Quills Literacy Foundation Reminds Booksellers to Vote

Voting by the Quills Nominating Board to select the five finalists in 19 categories for the 2006 Quill Book Awards is underway now through Tuesday, August 15. Booksellers and librarians who indicated a willingness to serve on the Board, and who received a unique ID number from the Quills Literacy Foundation, can cast their votes through the Quills website. All ABA member booksellers with Book Sense were invited to serve on the Nominating Board.

The Quills long list includes titles appearing on the Book Sense Picks and titles with starred reviews in Publishers Weekly, among others. To be eligible, books must be English language books published in North America between August 1, 2005, and June 30, 2006.

The shortlist of titles selected by the Nominating Board will be presented to consumers for voting, beginning Tuesday, August 22. Booksellers will be able to direct consumers to the MSNBC voting site by adding the link www.quillsvote.com to their own websites, when the finalists are announced.

Sponsored by Reed Business Information (RBI) and the NBC Universal Television Stations, the Quill Awards were established last year to honor books in a wide variety of popular categories. This year's awards will be presented during a ceremony on October 10 at the American Museum of Natural History's Milstein Hall of Ocean Life in New York City. The ceremony will be aired on Saturday, October 21, on NBC-TV owned and operated stations and will be syndicated through NBC Universal Stations.

Questions about the Quill Books Awards and the voting process should be addressed to Quills Executive Director Karen Mender, at karen.mender@quillsliteracy.org, or to Abby Raphel, at abby.raphel@quillsliteracy.org.