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12 Mar

NBCC Announces Winners of Annual Book Awards

In a March 11 ceremony, held at the Tishman Auditorium at New York University Law School in New York, the National Book Critics Circle (NBCC) announced the winners of its annual book awards. The fiction prize was awarded posthumously to W.G. Sebald for Austerlitz (Random House). Sebald died in an automobile accident in December 2001. His agent, Andrew Wylie, accepted the award.

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12 Mar

Get Your Prescription for Reading Filled

Now is the time for bookstores interested in participating in the 2002 Prescription for Reading marketing program to sign up and receive promotional kits, along with 200 copies of this year's book, Sylvia Long's Mother Goose, published by Chronicle Books.

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11 Mar

Book Music Network Works to Introduce New Artists to Booksellers

Many independent bookstores are looking for ancillary business to increase profits, and record labels are constantly seeking new outlets to promote established, and up-and-coming, artists. Enter, the Book Music Network [BMN]: a company that’s hoping, with assistance from Book Sense, to offer a marketing solution to both industries. In April, BMN will begin mailing to independent bookstores free monthly compilation CDs showcasing a large selection of artists.

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07 Mar

Still Time to RSVP for ABA's Open House in May

ABA Bookseller members can still RSVP for the Open House at ABA headquarters in Tarrytown, New York, which will be held on May 1, 2002, from 3:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. The event is a special way to welcome booksellers to BookExpo America and the ABA Annual Convention, as the show returns to New York for the first time since 1991.

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