Cast Your Vote in an Important Race

Since mid-January, the polls have been open for the owners and staff at American Booksellers Association member stores to cast their ballots for this year's Book Sense Book of the Year Awards. But time is running out: Voting online and via fax to (914) 591-2720 is open until midnight on Monday, March 3. Ballots sent via regular mail must be postmarked by Friday, February 22, and received at ABA (BSBY at ABA/Book Sense, 200 White Plains Road, Tarrytown, New York 10591) by March 3.

The Book Sense Book of the Year Awards, honoring independent booksellers' handselling favorites in the categories of Adult Fiction and Nonfiction and Children's Literature and Illustrated, will be presented at the American Booksellers Association's Celebration of Bookselling at BookExpo America in Los Angeles.

Everyone working at an ABA member store is eligible to vote. Ballots may be submitted electronically or downloaded via BookWeb.org. The ballot includes titles appearing on the 2007 Book Sense Picks lists, as well as space for write-ins in each category. Only books published in 2007 are eligible.

The title receiving the most votes in each category will be designated the Book Sense Book of the Year. The next four titles with the highest number of votes in each category will be designated Book Sense Honor Books.

Winners and honor books will be announced in late March, and their authors will be invited to attend the Book Sense Author Luncheon and the Celebration of Bookselling at BEA.