon & Schuster Children’s Publishing, Simon & Schuster Audio, Simon & Schuster Digital, and international companies in Australia, Canada, India, and the United Kingdom. For more information, visit our website at www.simonandschuster.com

About Shindig
Created by music industry pioneer Steve Gottlieb, Shindig is a revolutionary platform for large-scale video chat events. The patented technology enables hosts to give a talk, be interviewed, or show multimedia presentations, to online audiences of thousands. Audience members can see and be seen by one another in a shared environment, and are free to engage in private video chat conversations with one another at the click of a mouse. Best of all, selected participants can be brought up to "share the stage" with presenters to ask their questions " face-to-face" before the entire gathering. In short, the dynamics of physical events at internet scale.