Thursday, March 31, 2011
2011 Hollywood Book Festival Call for Entries
HOLLYWOOD, CA (March 31, 2011) _ The 2011 Hollywood Book Festival has issued a call for entries to its annual program celebrating books that deserve greater recognition from the film, television, game and multimedia communities. The sixth annual event will be held this July in Hollywood, CA.
The 2011 Hollywood Book Festival will consider published, self-published and independent publisher non-fiction, fiction, children's books, teenage, how-to, audio/spoken word, 'zines, comics, e-books, fan fiction, wild card (anything goes!), unpublished stories, screenplays, genre-based works and biographical/autobiographical works. This is a story-oriented competition and there is no date of publication restriction.
A panel of entertainment and publishing industry judges will determine the winners based on the following criteria:
1) The story-telling ability of the author;
2) The potential of the work to be translated into other forms of media
All entries must be in English. Our grand prize for the 2011 Hollywood Book Festival Author of the Year is $1500 and a flight to Hollywood, CA for our gala awards ceremony.
ENTRIES: Please classify your book and enter it in the following categories. Multiple entries must be accompanied by a separate fee for each book.
1) General Non-fiction
2) General Fiction
3) Children’s books
4) E-books
5) Comics/’zines
6) How-To
7) Fan Fiction
8) Wild Card
9) Unpublished Stories
10) Teenage
11) Biography/Autobiography
12) Audio/spoken word
13) Genre-based
14) Screenplays
In addition to honoring the top selections in the above categories, The Hollywood Book Festival will award the following chosen from submissions:
1) Hollywood Book Festival Author of the Year Honors the outstanding book of the competition.
2) Hollywood Book Festival Design of the Year Honors outstanding and innovative design.
3) Hollywood Book Festival Publisher of the Year Honors the top publisher based on potential to develop future works suitable for transformation into other media.
FESTIVAL RULES: Hollywood Book Festival submissions cannot be returned. Each entry must contain the official entry form, including your e-mail address and contact telephone number. All shipping and handling costs must be borne by entrants.
NOTIFICATION AND DEADLINES: We will notify each entry of the receipt of their package via e-mail and will announce the winning entries on the web site shortly after the entry deadline. Deadline submissions in each category must be postmarked by the close of business on June 25, 2011. Winners in each category will be notified by e-mail. Please note that judges read and consider submissions on an ongoing basis, comparing early entries with later submissions.
TO ENTER: Entry forms are available online at www.hollywoodbookfestival.com or may be faxed/e-mailed to you by emailing HollywoodBKFest@aol.com. Applications must be accompanied by a non-refundable entry fee via check, money order or PayPal online payment of $75 in U.S. dollars for each submission. Multiple submissions are permitted but each entry must be accompanied by a separate form and entry fee.
Entry fee checks should be made payable to JM Northern Media LLC. We’re sorry, but entries must be mailed and cannot be delivered in person or by messenger services to the JM Northern Media offices.
Entry packages should include one copy of the book; any relevant marketing material; a copy of your official entry form; and the entry fee or receipt from online payment. Entries should be mailed to:
JM Northern Media LLC
attn: Hollywood Book Festival
7095 Hollywood Boulevard
Suite 864
Hollywood, CA 90028-0893
Phone: 323-665-8068
AWARDS: Winners of the 2011 Hollywood Book Festival will be honored at a gala ceremony held in Hollywood, CA in July, 2011. You do not need to be present to accept your award or accompanying prizes.
Hollywood Book Festival entrants in each category will be admitted free to the awards ceremony. The Hollywood Book Festival selection committee reserves the right to determine the eligibility of any project.
The Hollywood Book Festival is produced by JM Northern Media LLC, producers of the New York Book Festival, London Book Festival and DIY Convention. The festival is sponsored by Shopanista, eDivvy, Westside Websites and the Larimar St. Croix Writers Colony.
Thursday, March 17, 2011
Franklin Center Remarks on House Defunding of NPR
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Franklin Center for Government and Public Integrity, a leading national non-profit journalism organization, released the following statement regarding the news the U.S. House of Representatives voted today to deny funding to NPR.
“The government has no place in the journalism industry and that includes funding news organizations. Currently, there are hundreds of non-profit organizations practicing journalism that thrive without taxpayer funding. The mere existence of these organizations demonstrates that NPR can survive without government influence.
In addition, rapid developments in technology have allowed television and broadcast stations to emerge all over the nation, taking the place of the original purpose of NPR. Additional government support of the media is not warranted and could have negative impacts on journalism as a whole.”
