If you missed last week's edition all about recent award winners (the Newbery and Caldecott Medalists and the other ALA Youth Media Award recipients), and nominees (for the forthcoming Edgar Awards), read the 1/25/12 About Book Publishing newsletter here.

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The week of publishing awards continues as the Digital Book World Conference in New York City opened yesterday with the announcement of the Publishing Innovation Awards (PIAs), honoring the most innovative ebooks, enhanced ebooks and book apps in twelve categories. Jay-Z's name was among the winners--for his Decoded as best Transmedia Project (Random House)...  And the complete list of 2012 Publishing Innovation Award winners are:

App - Comics/Graphic Novels
The Wormworld Saga, Robot Media

App - Fiction
Ayn Rand's Atlas Shrugged, Penguin USA

App - Juvenile
Cinderella App, Nosy Crow

App - Non-Fiction
The Magic of Reality for iPad, Random House

App - Reference/Academic
British Library 19th Century Historical Collection, Bibliolabs

Digital First Ebook
Desserts - Discover the dessert recipes 20 million home cooks picked as America's best, Allrecipes.com, Inc.

Enhanced Ebook
Eva Scrivo on Beauty, Atria Books/Simon & Schuster

Transmedia Project
Decoded by Jay-Z, Random House, Inc., Random House Publishing Group

Ebook - Children's
Five Little Pumpkins, HarperFestival/Zuuka

Ebook - Non-Fiction AAA Las Vegas eTourBook Guide, AAA

Ebook Reference/Academic
Meggs' History of Graphic Design, 5th Edition, John Wiley & Sons

Ebook Fiction
Brad Meltzer's The Inner Circle and Preston & Child's Cabinet of Curiosities, Grand Central Publishing/Hachette Book Group

For more information about the awards criteria and judging, visit the Publishing Innovation Awards site.

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Yesterday, Monday January 23, 2012, the American Library Association (ALA) presented their Youth Media Awards, which recognized the top books, videos, and audiobooks for children and young adults published in 2011.

Among those honored were Newbery Medal recipient Dead End in Norvelt, written by Jack Gantos (Farrar Straus Giroux); Caldecott Medal recipient A Ball for Daisy, illustrated and written by Chris Raschka (Schwartz & Wade Books/ Random House Children's Books); and 2012 May Hill Arbuthnot Honor Lecture Award winner Michael Morpurgo, author of the novel War Horse (the basis for the popular play and film).

Read about the ALA Youth Media Awards and read the complete list of 2012 award winners and honor books.

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Today, on the 203rd anniversary of the birth of Edgar Allan Poe, the Mystery Writers of America announced its nominees for the 2012 Edgar Allan Poe Awards.

The Edgar® Awards, which honor the best in mystery fiction, non-fiction and television published or produced in the prior year, will be presented at the 66th Annual MWA Gala Banquet on April 26, 2012 at the Grand Hyatt Hotel, New York City.

The 2012 Grand Master, Martha Grimes as well as the 2012 Raven Award winners were announced in November; the Simon & Schuster Mary Higgins Clark Award will be presented at the Agents & Editors Party on Wednesday, April 25, 2012.

Read the complete list of 2012 Edgar Award nominees and other MWA honorees.

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