
This year's BTB prize for fiction went to The Confessions of Noa Weber by Gail Hareven, a Melville House book, and MobyLives observed that "we here at Melville House were particularly proud to win an award that had been voted upon by a judging panel made up of representatives from some of the country's best independent booksellers, not to mention some great indie bloggers and critics. And from its inception, we have always thought of the two-year-old award as a good thing for little indies trying to champion good books in a difficult market and culture--a market and culture made difficult in many ways by the predatory and thuggish practices of Amazon.com."
MobyLives also noted that "most of us here at Melville House have also worked at indie bookstores--including such biggies as Booksoup, Shaman Drum, Brookline Booksmith and others--we feel this especially keenly: Taking money from Amazon is akin to the medical researchers who take money from cigarette companies.... we mean to make a more genuine statement of support for the independent publishing and bookseller community."

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