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| Shelf Awareness | |
| Company type | Private |
| Industry | publishing industry |
| Founded | 2005 |
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| Headquarters | , United States |
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| Website | www |
Shelf Awareness is an American publishing company that produces two e-zines focused on bookselling, books and book reviews.
| Editor | John Mutter [1] |
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| Categories | Book reviews, trade publications |
| Frequency | Daily |
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| First issue | June 29, 2005 |
| Website | www |
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| Categories | Book reviews, trade publications |
| Frequency | Twice weekly |
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| First issue | June 17, 2011 |
| Website | www |
With offices in Seattle, Washington, and Montclair, New Jersey, Shelf Awareness publishes an e-zine for the book industry and an e-zine for general readers.
Shelf Awareness Pro is a daily trade magazine for booksellers, publishers, librarians, and literary agents with a circulation of 39,000. [2] Shelf Awareness for Readers is a twice-weekly (Tuesdays and Fridays) book review publication for consumers with a circulation of 399,000. [3] Approximately 130 independent bookstores send out a version of Shelf Awareness for Readers to their customers. [4]
The company was founded by editor/journalist John Mutter (editor-in-chief) [5] and Jenn Risko (publisher) [6] in 2005 to produce a trade magazine for booksellers. [7]
The circulation of Shelf Awareness Pro (also called Shelf Awareness for the Book Trade) is more than 39,000 [2] industry professionals. [8] [9] The publication reports on independent bookstores, including openings, expansions, moves, staffing and closures; bookselling; publishing industry news, such as new titles, staffing, imprints, etc.; e-books and e-publication; authors; awards; media coverage of books and authors; and other features. [10]
In 2011, Shelf Awareness launched a consumer book review version called Shelf Awareness for Readers. [11] [12] The company hired Marilyn Dahl as the review editor [13] and Jennifer Brown as the children's literature editor. [14]
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