The NAIBA Legacy Award
In 2004, the New Atlantic Independent Booksellers Association established a Legacy Award in recognition of those individuals whose body of work contributed significantly to the realm of American arts and letters. Candidates for this award were to either reside in the region served by the New Atlantic Independent Booksellers Association, or who created work that reflected the character of the geographical area so represented, and the spirit of the independent bookselling community found therein.
Carl Lennertz named 2011 NAIBA Legacy Award winner
The New Atlantic Independent Booksellers Association (NAIBA) is pleased to announce that Carl Lennertz is the recipient of the 2011 NAIBA Legacy Award.
Carl's career has covered every field in the book business from bookseller, sales rep, author, editor, and he has been a tireless cheerleader for authors and independent bookselling. His belief in the collective power of the independent marketplace brought us the programming in BookSense (now IndieBound). He teaches formally at Publishing Institute and informally with industry blogs and monthly newsletters. He has just left HarperCollins to head World Book Night in the United States.
"Carl has been a champion for the independent bookseller in every publishing house and job he has been in. We need more people like Carl who understand the cultural importance of the locally owned bookstore." -- remarked NAIBA President, Lucy Kogler of Talking Leaves Books, Buffalo, NY.
Carl was humble upon receiving the news of the Legacy Award. "If a legacy means giving as well receiving, then my career has been thousands of legacies shared with me out of kindness and good will. Whether your name is Drabyak or Cohen, Rockliff or Liebmann, Connelly or Colwin, you have given me the wellspring of your knowledge and words, and for that, I am eternally grateful. Whether at Random House or Harper, ABA or World Book Night, I believe I have been passing it along and intend to continue doing so - to booksellers, authors, publishers, and readers."
Lucy added, "I am thrilled that NAIBA has chosen him for this year's Legacy Award. Recognizing someone in publishing and not always an author was Joe Drabyak's idea. We honored Carla Cohen and Barbara Mead last year, as well Morgan Entrekin a few years ago because Joe insisted that a legacy can also include work done on behalf of books and booksellers."
Previous winners of the Legacy Award
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Paul Auster
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Morgan Entrekin
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Joyce Carol Oates
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Louis Auchincloss
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Pete Hamill
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Anne Tyler
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