Awards

Children’s Choice Book Awards adds three new categories; S&S to debut Scout Press this fall; Ten publishers sign with IPG and its subsidiaries

The Women’s National Book Association has extended the deadline for nominations for its 2015 WNBA Pannell Awards to February 14.

Phoenix Books to open third location; BookPeople of Moscow to take readers to Italy; Idaho booksellers offer favorite picks on local TV; Old Firehouse Books wins signing with Neil Gaiman; La Casa Azul Bookstore awarded $150,000 Mission Main Street Grant; Ken White to leave Books Inc.

Egmont to close U.S. publishing operations; American Small Business Championship contest now open; National Book Critics Circle announces award finalists

Publishers Weekly is seeking nominations for its annual PW Bookstore and PW Sales Rep of the Year awards, which were created more than two decades ago to honor the country’s best independent booksellers and sales representatives.

The Women’s National Book Association is accepting nominations for its 2015 WNBA Pannell Award, which will be presented to one general bookstore and one children’s specialty store at this year’s BookExpo America Children’s Book and Author Breakfast.

Macmillan returns to agency pricing on e-books, plans to test subscriptions; Nielsen Children’s Book Summit highlights growing market; Cameron Post wins again with help of Kids’ Right to Read Project; Duncan, Ellroy named Mystery Writers of America Grand Masters

James Patterson calls on President Obama to support reading; HarperCollins to offer samples of bestsellers to JetBlue customers; Ursula K. Le Guin delivers show-stopping speech at National Book Awards

The winners of the 2014 National Book Awards were announced on Wednesday night, November 19, at the 65th National Book Awards Ceremony and Benefit Dinner in New York City.

Amazon wins control of .book domain name; AMIBA offering buy local resources in Spanish; Indies Introduce author wins 2014 Scotiabank Giller Prize; National Readathon Day to support NBF’s literacy efforts; First Amendment Groups express concern over Kings Canyon School Board review process; Courtney Muller named executive vice president at Urban Expositions; 2014 National Outdoor Book Award winners announced

Retailers setting earlier shipping deadlines this holiday season; Report highlights top cities supporting African American literature; Marvel Comics now available on Kobo; 2014 Kirkus Prize winners announced

Richard Flanagan wins Man Booker Prize for Fiction; First Amendment groups challenge Idaho school’s parental consent form; Eric Schwartz joins Columbia University Press as editorial director

Books Inc. to relocate Fourth Street store in 2015; Between the Covers owner honored as entrepreneur of the year; Brazos, AFA inspire music through essay contest; Quail Ridge video features highlights of 30th anniversary celebration

The 20 finalists for the National Book Awards in Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry, and Young People’s Literature were announced on Wednesday morning, October 15, on NPR’s Morning Edition by Books & Books owner Mitchell Kaplan.

France’s Patrick Modiano wins Nobel Prize for Literature; Mary Rasenberger named Authors Guild executive director; Policy research institute says Amazon should collect sales tax in Ohio; Free speech groups caution Waukesha School Board; Ingram Content Group opens POD facility in California; Winners of European Union Prize for Literature announced at Frankfurt