For more information, please visit http://franklincenterhq.us1.list-manage.com
About The Franklin Center for Government and Public Integrity
The Franklin Center is a non-profit organization dedicated to providing investigative reporters and non-profit organizations at the state and local level with the training, expertise and technical support necessary to pursue journalistic endeavors. By networking with state-based think tanks, local non-profits, and independent Watchdog reporters across the country, the Franklin Center works against the growing tide of mediocrity and bias in the media and punditry of alternative online sources. The Franklin Center undertakes programs that promote investigative reporting and the education of the public about corruption, incompetence and abuse of public trust by elected officials. The Franklin Center is also a proud sponsor of Watchdog.org and StatehouseNewsOnline.com.
Franklin Center for Government and Public Integrity, a leading national non-profit journalism organization, released the following statement regarding the news the U.S. House of Representatives voted today to deny funding to NPR.
“The government has no place in the journalism industry and that includes funding news organizations. Currently, there are hundreds of non-profit organizations practicing journalism that thrive without taxpayer funding. The mere existence of these organizations demonstrates that NPR can survive without government influence.
In addition, rapid developments in technology have allowed television and broadcast stations to emerge all over the nation, taking the place of the original purpose of NPR. Additional government support of the media is not warranted and could have negative impacts on journalism as a whole.”
For more information, please visit http://franklincenterhq.us1.list-manage.com
About The Franklin Center for Government and Public Integrity
The Franklin Center is a non-profit organization dedicated to providing investigative reporters and non-profit organizations at the state and local level with the training, expertise and technical support necessary to pursue journalistic endeavors. By networking with state-based think tanks, local non-profits, and independent Watchdog reporters across the country, the Franklin Center works against the growing tide of mediocrity and bias in the media and punditry of alternative online sources. The Franklin Center undertakes programs that promote investigative reporting and the education of the public about corruption, incompetence and abuse of public trust by elected officials. The Franklin Center is also a proud sponsor of Watchdog.org and StatehouseNewsOnline.com.
Tuesday, March 15, 2011
Houghton Miffling Harcourt CEO Steps Down
New York, NY/Authorlink News/ March 15, 2011-Houghton Mifflin Harcourt CEO Barry O’Callaghan has resigned, but will remain a senior adviser to the company, according to a recent industry news report. The publisher's board has appointed CFO Michael Muldowney to serve as interim CEO.
Last year's financial results were disappointing and the company has struggled to refinance its debt. O'Callaghan told the news media that he couldn't be held responsible for things he can't control, likely referring to State budgets for text books.
Last year's financial results were disappointing and the company has struggled to refinance its debt. O'Callaghan told the news media that he couldn't be held responsible for things he can't control, likely referring to State budgets for text books.
Monday, March 14, 2011
New Oxford American Features Barry Hannah Tribute
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (March 9, 2011) — The Oxford American includes a tribute to the acclaimed Mississippi writer Barry Hannah in its new issue, which is available now at bookstores and newsstands nationwide.
"Some of us who revere the writing of Barry Hannah had the good fortune to know, or at least encounter, him before he died on March 1, 2010," said Marc Smirnoff, editor of The Oxford American. "Surreally, Barry could be just as fiercely eloquent and meaningful in person as he could be on the warpaths of his prose."
The section about Hannah includes an essay by novelist John Hodges on his friendship and admiration for Hannah, as well as a chorus of anecdotes about "Barry in the World," exploring the legacy of the "good Barry" and the "bad Barry" in the words of such writers as Donna Tartt, Jack Pendarvis, Rick Bass, and Humphreys McGee. "Barry drove to the woman's house on his Harley-Davidson," begins McGee, in one of many memorable reminiscences, "a pistol secreted in his jacket pocket...."
Other highlights in the new issue include:
• Editor Marc Smirnoff goes nuts over the new True Grit—and recalls the time Barry Hannah gave him the finger.
• Eudora Welty applies for a job at The New Yorker.
• Jack Pendarvis puts his sausage fingers all over the set of HBO's Treme.
• Joshua Clark makes an epic journey through Faulkner family history.
• A hunt to find the jive-talkin' cross-dresser at the heart of the Southern hip-hop wars.
• The rise of black Republicans in the age of Obama—a mother and daughter story.
• A new, high-octane book section with reviews on Big Mike Huckabee, censored Huckleberry Finn, Mencken's self-loathing, and war in Arkansas.
