Awards

A number of resources are available to help booksellers promote voting for the 2013 Children’s Choice Book Awards. New this year is a Children’s Book Week window display contest for indie bookstores, sponsored by CBC and the ABC Children’s Group at ABA.

NBCC honors winners for 2012 publishing year; Archipelago distribution moves to Random House; Ingram adds Harlequin to MyiLibrary® e-book platform; Lambda Literary and Publishing Triangle name award finalists

On Monday, January 28, at its Midwinter Meeting in Seattle, the American Library Association (ALA) announced a wide range of award-winning books, videos, and audiobooks for children and young adults, including the recipients of the Caldecott, Coretta Scott King, Newbery, and Printz awards.

Publishers Weekly is seeking nominations for its 2013 Bookstore and Sales Rep of the Year awards. The deadline for nominations is March 1 at 8:00 a.m. EST.

ABA CEO’s turn at Watermark featured in Associations Now; Scholastic study finds kids’ e-reading nearly doubles; Best Buy says sales tax fairness increased sales; National Book Awards review and selection process changes; Award finalists: The Story Prize and The Edgars; Kirkus launches redesigned website

The Women’s National Book Association has extended the nomination period of indie bookstores for the WNBA Pannell Award to Thursday, January 31, 2013.

On Monday, January 14, the National Book Critics Circle announced its award finalists in six categories — autobiography, biography, criticism, fiction, nonfiction, and poetry — for titles published in 2012.

Flaherty-Dunnan First Novel Prize winner announced; $1.5 million gift will support literacy

Oprah unveils next book club read; Mystery Writers of America announce award recipients; Regenery names sales director; Open Road partners with Ingram for digital distribution service

The winners of the National Book Awards were announced on Wednesday night, November 14, at the National Book Foundation’s 63nd National Book Awards Ceremony and Benefit Dinner at Cipriani Wall Street in New York City.

American Booksellers Foundation for Free Expression President Chris Finan will be honored at the National Coalition Against Censorship’s Annual Celebration of Free Speech & Its Defenders on November 12 in New York City.

The Women’s National Book Association is seeking nominations of general and children’s specialty stores for its 2013 WNBA Pannell Awards.

Mantel wins Man Booker Prize; Riskey named CBA president; Depp gets imprint at HarperCollins; BA plans website of inspired recommendations

On Thursday, October 11, the Swedish Academy announced Chinese author Mo Yan as this year’s winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature.

Bestselling author James Patterson’s third annual essay contest for college-bound high school seniors has awarded 235 gift certificates ranging from $250 to $1,000 for use at IndieBound-affiliated bookstores.