NAIBA Announces Books of the Year

The New Atlantic Independent Booksellers Association (NAIBA) recently announced the winners of the 2004 NAIBA Book Awards. The award honors books that are written by authors from the region (New York to Virginia) or that take place in the region. The winners are:

• Big Russ and Me, Tim Russert, Miramax;
  
• The Namesake, Jhumpa Lahiri, Houghton Mifflin;
  
• Gregor the Overlander, Suzanne Collins, Scholastic;
  
• Alice in Wonderland, Robert Sabuda, S&S
  

Authors will be presented with a plaque recognizing their achievement at the NAIBA Breakfast of Champions on Monday, October 25, at the regional's fall trade show at the Borgata Hotel in Atlantic City from October 24 - 25. In addition, these titles will be featured in the NAIBA Holiday Catalog.

Look for a preview of the NAIBA fall trade show in an upcoming issue of Bookselling This Week.