Select articles from the new issue are available free in their entirety at www.oxfordamerican.org, where The OA also will post exclusive web content to complement the print edition.
ABOUT THE OXFORD AMERICAN
The Oxford American is a national magazine that is dedicated to featuring the very best in Southern writing while documenting the complexity and vitality of the American South. Billed as "The Southern Magazine of Good Writing," it has won two National Magazine Awards and other high honors since it began publication in 1992. The magazine has featured the original work of such literary powerhouses as Charles Portis, Roy Blount, Jr., ZZ Packer, Donald Harrington, Donna Tartt, Ernest J. Gaines, and many other distinguished authors, while also discovering and launching the most promising writers in the region. The magazine has also published previously unseen work by such Southern masters as William Faulkner, Eudora Welty, Walker Percy, James Agee, Zora Neale Hurston, James Dickey, Carson McCullers, to name just a handful. The New York Times recently stated that The Oxford American "may be the liveliest literary magazine in America."
More information at http://www.oxfordamerican.org
"Some of us who revere the writing of Barry Hannah had the good fortune to know, or at least encounter, him before he died on March 1, 2010," said Marc Smirnoff, editor of The Oxford American. "Surreally, Barry could be just as fiercely eloquent and meaningful in person as he could be on the warpaths of his prose."
The section about Hannah includes an essay by novelist John Hodges on his friendship and admiration for Hannah, as well as a chorus of anecdotes about "Barry in the World," exploring the legacy of the "good Barry" and the "bad Barry" in the words of such writers as Donna Tartt, Jack Pendarvis, Rick Bass, and Humphreys McGee. "Barry drove to the woman's house on his Harley-Davidson," begins McGee, in one of many memorable reminiscences, "a pistol secreted in his jacket pocket...."
Other highlights in the new issue include:
• Editor Marc Smirnoff goes nuts over the new True Grit—and recalls the time Barry Hannah gave him the finger.
• Eudora Welty applies for a job at The New Yorker.
• Jack Pendarvis puts his sausage fingers all over the set of HBO's Treme.
• Joshua Clark makes an epic journey through Faulkner family history.
• A hunt to find the jive-talkin' cross-dresser at the heart of the Southern hip-hop wars.
• The rise of black Republicans in the age of Obama—a mother and daughter story.
• A new, high-octane book section with reviews on Big Mike Huckabee, censored Huckleberry Finn, Mencken's self-loathing, and war in Arkansas.
Select articles from the new issue are available free in their entirety at www.oxfordamerican.org, where The OA also will post exclusive web content to complement the print edition.
ABOUT THE OXFORD AMERICAN
The Oxford American is a national magazine that is dedicated to featuring the very best in Southern writing while documenting the complexity and vitality of the American South. Billed as "The Southern Magazine of Good Writing," it has won two National Magazine Awards and other high honors since it began publication in 1992. The magazine has featured the original work of such literary powerhouses as Charles Portis, Roy Blount, Jr., ZZ Packer, Donald Harrington, Donna Tartt, Ernest J. Gaines, and many other distinguished authors, while also discovering and launching the most promising writers in the region. The magazine has also published previously unseen work by such Southern masters as William Faulkner, Eudora Welty, Walker Percy, James Agee, Zora Neale Hurston, James Dickey, Carson McCullers, to name just a handful. The New York Times recently stated that The Oxford American "may be the liveliest literary magazine in America."
More information at http://www.oxfordamerican.org
2011 Green Book FEstival Calls for Entires
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SAN FRANCISCO (March 9. 2011) _ The 2011 Green Book Festival has issued the call for entries to its annual competition honoring books that contribute to greater understanding, respect and positive action on the changing worldwide environment.
The 2011 Green Book Festival will consider published, self-published and independent publisher works in the following categories: non-fiction, fiction, children's books, teenage, how-to, audio/spoken word, comics/graphic novels, poetry, science fiction/horror, biography/autobiography, gardening, cookbooks, animals, photography/art, e-books, wild card (anything goes!), scientific, white paper, legal, business, mystery and spiritual.
Entries can be in English, Spanish, French, Portuguese or Italian. Our grand prize for the 2011 Green Book Festival is $1500 and transportation to our May 15 awards in San Francisco OR an equivalent amount donated in your name to the environmental charity of your choice.
A panel of judges will determine the winners based on the following criteria:
1) The overall writing style and presentation of the work;
2) The potential of the work to enhance understanding of the environment and its issues;
TO ENTER: Entry forms are available online at http://www.greenbookfestival.com or may be sent to you by emailing GreenBookFestival@sbcglobal.net or calling our office at 323-665-8080.
