Awards

21 Aug

BTW News Briefs

Frankfurt Book Fair launches Bookfest; Obama posts summer reading list; Amazon plans Denver store; Seven Stories launches promotion for indies; Chronicle Books, Trustbridge Global Media partner on new imprint; Amphorae acquires Goldminds; Nebraska Book Company partners with Follett; Hopkins Fulfillment Services to distribute Wesleyan University Press; Ingram to distribute Grim Oak Press, adds three new technical publisher clients; PGW to distribute Heyday; Tyndale House CFO to retire; Phoenix International Publications named top Licensee; Ink Spell Books’ Find Waldo Local nominated; Alissa duBois wins Handseller of the Year; Hugo winners announced

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15 Aug

Six ABA Member Booksellers Make Publishers Weekly’s Star Watch List

PW will announce the five “Top Honorees” in its September 3 issue, and a “Superstar” winner will be announced on September 12.

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15 Aug

BTW News Briefs

The Great American Read announces top 40 titles so far; CBC creates activity kit; Bala Kids to debut in spring 2019; V.S. Naipaul dies; Cheryl A. Young leaving MacDowell Colony; Todd McGarity promoted at Hachette; Dayton Literary Peace Prize finalists, American Book Awards winners, and Nicholas Schaffner Award for Music in Literature winners announced

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08 Aug

BTW News Briefs

Ben LeRoy to head IPC; UKIP suspends three over Bookmarks incident; Ingram to distribute new clients; CBC calls for bilingual books for immigrant children; UMass partners with Tagus Press; Prelude acquires Duckworth; AAUP announces personnel changes; Women’s Media Group announces fellowship recipients; Midwest Book Award winners, Willie Morris Award for Southern Fiction shortlist announced

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01 Aug

BTW News Briefs

BookExpo, NY Rights Fair to run concurrently at Javits; Abrams buys Overlook Press; Kerry McCluggage named IDW Media CEO; Jennifer Crewe assumes AUPresses presidency; MPIBA hires two; Leading Edge Review to distribute digitally; Now Read This chooses August book; Library Lions honorees, World Fantasy Award finalists, Amelia Elizabeth Walden Book Award for Young Adult Fiction winner announced

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25 Jul

BTW News Briefs

S&S to distribute Skyhorse; Investment group acquires stake in B&N; Promotions and new hires at PRH, Random House, Ingram, Atria; 2018 Man Booker longlist announced; 2018 New England Book Awards, RITA Awards, Arthur C. Clarke Award, Chosen Payments contest winners announced

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18 Jul

BTW News Briefs

New CBC diversity award plans fall launch; Noodlephant illustrator pens blog post on Ci6; Amazon Prime Day encounters problems; Casemate to distribute Gremese Editore; Rowman & Littlefield acquires Pineapple Press; HMH to close Eamon Dolan Books; CEO to leave Bonnier Zaffre; Promotions at HC Children’s Books; Quarto appoints Andy Cumming; Penny Candy Books visiting indies; Ambassador Richard C. Holbrooke Distinguished Achievement Award winner, Pinckley Prizes for Fiction winners announced

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11 Jul

BTW News Briefs

Independent We Stand announces Independent Retailer Month; Barnes & Noble fires CEO; EU copyright law rejected; Promotions at Random House Children’s Books; John Wiley & Sons appoints new CSO; S&S to distribute Zuiker Press; “Now Read This” Book Club chooses Pachinko for July; Golden Man Booker Prize winner announced

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27 Jun

BTW News Briefs

Illinois Marketplace Fairness Act goes into effect; Political books driving U.S. print market growth; Name changed for Laura Ingalls Wilder Award; Donald Hall dies; Macmillan’s Alison Lazarus joins Hachette; Pritzker Award winner announced

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21 Jun

BTW News Briefs

Kid Lit creates immigration petition; Obama posts reading list; Her Body and Other Parties to become TV series; Australian Booksellers Association CEO to leave; IBC hires new executive director; Ingram signs distribution agreement with Penn Press; University of Virginia Press partners with University of Delaware Press; PRH sells Smashing Ideas; Personnel changes at Basic Books, HMH, Atria; Brooklyn Book Festival announces lineup; WNDB internship grant award, CILIP Carnegie and Kate Greenaway Medal, Excellence in Graphic Literature Award, International Dublin Literary Award winners announced; Center for Fiction First Novel Prize longlist announced

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13 Jun

BTW News Briefs

BookExpo and NYRF announce partnership; Anthony Bourdain dies; Authors Guild announces changes; Hut Landon publishes Amazon op-ed; 2018 Young Lions Fiction Award, PEN Pinter Prize, Griffin Poetry Prize, Women’s Prize for Fiction winners announced

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13 Jun

Around Indies

New branches for Books & Books, Page 158, Hudson Group; Narrow Gauge nears opening; A Room of One’s Own to change hands; Mitchell’s Book Corner, Neighborhood Reads mark anniversaries; Byrd’s Books on the move; The Bookery named best of New Hampshire; Local news looks at indie bookstores in D.C., Salt Lake City, Chicago, and more

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06 Jun

BTW News Briefs

Oprah’s Book Club picks The Sun Does Shine; Macmillan Children’s announces new imprint; Rutgers University Press announces new distribution partnership; Down & Out Books to launch New Wave Crime; Personnel changes at Ingram, Penguin Random House, HarperCollins Children’s; Carla Hayden to join Michelle Obama onstage at ALA; NEA Big Read grant recipients announced; 2018 Pannell Awards presented at BookExpo; Lambda Literary Award winners, Sami Rohr Prize for Jewish Literature winner announced

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01 Jun

BTW News Briefs

Consortium announces distribution deal with five new publishers; IPG signs distribution agreements with eight publishers; Printer Edwards Brothers Malloy to close; CEO Marcus Leaver leaves Quarto; Abrams to distribute Obvious State; Columbia University Press celebrates 125 years; MPIBA Reading the West winners announced

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31 May
ABA CEO Oren Teicher presents a commemorative banner at Doylestown Bookshop

Around Indies

Lark & Owl to open in Texas; Booked to open in Illinois; Books Inc. opens new California store; Anniversaries celebrated at Prairie Lights, Doylestown Bookshop, BookBar; MahoganyBooks, Cafe con Libros, Book Larder featured in national publications; Staff changes at BookPeople, R.J. Julia; The Bookstore at Fitger’s, Rediscovered Books take home awards

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