Awards

Savoy Bookshop & Café grand opening draws crowds; Viewpoint Books to change hands; Once Upon a Time honored; Renovated Merritt Bookstore debuts; Plans progress for Alaska’s Writer’s Block; Kirkus showcases Maria’s Bookshop

Kepler’s Books recently received Sustainable San Mateo County’s Sustainability Award in recognition of the bookstore’s transformation into a sustainable cultural institution.

Ballots for the ninth annual Children’s & Teen Choice Book Awards must be submitted by Monday, April 25. The Children’s Book Week display contest, which kicks off April 30, will earn the winning bookstore a visit from one of the award winners or finalists.

The winners of this year’s WNBA Pannell Awards were chosen from among 34 general bookstores and 11 children’s specialty stores nominated for their exceptional creativity in fostering a love of a reading among their young patrons.

Today, the American Booksellers Association announces the winners of the 2016 Indies Choice Book Awards and the E.B. White Read-Aloud Awards, as voted by independent booksellers nationwide.

Here is a list of literary award winners and finalists announced in the past week.

Shawn Morin named CEO and president of Ingram; HarperCollins Publishers creates HarperCollins France; Columbia University Press Sales Consortium adds Harvard University Press; Imprisoned Egyptian novelist wins 2016 PEN/Barbey Freedom to Write Award; Winners of 2015 James Tiptree Jr. Award, 2016 Hans Christian Andersen Award announced; 2016 National Book Awards entry form open; 2016 Kirkus Prize judges named

Today, April 6, at midnight EDT, balloting for the 2016 Indies Choice and E.B. White Read-Aloud awards closes. Up to three booksellers per member location can still sign up for the Celebration of Bookselling and Author Awards Lunch at BEA.

March 31 deadline for Ingram’s Booklove² incentive program; Cover of illustrated Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets released; 2016 BEA Global Market Forum to highlight Poland; 2016 Whiting Award winners announced; NCIBA office moving to Sonoma; James Patterson to donate $1.75 million to school libraries for second year

Horton’s Books & Gifts marks 125 years; Briar Patch owner to pass the torch; An Unlikely Story wins design awards; Afterwords Books hosts Route 66 info stop

Next Wednesday, April 6, is the deadline for booksellers at all ABA member stores to cast their ballots for the 2016 Indies Choice and E.B. White Read-Aloud awards. Up to three booksellers per ABA member store location can make a reservation for the awards lunch at BEA.

A variety of tools are available to help booksellers promote the ninth annual Children’s & Teen Choice Book Awards. Voting continues through April 25, and the winners will be announced during Children’s Book Week, May 2–8. 

BEA to debut new networking tools for attendees; NBCC award winners announced; Inaugural Walter Awards for diverse YA presented; James Patterson to launch BookShots

Booksellers at all ABA member stores are invited to cast their ballots to choose the winners of the 2016 Indies Choice and E.B. White Read-Aloud awards. The winners and finalists will be feted at the Celebration of Bookselling and Author Awards Lunch at BEA.

San Francisco’s Books Inc. has won this year’s Publishers Weekly Bookstore of the Year Award. In an announcement on Wednesday, PW also named Karel/Dutton Group’s Lise Solomon as Rep of the Year.