The Green Book Festival is produced by JM Northern Media LLC, producers of the Hollywood Book Festival, New York Book Festival and DIY Convention: Do It Yourself in Film, Music & Books.
SAN FRANCISCO (March 9. 2011) _ The 2011 Green Book Festival has issued the call for entries to its annual competition honoring books that contribute to greater understanding, respect and positive action on the changing worldwide environment.
The 2011 Green Book Festival will consider published, self-published and independent publisher works in the following categories: non-fiction, fiction, children's books, teenage, how-to, audio/spoken word, comics/graphic novels, poetry, science fiction/horror, biography/autobiography, gardening, cookbooks, animals, photography/art, e-books, wild card (anything goes!), scientific, white paper, legal, business, mystery and spiritual.
Entries can be in English, Spanish, French, Portuguese or Italian. Our grand prize for the 2011 Green Book Festival is $1500 and transportation to our May 15 awards in San Francisco OR an equivalent amount donated in your name to the environmental charity of your choice.
A panel of judges will determine the winners based on the following criteria:
1) The overall writing style and presentation of the work;
2) The potential of the work to enhance understanding of the environment and its issues;
TO ENTER: Entry forms are available online at http://www.greenbookfestival.com or may be sent to you by emailing GreenBookFestival@sbcglobal.net or calling our office at 323-665-8080.
The Green Book Festival is produced by JM Northern Media LLC, producers of the Hollywood Book Festival, New York Book Festival and DIY Convention: Do It Yourself in Film, Music & Books.
Friday, March 11, 2011
2011 HOLLYWOOD BOOK FESTIVAL CALL FOR ENTRIES
HOLLYWOOD, CA (March 10, 2011) _ The 2011 Hollywood Book Festival has issued a call for entries to its annual program celebrating books that deserve greater recognition from the film, television, game and multimedia communities. The sixth annual event will be held this July in Hollywood, CA.
The 2011 Hollywood Book Festival will consider published, self-published and independent publisher non-fiction, fiction, children's books, teenage, how-to, audio/spoken word, 'zines, comics, e-books, fan fiction, wild card (anything goes!), unpublished stories, screenplays, genre-based works and biographical/autobiographical works. This is a story-oriented competition and there is no date of publication restriction.
A panel of entertainment and publishing industry judges will determine the winners based on the following criteria:
1) The story-telling ability of the author;
2) The potential of the work to be translated into other forms of media
All entries must be in English. Our grand prize for the 2011 Hollywood Book Festival Author of the Year is $1500 and a flight to Hollywood, CA for our gala awards ceremony.
ENTRIES: Please classify your book and enter it in the following categories. Multiple entries must be accompanied by a separate fee for each book.
1) General Non-fiction
2) General Fiction
3) Children’s books
4) E-books
5) Comics/’zines
6) How-To
7) Fan Fiction
8) Wild Card
9) Unpublished Stories
10) Teenage
11) Biography/Autobiography
12) Audio/spoken word
13) Genre-based
14) Screenplays
In addition to honoring the top selections in the above categories, The Hollywood Book Festival will award the following chosen from submissions:
1) Hollywood Book Festival Author of the Year Honors the outstanding book of the competition.
2) Hollywood Book Festival Design of the Year Honors outstanding and innovative design.
3) Hollywood Book Festival Publisher of the Year Honors the top publisher based on potential to develop future works suitable for transformation into other media.
FESTIVAL RULES: Hollywood Book Festival submissions cannot be returned. Each entry must contain the official entry form, including your e-mail address and contact telephone number. All shipping and handling costs must be borne by entrants.
NOTIFICATION AND DEADLINES: We will notify each entry of the receipt of their package via e-mail and will announce the winning entries on the web site shortly after the entry deadline. Deadline submissions in each category must be postmarked by the close of business on June 25, 2011. Winners in each category will be notified by e-mail. Please note that judges read and consider submissions on an ongoing basis, comparing early entries with later submissions.
TO ENTER: Entry forms are available online at www.hollywoodbookfestival.com or may be faxed/e-mailed to you by emailing HollywoodBKFest@aol.com. Applications must be accompanied by a non-refundable entry fee via check, money order or PayPal online payment of $75 in U.S. dollars for each submission. Multiple submissions are permitted but each entry must be accompanied by a separate form and entry fee.
