From Shelf Awareness:
Barnes & Noble Will Do If I Did It
After initially just saying no to stocking If I Did It by O.J. Simpson in its stores, Barnes & Noble has reversed course and will offer the books, according to the AP. The company cited customer demand for the switch. From the beginning, B&N said it would sell the book on B&N.com, where it has been ordered in advance in large quantities.
“We’ve been monitoring the pre-orders and customer requests and have concluded that enough customers have expressed interest in buying the book to warrant stocking it in our stores,” B&N spokesperson Mary Ellen Keating told the AP. “We do not intend to promote the book but we will stock it in our stores because our customers are asking for it.”
Beaufort Books is publishing If I Did It on September 13. The rights are mainly controlled by the family of the late Ron Goldman.
Awards: The Hugos
Winners of the 2007 Hugo Awards were announced on Saturday during Nippon 2007, the 65th World Science Fiction Convention, in Yokohama, Japan:* Best Novel: Rainbows End by Vernor Vinge (Tor)
* Best Novella: A Billion Eves by Robert Reed (Asimov’s, Oct./Nov. 2006)
* Best Novelette: The Djinn’s Wife by Ian McDonald (Asimov’s, July 2006)
* Best Short Story: “Impossible Dreams” by Tim Pratt (Asimov’s, July 2006)
* Best Related Non-Fiction Book: James Tiptree, Jr.: The Double Life of Alice B. Sheldon by Julie Phillips (St. Martin’s)
* Best Dramatic Presentation, Long Form: Pan’s Labyrinth, screenplay and directed by Guillermo del Toro (Picturehouse)
* Best Dramatic Presentation, Short Form: Doctor Who–“Girl in the Fireplace,” written by Steven Moffat, directed by Euros Lyn (BBC Wales/BBC1)
* Best Editor, Long Form: Patrick Nielsen Hayden
* Best Editor, Short Form: Gordon Van Gelder
* Best Professional Artist: Donato Giancola
* Best Semiprozine: Locus edited by Charles N. Brown, Kirsten Gong-Wong and Liza Groen Trombi
* Best Fanzine: Science-Fiction Five-Yearly edited by Lee Hoffman, Geri Sullivan and Randy Byers
* Best Fan Writer: Dave Langford
* Best Fan Artist: Frank WuThe winner of the John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer, sponsored by Dell Magazines and administered on their behalf by the World Science Fiction Society: Naomi Novik