Announcing the 2005 Book Sense Summer Paperback Picks

The 2005 Book Sense Summer Paperback Picks, with booksellers' comments, is now available on BookWeb.org. To view the entire list, go to news.bookweb.org/read/3520. The printed list will be sent to stores with Book Sense in the June Red Box mailing.

Very many thanks to all the booksellers who nominated titles for this list. And here's some thanks in advance, too! As you complete your in-store displays of the Book Sense Picks titles, please send us photos. We'll add the images from your store to the materials about Book Sense that we share with publishers when we visit them.

Photos may be in print or digital format. Digital photos, approximately 3" x 5" and 300 dpi, saved as JPEG or TIFF files, can be e-mailed to Christine Babcock at chris@bookweb.org. Multiple pictures may be sent as a stuffed file (.sit). PDF or ZIP files should not be sent, but photos saved on a ZIP disk are acceptable. Mail should be sent to Christine Babcock, ABA, 828 South Broadway, Tarrytown, New York 10591. All photos should be labeled with store name, city, and state. Photos will not be returned.

Looking ahead, the deadline for the August Book Sense Picks List is Friday, June 10.You can e-mail your nominations to Book Sense Picks Editor-in-Chief Dan Cullen at dan@booksense.com, or use the online nomination form at www.bookweb.org/read/4264.

Requests for additional copies of any of the Book Sense Picks lists should be sent to lindaf@bookweb.org.