Entry fee checks should be made payable to JM Northern Media LLC. We’re sorry, but entries must be mailed and cannot be delivered in person or by messenger services to the JM Northern Media offices.
Entry packages should include one copy of the book; any relevant marketing material; a copy of your official entry form; and the entry fee or receipt from online payment. Entries should be mailed to:
JM Northern Media LLC
attn: Hollywood Book Festival
7095 Hollywood Boulevard
Suite 864
Hollywood, CA 90028-0893
Phone: 323-665-8068
AWARDS: Winners of the 2011 Hollywood Book Festival will be honored at a gala ceremony held in Hollywood, CA in July, 2011. You do not need to be present to accept your award or accompanying prizes.
Hollywood Book Festival entrants in each category will be admitted free to the awards ceremony. The Hollywood Book Festival selection committee reserves the right to determine the eligibility of any project.
The Hollywood Book Festival is produced by JM Northern Media LLC, producers of the New York Book Festival, London Book Festival and DIY Convention. The festival is sponsored by Shopanista, eDivvy, Westside Websites and the Larimar St. Croix Writers Colony.
The 2011 Hollywood Book Festival will consider published, self-published and independent publisher non-fiction, fiction, children's books, teenage, how-to, audio/spoken word, 'zines, comics, e-books, fan fiction, wild card (anything goes!), unpublished stories, screenplays, genre-based works and biographical/autobiographical works. This is a story-oriented competition and there is no date of publication restriction.
A panel of entertainment and publishing industry judges will determine the winners based on the following criteria:
1) The story-telling ability of the author;
2) The potential of the work to be translated into other forms of media
All entries must be in English. Our grand prize for the 2011 Hollywood Book Festival Author of the Year is $1500 and a flight to Hollywood, CA for our gala awards ceremony.
ENTRIES: Please classify your book and enter it in the following categories. Multiple entries must be accompanied by a separate fee for each book.
1) General Non-fiction
2) General Fiction
3) Children’s books
4) E-books
5) Comics/’zines
6) How-To
7) Fan Fiction
8) Wild Card
9) Unpublished Stories
10) Teenage
11) Biography/Autobiography
12) Audio/spoken word
13) Genre-based
14) Screenplays
In addition to honoring the top selections in the above categories, The Hollywood Book Festival will award the following chosen from submissions:
1) Hollywood Book Festival Author of the Year Honors the outstanding book of the competition.
2) Hollywood Book Festival Design of the Year Honors outstanding and innovative design.
3) Hollywood Book Festival Publisher of the Year Honors the top publisher based on potential to develop future works suitable for transformation into other media.
FESTIVAL RULES: Hollywood Book Festival submissions cannot be returned. Each entry must contain the official entry form, including your e-mail address and contact telephone number. All shipping and handling costs must be borne by entrants.
NOTIFICATION AND DEADLINES: We will notify each entry of the receipt of their package via e-mail and will announce the winning entries on the web site shortly after the entry deadline. Deadline submissions in each category must be postmarked by the close of business on June 25, 2011. Winners in each category will be notified by e-mail. Please note that judges read and consider submissions on an ongoing basis, comparing early entries with later submissions.
TO ENTER: Entry forms are available online at www.hollywoodbookfestival.com or may be faxed/e-mailed to you by emailing HollywoodBKFest@aol.com. Applications must be accompanied by a non-refundable entry fee via check, money order or PayPal online payment of $75 in U.S. dollars for each submission. Multiple submissions are permitted but each entry must be accompanied by a separate form and entry fee.
Entry fee checks should be made payable to JM Northern Media LLC. We’re sorry, but entries must be mailed and cannot be delivered in person or by messenger services to the JM Northern Media offices.
Entry packages should include one copy of the book; any relevant marketing material; a copy of your official entry form; and the entry fee or receipt from online payment. Entries should be mailed to:
JM Northern Media LLC
attn: Hollywood Book Festival
7095 Hollywood Boulevard
Suite 864
Hollywood, CA 90028-0893
Phone: 323-665-8068
AWARDS: Winners of the 2011 Hollywood Book Festival will be honored at a gala ceremony held in Hollywood, CA in July, 2011. You do not need to be present to accept your award or accompanying prizes.
Hollywood Book Festival entrants in each category will be admitted free to the awards ceremony. The Hollywood Book Festival selection committee reserves the right to determine the eligibility of any project.
The Hollywood Book Festival is produced by JM Northern Media LLC, producers of the New York Book Festival, London Book Festival and DIY Convention. The festival is sponsored by Shopanista, eDivvy, Westside Websites and the Larimar St. Croix Writers Colony.
