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National Book Award Winners
From top: Kimberly Willis Holt,
When Zachary Beaver Came to Town
;
John W. Dower,
Embracing Defeat:
Japan in the Wake of WWII
;
Ai,
Vice: New and Selected Poems
;
Ha Jin,
Waiting
.
Book Buyers From left: Kimberley Brown,
Vice President, Specialty Businesses;
Antoinette Ercolano, Vice President of
Trade Book Buying; Patricia Bostelman,
Vice President, Merchandising; Joseph Gonnella,
Vice President & General Manager of Barnes
& Noble Distribution Center; Robert Wietrak,
Vice President, Merchandising; Marcella Smith,
Director of Small Press & Vendor Relations.
1999 ANNUAL REPORT
14
ur author events drew record crowds across the country in 1999, with some signings
inspiring all-night vigils outside the store to ensure a good seat. Colorful authors like Emeril
Lagasse (
Every Day’s a Party
), Frank McCourt (
’Tis
) and J.K. Rowling (
Harry Potter
) packed
them in, generating estimated book sales, when all was said and done, of $3.3 million.
Our Union Square store in New York was uniquely blessed in hosting the National Book
Award nominees in November, and a gathering of celebrated authors in September that
ran the gamut from Eric Idle to Wes Craven to U.S. Poet Laureate Robert Pinsky.
In addition, Barnes & Noble on the corporate level continued to sponsor great writing
and avid reading through a number of major initiatives. Since 1990, we have recognized
the arrival of promising new writing talent with our Discover Great New Writers Award.
The year’s winner was Lily King for her book
The Pleasing Hour
.
Consistent with our longstanding commitment to promote the love of books among children,
we announced in August that we would be underwriting the Emmy-award winning
PBS children’s television series
Reading Rainbow
®
, hosted by LeVar Burton. As part of that
two-year commitment, we have established a
Reading Rainbow
presence in our stores
nationwide, and on our Barnes & Noble.com Web site.
We also continue to sponsor important programming on National Public Radio, including
“Morning Edition,” “Fresh Air with Terry Gross,” “Selected Shorts,” and “Regional
Storylines.” We are the exclusive book sponsor of the Poets & Writers organization, and
a leading contributor to First Book, a charity devoted to improving children’s literacy
by getting books into the hands of kids who need them.
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