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Nielsen BookData Booksellers Choice shortlist announcedThe Australian Booksellers Association has announced the shortlisted titles for the Nielsen BookData 2008 Booksellers Choice Award.Published 1 May, 2008 The Australian Booksellers Association has announced the shortlisted titles for the Nielsen BookData 2008 Booksellers Choice Award. Shortlisted for the award, which recognises the book that booksellers most enjoyed reading or hand-selling in 2007, are:
‘The ABA believes it is a special award, because it is decided by the people who care enough to personally recommend and put a book in the hands of the reading public,' ABA project manager Niki Aravanis told WBN. ‘This award is the only genuine reflection of booksellers' preferences and is supported on booksellers' behalf by Nielsen BookData and the ABA.' This article from Thorpe Bowker's Weekly Book Newsletter and Media Extra is reproduced by kind permission of Thorpe-Bowker, a division of R R Bowker LLC. © Copyright 2008, Thorpe-Bowker
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