Sunday, March 06, 2011
2011 Indy Book Awards Submission Ends March 19
2011 Independent Publisher Book Awards
"Recognizing Excellence in Independent Publishing"
CALL FOR ENTRIES - Just 15 Days until the final entry deadline of Saturday, March 19, 2011
- 15th Annual Awards, accepting 2010 and early 2011 releases
- 69 Categories, 21 Regions, Outstanding Books of the Year
- Great Awards ceremony & publicity event during BookExpo America
Enter now at: http://www.independentpublisher.com/ipland/IPAwards.php
Launched in 1996, the Independent Publisher Book Awards are designed to bring increased recognition to the deserving but often unsung titles published by independent authors and publishers. Open exclusively to independents, the "IPPYs" recognize the year's best books and bring them to the attention of booksellers, buyers, librarians, and book lovers. The IPPY contest is among the largest and most recognized book awards events in the world, and this year's 15th annual contest will have very high visibility and get huge media attention.
Our 15th Anniversary event will kick off this year's BookExpo America conference and be our biggest and best medal ceremony yet!
The IPPY Awards are open to all independent, university, small press, and self-publishers who produce books written in English. Titles copyrighted 2010 or 2011, or that are released in 2010 or early 2011 may be entered in this year's contest. National category entry fee is $95; Regional category can be added for $45; Outstanding Books of the Year consideration at no extra charge.
Download a PDF with IPPY Awards guidelines and entry form: http://www.independentpublisher.com/includes/IPPY2011_Final_Application1.pdf
"Recognizing Excellence in Independent Publishing"
CALL FOR ENTRIES - Just 15 Days until the final entry deadline of Saturday, March 19, 2011
- 15th Annual Awards, accepting 2010 and early 2011 releases
- 69 Categories, 21 Regions, Outstanding Books of the Year
- Great Awards ceremony & publicity event during BookExpo America
Enter now at: http://www.independentpublisher.com/ipland/IPAwards.php
Launched in 1996, the Independent Publisher Book Awards are designed to bring increased recognition to the deserving but often unsung titles published by independent authors and publishers. Open exclusively to independents, the "IPPYs" recognize the year's best books and bring them to the attention of booksellers, buyers, librarians, and book lovers. The IPPY contest is among the largest and most recognized book awards events in the world, and this year's 15th annual contest will have very high visibility and get huge media attention.
Our 15th Anniversary event will kick off this year's BookExpo America conference and be our biggest and best medal ceremony yet!
The IPPY Awards are open to all independent, university, small press, and self-publishers who produce books written in English. Titles copyrighted 2010 or 2011, or that are released in 2010 or early 2011 may be entered in this year's contest. National category entry fee is $95; Regional category can be added for $45; Outstanding Books of the Year consideration at no extra charge.
Download a PDF with IPPY Awards guidelines and entry form: http://www.independentpublisher.com/includes/IPPY2011_Final_Application1.pdf
ABA Picks Indies Choice and White Awards Finalists
Tarrytown, NY. March 2, 2011. The American Booksellers Association announced on March 1 the finalists for the 2011 Indies Choice Book Awards, now including the E.B. White Read-Aloud Awards. The winners will be chosen by the owners and staff at ABA member stores in balloting throughout the month of March.
The Indies Choice Book Awards finalists in six categories - Adult Fiction, Adult Nonfiction, Adult Debut, Young Adult, Picture Book Hall of Fame, and Most Engaging Author - were selected by a jury of independent booksellers from the 2010 Indie Next List Great Reads and additional bookseller recommendations. Each is representative of the types of books that indie booksellers champion best.
As a result of the recent merger of the Association of Booksellers for Children (ABC) and ABA, this year, for the first time, balloting includes the E.B. White Read-Aloud Awards. Now in their eighth year, the E.B. White Read-Aloud Awards recognize books that lend themselves to being read aloud by a family or a group. They replace the Indies Choice Book Awards in the categories of Middle Reader and New Picture Book. All of this year's finalists 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.
ABA members will vote for one favorite in each category, with the exception of the Picture Book Hall of Fame, where they will choose three. The top vote getters will be declared the winners in each category with the remaining titles designated as honor books.
