Nominations Sought for 2014 PW Bookstore and Rep of the Year Awards

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 awards will be presented this spring at BookExpo America in New York City, and the award winners will be profiled in the pre-BEA feature in the print issue of Publishers Weekly magazine.

Nominees for PW Bookstore of the Year should operate a professional storefront retail bookstore in the U.S. and should excel in buying, vendor relations, marketing, handselling, customer care, community involvement, management-employee relations, merchandising, and business operations. Candidates cannot nominate themselves, nor can family members nominate them. Nominations should come from members of the book community and indicate what makes this particular bookstore stand out.

The PW Sales Rep of the Year award is open to both telephone and in-person sales representatives, who booksellers rely on for information, guidance, and support. As part of their nomination, booksellers should include a story or example of their rep’s commitment to excellence.

The deadline for nominations for both awards is February 20 at 8:00 a.m. EST. Nominations should be submitted to Donna Paz Kaufman or Judith Rosen at [email protected], or by fax to (904) 261-6742, and must include the nominator’s name, phone number, and industry affiliation. The judges who are selected from publishers and booksellers use the nominations as a factor in selecting the 2014 award winners.