Rock the Drop: Teen Literature Day

READERGIRLZ has created the most awesome event - Rock the Drop. It's an annual event that supports teen literature. 

Each year, authors, publisher, librarians, and bookish people leave out ARCs or books of teen interest. They  hope that teens will discover these great books. I've been participating at the library since the events starting in 2007.

Here's some history of the day from the Readergirlz site:

"In 2008 and 2009, readergirlz, Guys Lit Wire, and YALSA orchestrated publishers' donations of nearly 20,000 new young adult books to hospitalized teens across the country. 

For 2010, If I Can Read I Can Do Anything joined forces with these three organizations to drop over 10,000 new YA books, donated by publishers, into the hands of teens on Native American tribal lands. 

Each year, nationwide, librarians, hundreds of YA authors, and teens dropped YA books in their own communities to raise awareness for Operation TBD and Support Teen Literature Day.

Here are our logos and videos from former years. Enjoy!"

If you've never participated  join in this year - there's plenty of time. Lots of authors and publisher drop books all over the place. Every book dropped is part of the fun. I usually have 5 or so ARCs. I print out that year's label (this is last year's) and place it in the book. I put out the books as school's getting out so. Then I wait to see what happens and share about it via twitter.