Awards

MPBA Announces Regional Book Award Winners

The Mountains & Plains Booksellers Association (MPBA) recently announced its 2005 Regional Book Award Winners. The purpose of the Regional Book Awards is to honor outstanding books that are set in the MPBA region, which includes Colorado, Wyoming, New Mexico, Utah, Idaho, Texas, Montana, Kansas, Arizona, Nebraska, and South Dakota.

The winners were:

ABA is asking all owners and staff of member bookstores to cast their votes for the 2005 Book Sense Book of the Year Awards. All ABA member stores are eligible to participate, and every employee has a vote, but all ballots must be received by midnight on February 28.

Ballots may be cast through an online form or via a downloadable PDF, which may be mailed or faxed to ABA.

ABA is asking all owners and staff of member bookstores to cast their votes for the 2005 Book Sense Books of the Year Awards. All ABA member stores are eligible to participate, and every employee has a vote, but all ballots must be received by midnight on February 28.

On Tuesday, January 25, Reed Business Information (RBI) and the NBC Universal Television Stations announced that the two companies had joined forces to launch The Quill Awards (The Quills), a new national book award that honors excellence in book publishing and includes consumers in the voting process. The Quills will honor winners in more than 15 different categories, including Book of the Year, Rookie of the Year, and Lifetime Achievement.

Scholastic Publishes Another Potter Update

In a significant change from previous years, this year all employees of ABA member bookstores are eligible to cast their votes for the 2005 Book Sense Book of the Year in the streamlined balloting process announced earlier this month. ABA member booksellers and staff can now cast their votes via an online ballot.