Awards

At Wi11’s Tuesday morning breakfast, Publishers Weekly revealed the finalists for its 2016 Bookstore of the Year and Sales Rep of the Year awards.

International Literacy Association releases flier of 2016 Notable Books for a Global Society; 50,000 books go to children in need through PRH #GiveaBook campaign; PEN America to honor J.K. Rowling, Michael Pietsch

Publishers Lunch releases Buzz Books’ spring/summer adult and YA titles; AAUP member presses to launch diversity fellowship; AAP, United Negro College Fund partner for diversity initiative; Chronicle Books to distribute Hardie Grant Books; Eleven publishers sign with IPG, subsidiaries; Nominees announced for National Book Critics Circle Awards, 2016 Edgars; Book tech startups named winners in 1440 Accelerator Program; BEA announces library, children’s, and self-publishing programming

Open Book marks first anniversary; Powell’s flagship shop voted best bookstore; New picture book to benefit Booktenders’ Secret Garden

American Small Business Championship contest opens; Berkley becomes part of Putnam/Dutton; ALA joins Penguin Random House in support of National Readathon Day; We Need Diverse Books announces inaugural mentees; William Johnson named Lambda Literary program director; Winners of 2016 Pacific Northwest Book Awards revealed; The Story Prize finalists announced 

Award winners announced at the ALA Midwinter Meeting in Boston include the recipients of the 2016 Andrew Carnegie Medals for Excellence in Fiction and Nonfiction and the youth media awards, including the Newbery and Caldecott medals and the Coretta Scott King Awards, among many others.

Popularity of print books tops LA Times list of 2016 book trends; Ann Patchett’s WSJ article heralds “The Return of Bookstores”; Penguin Random House sells Author Solutions; Authors groups pen open letter calling for fairer terms from publishers; The Nation names new assistant literary editor

Association of American University Presses backs U.K. collective licensing program; Grant program to make out-of-print humanities titles available as free e-books; Ferlinghetti, Katzenberger win PubWest’s 2016 Lifetime Achievement Award

Flying Pig helps local farmers score book deal; Writer’s Block to open in Anchorage; Toad Hall wins grant from Awesome Rockport; The Bookloft owners ready to pursue other dreams

Nominations open for CBC’s Teen Choice Book Awards; Books-A-Million becomes private company again; Ingram acquires Aer.io; Penguin Random House raises #GiveaBook campaign level to 50,000 books

2016 PEN Literary Awards longlists announced; Chicago Review Press CEO announces retirement; James LaRue to head ALA’s Office for Intellectual Freedom; S&S to distribute Insight Editions; Matt Baldacci joins Shelf Awareness

Nominations are now being sought for the 2016 PW Bookstore of the Year and the PW Rep of the Year awards. Anyone with ties to the book industry may nominate candidates by January 10.

The Small Business Majority has presented Christin Evans of The Booksmith in San Francisco and Kepler’s Books in Menlo Park, California, with a regional Small Business Advocate Award.

Four independent bookstores are among the 25 quarterfinalists for Independent We Stand’s Independent Small Business of the Year Award for 2015. Anyone can vote multiple times through December 13 to help choose 10 semifinalists.

Don Weisberg named president of Macmillan, Jen Loja promoted to president of Penguin Young Readers; Penguin Random House launches 2015 #GiveaBook campaign; Chronicle Books launches #GiveBooks campaign; PBS to provide online coverage of Miami Book Fair; The Rise of the Robots named 2015 Financial Times/McKinsey Business Book of the Year