This year's finalists are:
BOOK OF THE YEAR - ADULT FICTION
Great House, by Nicole Krauss (W.W. Norton)
How to Read the Air, by Dinaw Mengestu (Riverhead)
Room, by Emma Donoghue (Little, Brown)
The Surrendered, by Chang-rae Lee (Riverhead)
The Thousand Autumns of Jacob de Zoet, by David Mitchell (Random House)
A Visit From the Goon Squad, by Jennifer Egan (Knopf)
BOOK OF THE YEAR - ADULT NONFICTION
At Home, by Bill Bryson (Doubleday)
Cleopatra: A Life, by Stacy Schiff (Little, Brown)
Let's Take the Long Way Home, by Gail Caldwell (Random House)
The Tiger, by John Vaillant (Knopf)
Unbroken, by Laura Hillenbrand (Random House)
The Wave, by Susan Casey (Doubleday)
BOOK OF THE YEAR - ADULT DEBUT
Beneath the Lion's Gaze, by Maaza Mengiste (W.W. Norton)
The Emperor of All Maladies, by Siddhartha Mukherjee (Scribner)
Major Pettigrew's Last Stand, by Helen Simonson (Random House)
Matterhorn, by Karl Marlantes (Atlantic Monthly Press and El León Literary Arts)
The Quickening, by Michelle Hoover (Other Press)
The Wake of Forgiveness, by Bruce Machart (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt)
BOOK OF THE YEAR - YOUNG ADULT
Bamboo People, by Mitali Perkins (Charlesbridge)
Before I Fall, by Lauren Oliver (HarperCollins)
Dash & Lily's Book of Dares, by Rachel Cohn and David Levithan (Knopf Books for Young Readers)
Out of My Mind, by Sharon M. Draper (Atheneum)
Revolution, by Jennifer Donnelly (Delacorte Books for Young Readers)
Will Grayson, Will Grayson, by John Green and David Levithan (Dutton Juvenile)
E.B. WHITE READ-ALOUD AWARD - MIDDLE READER
Because of Mr. Terupt, by Rob Buyea (Delacorte Books for Young Readers)
The Familiars, by Adam Jay Epstein and Andrew Jacobson (HarperCollins)
Penny Dreadful, by Laurel Snyder, Abigail Halpin (Illus.) (Random House Books for Young Readers)
The Sixty-Eight Rooms, by Marianne Malone, Greg Call (Illus.) (Random House Books for Young Readers)
The Strange Case of Origami Yoda, by Tom Angleberger (Amulet Books)
A Tale of Dark and Grimm, by Adam Gidwitz (Dutton Juvenile)
E.B. WHITE READ-ALOUD AWARD - PICTURE BOOK
Bedtime for Bear, by Brett Helquist (HarperCollins)
Chicken Big, by Keith Graves (Chronicle Books)
Children Make Terrible Pets, by Peter Brown (Little, Brown Books for Young Readers)
Pete the Cat: I Love My White Shoes, by Eric Litwin, James Dean (Illus.) (HarperCollins)
A Pig Parade Is a Terrible Idea, by Michael Ian Black, Kevin Hawkes (Illus.) (Simon & Shuster)
The Quiet Book, by Deborah Underwood, Renata Liwska (Illus.) (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt)
PICTURE BOOK HALL OF FAME
Bread and Jam for Frances, by Russell Hoban, Lillian Hoban (Illus.) (HarperCollins)
Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See?, by Bill Martin Jr. and Eric Carle (Henry Holt & Co.)
Chicka Chicka Boom Boom, by Bill Martin Jr. and John Archambault, Lois Ehlert (Illus.) (Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers)
Corduroy, by Don Freeman (Viking)
Curious George, by H.A. Rey (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt)
Goodnight Gorilla, by Peggy Rathmann (Putnam)
Lilly's Purple Plastic Purse, by Kevin Henkes (Greenwillow)
The Little Engine That Could, by Watty Piper (Grosset & Dunlap / Philomel)
Mike Mulligan and His Steam Shovel, by Virginia Lee Burton (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt)
The Napping House, by Audrey Wood, Don Wood (Illus.) (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt)
The Snowy Day, by Ezra Jack Keats (Viking)
Stellaluna, by Janelle Cannon (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt)
The Very Hungry Caterpillar, by Eric Carle (Philomel)
MOST ENGAGING AUTHOR
(The author who is an in-store star with a strong sense of the importance of indie booksellers to the community.
Laurie Halse Anderson
Jonathan Evison
Kevin Henkes
Mitali Perkins
Richard Russo
Terry Tempest Williams
All booksellers at ABA member bookstores in good standing are encouraged to vote; only one ballot per person will be accepted. Voting, which is via an electronic ballot on BookWeb.org, is open until March 31. The winners will be announced on April 7.
