2004 Book Sense Book of the Year Finalists Announced
The American Booksellers Association has announced the finalists for the 2004 Book Sense Book of the Year Awards. The finalists in five categories -- Adult Fiction, Adult Nonfiction, Children's Literature, Children's Illustrated, and Paperback -- were nominated by ABA bookstore members from titles appearing on the Book Sense 76 lists during the past year.
The winners will be announced at the Celebration of Bookselling, on Friday, June 4, at this year's BookExpo America, to be held at Chicago's McCormick Place Convention Center.
On Monday mornings, Meg Smith, associate director of Book Sense Marketing, sends independent booksellers in the Book Sense program an e-mail reminding them to report to the Book Sense Bestseller list before the Tuesday, 3:00 a.m. deadline. Booksellers who receive the e-mails know that they are witty; punctuated with interesting book- and bookstore-related anecdotes; and, sometimes, even poetic.