Baker & Taylor in strategic partnership with Bookmasters; Colin Bettam named chief marketing officer at Kobo; National Book Foundation elects new board members; Leadership changes at Barnes & Noble; Amazon launches Jet City Comics imprint; SIBA and MIBA award winners announced
Last weekend’s announcement of the winners of the Andrew Carnegie Medals for Excellence in Fiction and Nonfiction offers ideal promotional opportunities for indie bookstores. The American Library Association has created materials to highlight the winners and finalists in-store with ease.
Guggenheim-Lehrman Prize in Military History details announced; Silverberg leaves position as Literature Director at the National Endowment for the Arts; EBSCO eBooks now available on Ingram’s OASIS
BISG asks for input from book industry professionals; Raw BEA numbers announced; Small Business Week begins June 17; British booksellers seek government’s help in fighting Amazon; Lambda Literary Award winners announced; Akashic Books launches Infamous Books
BookStats annual survey results announced; BEA author events to be streamed live; “Buzz Books 2013: Fall/Winter” released; Prospective booksellers learn the ropes at Paz workshop; Midwest Booksellers Choice Awards finalists announced; Anne Frank’s The Diary of a Young Girl challenged at Michigan school; Winner of Hugh Hefner First Amendment Award announced; Bookmasters to distribute TGS International
More than a million votes were cast by children and teens across the country at bookstores, libraries, and online to choose the winners of this year’s Children’s Choice Book Awards.
On Tuesday, May 7, the Women’s National Book Association announced the winners of the 2013 WNBA Pannell Awards, given annually since 1983 to two bookstores that excel in contributing to their communities in ways that bring books and young people together. This year’s winners are both from Michigan.
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt’s Our Boston to benefit The One Fund; Preliminary World Book Night statistics revealed; Publishing Triangle’s annual awards presented; AAUP lists “Books for Understanding: Chechnya”; MacAdam Cage founder David Poindexter dies; HarperCollins launches digital mystery line Witness; Down East Books sold to Rowman & Littlefield; Hachette makes e-book catalog available to libraries
BEA’s Global Market Forum to focus on Mexico; IBPA appoints new executive director; Andrew Carnegie Medals shortlist announced; Lambda Literary Foundation to honor authors at 25th Anniversary Awards; Unbridled Books donates to the Afghan Women’s Writing Project; Egmont USA staff changes
The 94th Annual Children’s Book Week (May 13 –19) celebrates the joy of reading and honors the best in books for young people. Booksellers are encouraged to participate in the festivities, including the Children’s Book Week Window Display contest.
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