Bookseller Industry Awards Shortlists Announced

The Bookseller announces it’s first Industry Awards -

The first Bookseller Industry Awards shortlist has been announced with 16 categories covering the publishing and retail industry.

The awards combine the British Book Industry Awards, also known as the trade Nibbies, and TheBookseller's own Retail Awards.

Neill Denny, editor-in-chief of The Bookseller, said: “The shortlist represents an exceptionally strong group of people and companies, all of whom have inspiring stories of excellence and creativity. We will be telling them over the next few weeks, ahead of unveiling the winners in May. We wish them all good luck.”

Winners will be announced at the awards ceremony on 17th May at the Royal Courts of Justice.

Champagne corks must be popping at Quercus Publishing as both Christopher MacLehose and Quercus Publishing have nominations no doubt due to the phenomenal success of the Stieg Larsson trilogy. It's great to see the breadth of the UK publishing industry being celebrated

Photo (c) Ali Karim 2008 Nicci and Lucy of Quercus Publicity celebrate the launch of the GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TATTOO at the London Press Association in January 2008 [with Ayo and Mike Stotter Editor of Shots Ezine]

The Full Nominations are –

SUE BUTTERWORTH YOUNG BOOKSELLER OF THE YEAR (HarperCollins)
Claire Boothby—Waterstone's
Georgina Hanratty—Tales on Moon Lane
Lorna Duncanson—Seven Stories
Shelly Roberts—Sainsbury's

Rachael Lloyd—Foyles

PUBLICITY CAMPAIGN OF THE YEAR (PPC and Midas)
Anna Robinson—Simon & Schuster for Lion Man by Ian McGeechan
Joe Pickering—Penguin for Legend of a Suicide by David Vann
Lyndsey Dalladay—Transworld for Unseen Academicals by Terry Pratchett
Mari Yamazaki—Penguin Press for The Sartorialist by Scott Schumann
Reetu Kabra—Puffin for DOT Robot by Jason Bradbury

INNOVATION IN THE PUBLISHING SUPPLY CHAIN (IBS)
Bertrams
Hachette—Printer Direct Delivery Solution
Macmillan Distribution—MDL Midas System
Nielsen
SBS Worldwide

CHILDREN'S INDEPENDENT BOOKSELLER OF THE YEAR (Walker Books)
Book Nook
Children's Bookshop Edinburgh
Children's Bookshop Muswell Hill
Mainstreet Trading Company
Norfolk Children's Book Centre

RIGHTS PROFESSIONAL OF THE YEAR (Frankfurter Buchmesse)
Alex Nicholas—Orion Children's Books
Andrea Joyce—Canongate
Andy Hine—Little, Brown
Graham Cook—Haynes
Jason Bartholomew—Hodder & Stoughton

MANAGER OF THE YEAR (Wiley)
Gemma Barry—Waterstone's, Lancaster
Sion Hamilton—Foyles, Charing Cross Road
Steve Orchard—Blackwell, Charing Cross Road
Susan Sinclair—Foyles, Royal Festival Hall and St Pancras

LITERARY AGENT OF THE YEAR (Orion/Weidenfeld & Nicolson)
Jo Unwin—Conville & Walsh
Jonny Geller—Curtis Brown
Luigi Bonomi—LBA

DIRECT BOOKSELLING COMPANY OF THE YEAR (BDS)
Amazon.co.uk
Book Depository
Play.com
Scholastic Book Clubs

DIGITAL INNOVATION (Futurebook)
Accent Press—Xcite Books
Bloomsbury—Bloomsbury's Public Library Online
Ebury—Tess Daly Baby Diaries
Enhanced Editions
Harlequin Mills & Boon
HarperCollins—Authonomy.com

IMPRINT AND EDITOR OF THE YEAR (The Bookseller)
HarperCollins—Lynne Drew, HarperFiction
HarperCollins—Nicholas Pearson, Fourth Estate
Little, Brown—Lennie Goodings, Virago
Orion—Gollancz Team
Penguin Group—Stuart Proffitt, Allen Lane
Quercus—Christopher MacLehose, MacLehose Press

CHILDREN'S BOOKSELLER OF THE YEAR (Usborne)
Asda
Foyles
Play.com
Sainsbury's
W H Smith

MARKETING CAMPAIGN OF THE YEAR (Nielsen)
Hodder & Stoughton—Under the Dome
Orion—True Blood
Puffin—The Very Hungry Caterpillar 40th Anniversary
Quercus—Stieg Larsson Millennium Trilogy
Titan—Watchmen
Transworld—Dan Brown
W H Smith—Times Recommended Read

INDEPENDENT BOOKSELLER OF THE YEAR (Gardners Books)
Kemptown Bookshop
Mr B's Emporium of Reading Delights
One Tree Books
The Chepstow Bookshop
White Rose Books

INDEPENDENT PUBLISHER OF THE YEAR (Lightning Source)
Constable & Robinson
Hay House Publishers
John Blake
Kyle Cathie
Quiller Publishing
Search Press

GENERAL OR CHAIN BOOKSELLING COMPANY OF THE YEAR (Martina Cole)
Asda
Blackwell
Foyles
Sainsbury's
W H Smith

PUBLISHER OF THE YEAR (Publishing Technology)
Faber & Faber
Little, Brown Book Group
Orion Publishing Group
Quercus Publishing
Simon & Schuster UK
Transworld

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Shots passes our best wishes to all the nominated considering what a tough year we’ve all endured.