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Indie publishers Canongate and Atlantic were the big winners at the British Book Industy Awards, held last night (1st June) during this year’s Booksellers Industry Conference. W H Smith picked up the chain of the year gong, while The Hungerford Bookshop was indie of the year.
Canongate picked up Publisher of the Year, with the judges praising the company for its: “great professionalism, attention to detail and sheer exuberance of its publishing programme in 2008, which led to an impressive doubling in turnover during the year”. While Atlantic Books scored two: Independent Publisher of the Year and Imprint & Editor of the Year for Ravi Mirchandani.
Chain Bookselling Company of the Year went to W H Smith and Direct Bookselling Company of the Year went to The Book Depository. The Hungerford Bookshop was awarded Independent Bookshop of the Year for "displaying bookselling excellence, great event management and successful—and profitable—involvement in their local community".
The BBIAs are organised by Publishing News in conjunction with the Booksellers Association; m.d. of PN, Jo Henry, said: "Last year proved challenging for the book industry and many are still holding their breath to see how 2009 turns out. These awards recognise the ingenuity, creativity and energy of the book publishing and retail sectors, even in this tough economic climate."
The awards in full:
Frankfurt Book Fair Rights Professional of the Year Lucy Vanderbilt, HarperCollins
Orion Publishing Group Literary Agent of the Year
Jonathan Lloyd, Curtis Brown
Sue Butterworth Award for Young Bookseller of the Year, sponsored by HarperCollins
Joint Winners: Max Porter of Daunt Books and Lisa Bird of Foyles South Bank
StoraEnso Design & Production Award
The Big Fat Duck Cookbook (Bloomsbury)
Baker Tilly Imprint & Editor of the Year
Ravi Mirchandani, Atlantic
Arts Council England Diversity Award in Literature
Saqi
The Daily Mail Marketing Campaign of the Year
Devil May Care Jane Rose, Penguin
PPC Publicity Campaign of the Year
The Outcast, Louise Rhind-Tutt, Random House
Independent Alliance Independent Bookshop of the Year
The Hungerford Bookshop
Lightning Source Independent Publisher of the Year
Atlantic Books
Harlequin Mills & Boon Direct Bookselling Company of the Year
The Book Depository
BDS/ehaus Chain Bookselling Company of the Year
WHSmith
Publishing Technology Publisher of the Year
Canongate