Awards

Eisenberg wins Pen/Faulkner Award for Fiction; Voting opens for Children’s Choice Book Awards; Algonquin Book Club to host author webcast from bookstore; Finalists named for the Lammys and Triangle awards; Banned books return to shelves in Tunisia and Egypt

Anderson’s Books, a fifth-generation family business co-owned by ABA Vice President Becky Anderson, has been named PW Bookseller of the Year. PW’s Rep of the Year is John Eklund.

The owners and staff at all member stores in good standing are invited to cast their ballots for the 2011 Indies Choice Book Awards and the E.B. White Read-Aloud Awards.

Fifty-six high school students have been named winners of book gift certificates in the inaugural year of James Patterson’s “Book Dollars for Scholars” program. Prizes are redeemable at IndieBound-affiliated bookstores.

On Tuesday, March 1, the owners and staff at ABA member stores began voting to choose the winners of  the 2011 Indies Choice Book Awards, which now include the E.B. White Read-Aloud Awards, previously administered by the Association of Booksellers for Children.

PW names bookseller and rep of the year finalists; PEN/Faulkner award nominees announced; Doerr wins Story Prize; Quarto Group acquires Cool Springs Press; Follett announces textbook rental solution for indie college stores; NPR features books to film preview

Owners and staff at all ABA member stores in good standing can now vote via electronic ballot for the 2011 Indies Choice Book Awards, and, for the first time, the E.B. White Read-Aloud Awards, formerly administered by the Association of Booksellers for Children.

Publishers Weekly is seeking nominations for its 19th annual PW Bookstore and PW Sales Rep of the Year awards to be presented this spring at BookExpo America in New York City.

Study looks at buying habits of mystery readers; SBA offers disaster preparedness webinars; Australia’s Queensland bookstores affected by devastating flood; AAP names Andi Sporkin vice president, communications; Ingram’s CoreSource to provide e-content management for university presses; PNBA announces 2011 book award winners

On Monday, January 10, at its Midwinter Meeting in San Diego, the American Library Association announced the winners of its Caldecott and Newbery medals and other awards for the best children’s and young adult literature.