Reading Group & May Picks Nominations Needed

There are two important deadlines coming up for the Book Sense Picks program:

• Friday, February 24, is the deadline for the Reading Group Book Sense Picks list, and
• Friday, March 3, is the deadline for the May Book Sense Picks list.

Since its debuted three years ago at the suggestion of booksellers, the Book Sense Reading Group list has been an enormous success with book-buying consumers.

There's still time to participate in the creation of this important marketing tool.

Just send five to 10 of your reading group favorites, especially those that might have been published in the past year. No need to rank them, or to send in a quote -- just e-mail the titles to picks@booksense.com or use the Picks online nomination form.

"Please help make this year's list a valuable marketing resource for reading groups," urges Book Sense Picks Editor-in-Chief Dan Cullen. "And, while you're sitting in front of the keyboard, please do send a nomination for the titles that you are especially looking forward to handselling in May."

For the answers to some frequently asked questions about nominating titles, go to www.bookweb.org/read/5156.