Awards

USPS offers new direct mail service for retailers; BAM to buy 14 Borders leases; MBA to add “independent” to name; SIBA upgrades Circle of Sites; Thurber Prize finalists and Dayton Literary Peace Prize shortlist announced

Lawsuit filed against Apple and five agency model publishers; Borders given okay to auction name, website, leases; Amazon unveils Kindle Cloud Reader; Philip Levine named poet laureate; Sally Dedecker to direct BEA conference program; Sales rep Ann Wachur honored by NEIBA; PEN 2011 literary award winners announced

New Atlantic booksellers name sales rep of the year; Children’s books exempt from CPSIA testing requirements; Shelf Awareness widget promotes consumer publication and giveaway

Forbes: Publishers need to help bookstores become sustainable; New York Times notes quickening pace to paperbacks; Apple enforces iOS4 app guidelines;Comic industry presents 2011 awards; Man Booker longlist unveiled

NECBA publishes kids’ spring list and reviews; BA opposes Amazon acquisition of U.K. online bookseller; SIBA and Romance Writers of America announce award winners

Nebraska Book Co. files for bankruptcy protection; BEA names Industry Ambassador Award recipient; New Rules Project says publishers, not Amazon, should set book prices

ABFFE President Chris Finan will receive the 2011 Freedom to Read Foundation Roll of Honor Award at the American Library Association’s national conference in New Orleans on Friday, June 25.

Edelweiss adds Indie Next List icons; Lambda and MPIBA award winners announced; Random House Kids launches paperback imprints; SBA introduces mobile app for small business owners

Chris Finan, president of the American Booksellers Foundation for Free Expression, long-time member of the Media Coalition, and member and chair of the Board of the National Coalition Against Censorship, has been named the recipient of the American Library Association’s 2011 Freedom to Read Foundation  Roll of Honor Award.

On Tuesday, booksellers and the authors and publishers of more than 35 of the past year’s Indie Next List titles gathered for the 11^th annual Celebration of Bookselling & Author Awards Luncheon, featuring the presentation of the 2011 Indies Choice Book Awards and the E.B. White Read-Aloud Awards.

Bowker reports number of print books increased in 2010; BISG begins search for new executive director; Blue Rider Press to publish in fall 2011; Lerner Publishing launches distribution company; Minimum advertised pricing on ASTRA agenda; Philip Roth wins Man Booker International Prize

The Women’s National Book Association has announced the winners of the 2011 WNBA Pannell Awards, which honor bookstores that excel in contributing to their communities in ways that bring books and young people together.

Joseph-Beth emerges from Chapter 11; Constant Contact offers free business-building events; Kids pick Children Choice Book Award winners; Publishing Triangle presents 23^rd annual awards; AMIBA co-founder calls for national solution to e-fairness issue; Farcountry Press under new ownership

Joseph-Beth auction approved, Van Uum closes deal for Memphis Davis-Kidd; American Express OPEN to give five small businesses  a “Big Break”; Lambda Literary Awards to honor Albee and McDermid

Joseph-Beth founder outbid; BEA introduces Signature Events; Scroll to New York Times Editor rebuts picture book article; Poll finds most Americans oppose banning books of any kind; Ingram and Recorded Books partner for audio offering; Winners of 2011 Pulitzer Prizes and SIBA Award finalists announced