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The American Booksellers Association today announces the winners of the 2011 Indies Choice Book Awards and the E.B. White Read-Aloud Awards, as chosen by the owners and staff at member stores in voting throughout the month of March.
The winners of the 2011 Indies Choice Book Awards reflect the spirit of independent bookstores nationwide and the IndieBound [1] movement. Book of the Year winners and Honor Award recipients are all titles nominated by ABA member booksellers to the 2010 Indie Next Lists [2].
The 2011 winners are:
The E.B. White Read-Aloud Awards recognize books that reflect the playful, well-paced language, the engaging themes, and the universal appeal to a wide range of ages embodied by E.B. White’s collection of beloved books. They replace the Indies Choice Book Awards in the categories of Middle Reader and New Picture Book.
The 2011 winners are:
ABA member booksellers also chose Laurie Halse Anderson as Most Engaging Author. Halse Anderson was recognized for her exceptional involvement and responsiveness during in-store appearances and for having a strong sense of the importance of indie booksellers to their local communities.
And, in a very tight race, booksellers this year inducted four of their all-time favorites into the Indies Choice Book Awards Picture Book Hall of Fame:
“In the first year that all ABA member booksellers had the opportunity to vote for both the Indies Choice Book Awards and the E.B. White Read-Aloud Awards, the result is an outstanding list of winners that reflect the types of books independent bookstores champion best,” said ABA CEO Oren Teicher. “We look forward to saluting all of the winners and honor recipients at the Celebration of Bookselling Author Awards Luncheon in May at BEA.”
The 2011 Honor Award recipients, named in each category, with the exception of Picture Book Hall of Fame, are:
All of the Indies Choice and E.B. White award winners and honor recipients are being invited to the Celebration of Bookselling Author Awards Luncheon on Tuesday, May 24, at BookExpo America [3]. The event is free and open exclusively to two booksellers from each ABA member store. Booksellers who would like to attend should reserve a spot now via an electronic reservation form on Bookweb.org [4]. Questions regarding the lunch should be addressed to Mark Nichols, ABA industry relations officer [5].
Links:
[1] http://www.indiebound.org/
[2] http://www.bookweb.org/indiebound/nextlist/view
[3] http://www.bookexpoamerica.com/
[4] http://www.bookweb.org/events/bea/bealunch.html
[5] mailto:mark@bookweb.org
[6] http://www.bookweb.org/events/bea.html