This year's winners and finalists will be honored at ABA's Celebration of Bookselling Author Awards Luncheon on Tuesday, May 24, at BookExpo America 2011.
About American Booksellers Association
Founded in 1900, the American Booksellers Association is a not-for-profit trade organization devoted to meeting the needs of its core members -- independently owned bookstores with storefront locations -- through education, information dissemination, business products and services, and advocacy. ABA exists to protect and promote the interests of independent retail book businesses, as well as to protect the First Amendment rights of every American. The association actively supports free speech, literacy, and programs that support local and independent retail shops. A board of nine booksellers, representing thousands of members, governs the Association. ABA is headquartered in Tarrytown, New York.
New Boutique Press Seeks Submissions
(ASHLAND, OR — March 1, 2011) — Authors and editors John Yunker and Midge Raymond have teamed up to form Ashland Creek Press, an independent publisher of books as well as shorter works on the themes of travel, the environment, ecology, and wildlife.
Ashland Creek Press was founded by Yunker and Raymond when they published Yunker’s novel, The Tourist Trail, after his literary agent was unable to find a home for it. “I was fortunate in that, with our combined experience, I was able to produce a professional, well-edited, polished book,” he said. “And this process made us realize that during these tough times in publishing, more authors are having trouble finding homes for their books -- and that there are new and exciting opportunities for authors to be able to reach readers.”
Yunker and Raymond have between them more than four decades’ experience in publishing, editing, design, digital platforms, and marketing. They have both worked in the New York publishing industry and both have published books with traditional publishers. They decided to start a press of their own to ensure that good books don’t get overlooked in today’s rapidly changing economy.
“Many publishers aren’t taking on as many new authors as they used to,” Raymond said, “and this leaves a lot of great books and stories without homes. Self-publishing, unfortunately, still suffers from a stigma, and that leaves many writers with excellent manuscripts feeling as though they don’t have options.”
Ashland Creek Press will select manuscripts based on literary merit, as well as the authors’ willingness to promote their work. “We want to develop creative partnerships with writers,” Raymond said. “Our goal is to work with authors who may not have succeeded with the big publishers but who have great stories, are passionate about their work, and who want to see their books out in the world.”
The Press is looking for works on themes that Yunker and Raymond are both passionate about: travel, the environment, ecology, and wildlife. “More than anything, we’re looking for engaging, well-written stories,” Raymond said.
In addition to book-length manuscripts, the press also publishes “Shorts,” which are stories, essays, and articles that range from 5,000 to 20,000 words and are available exclusively in digital format.
For more information about Ashland Creek Press, visit http://www.ashlandcreekpress.com/.
For submissions, visit http://www.ashlandcreekpress.com/submissions.html.
Ashland Creek Press was founded by Yunker and Raymond when they published Yunker’s novel, The Tourist Trail, after his literary agent was unable to find a home for it. “I was fortunate in that, with our combined experience, I was able to produce a professional, well-edited, polished book,” he said. “And this process made us realize that during these tough times in publishing, more authors are having trouble finding homes for their books -- and that there are new and exciting opportunities for authors to be able to reach readers.”
Yunker and Raymond have between them more than four decades’ experience in publishing, editing, design, digital platforms, and marketing. They have both worked in the New York publishing industry and both have published books with traditional publishers. They decided to start a press of their own to ensure that good books don’t get overlooked in today’s rapidly changing economy.
“Many publishers aren’t taking on as many new authors as they used to,” Raymond said, “and this leaves a lot of great books and stories without homes. Self-publishing, unfortunately, still suffers from a stigma, and that leaves many writers with excellent manuscripts feeling as though they don’t have options.”
Ashland Creek Press will select manuscripts based on literary merit, as well as the authors’ willingness to promote their work. “We want to develop creative partnerships with writers,” Raymond said. “Our goal is to work with authors who may not have succeeded with the big publishers but who have great stories, are passionate about their work, and who want to see their books out in the world.”
The Press is looking for works on themes that Yunker and Raymond are both passionate about: travel, the environment, ecology, and wildlife. “More than anything, we’re looking for engaging, well-written stories,” Raymond said.
In addition to book-length manuscripts, the press also publishes “Shorts,” which are stories, essays, and articles that range from 5,000 to 20,000 words and are available exclusively in digital format.
For more information about Ashland Creek Press, visit http://www.ashlandcreekpress.com/.
For submissions, visit http://www.ashlandcreekpress.com/submissions.html.
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