ALA Annual is coming up, and for the third week in a row we are sponsorsed by vendors reaching out to you, our beloved readers, to let you know about special events and offers at the show. Please investigate them all, and don't forget to tell 'em we sent you!

• Simon & Schuster, who want to hear about your One Book, One Community program, booth 2312-2412
• Backstage Library Works, helping you out with RDA, cataloging, and other things that help libraries run smoothly, booth 523
• Equinox, inviting you to take the Open Source Challenge, booth 957
• Workman, with lots of free books and author signings, booth 2020
• Random House, Inc., with their annual Book Brunch, booth 2112

P.S. Don't miss the first and second week of ALA Previews!

In this week's Unshelved Book Club you'll find books about a disintegrating family, a nameless teenage assassin, a boy thrown overboard with his dog, World Rat Day, a terrible detective, a rabbit being followed by carrots, Phish and the Insane Clown Posse, and a hellish summer job.

Remember, when you see a sponsored book marked it means you have a chance to get a free copy. Look for the friendly yellow icon!

And don't forget to check out @bookblrb, our new service that gives you a teeny tiny book recommendation every day. You can sign up on Twitter or Facebook.

My favorite way to catch up on websites has been to use Google Reader. Sadly Google has canceled this once-fine product, and it's shutting down on July 1.

Several substitutes have emerged, and I've tried them all. My favorite is FeedBin. It costs $20 a year, and it's well worth it. It's got a very good web client, and it syncs with Reeder, my favorite iPhone feed reader.

It's easy to export your feed list from Google Reader:

1. Click on the cog on the upper right
2. Click on "Reader Settings"
3. Click on the "Import/Export" tab
4. Click on "Download your data through Takeout"
5. Click "Create Archive", and wait while it builds the file
6. Download the file to your computer, unzip the XML file within
7. In Feedbin, click on "Settings"
8. Click on "Import/Export"
9. Download your unzipped XML file

And like that, all your feeds are imported! Now is a great chance to go through them and remove the chaff that has accumulated over the years. Press "?" at any time to see a list of helpful keyboard shortcuts.

Another option you may prefer is Feedly. Or maybe you want to give up on RSS feeds and just get our comics by email. Just remember to make your change before July 1!

On a related note, we are also switching the location of our feed from Feedburner to http://www.unshelved.com/feed. Please update your reader. The old address will continue to work until Google shuts that down too.

ALA Annual is coming up, and for the second week in a row our sponsors are vendors reaching out to you, our beloved readers, to let you know about special events and offers at the show.

• Backstage Library Works, helping you out with RDA, cataloging, and other things that help libraries run smoothly, booth 523
• W.W. Norton, publisher of the Carnegie Medal finalist Spillover by David Quammen, booth 2300
• Sourcebooks, publisher of The Book of Someday by Dianne Dixon, booth 2331
• iVerse Media, announcing Comics Plus, Library Edition, distributed by Brodart, booth 1250
• HarperCollins, with their Book Buzz, booth 2308

P.S. Don't miss last week's ALA preview from Little Brown & Company Books For Young Readers, booth 2207

I wouldn't have thought we could squeeze in another event to our already packed Fall schedule, but we did: Gene and I will be delivering Surviving The Public to the staff of the Benedictine University Library, on November 21, the day before we speak in Schaumburg, IL.

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Jun 28- Jul 1 Chicago, IL
ALA Annual
Booth 2548 (Bill & Jana)

July 17-21 San Diego, CA
Comic Con International
Booth 2300 (Bill)

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