
The British Book Industry Awards took place on June 1st, 2009 and the following were the catagory winners, with particular note to Independent publishers Atlantic Books and Canongate.
Frankfurt Book Fair Rights Professional of the Year
Lucy Vanderbilt, HarperCollins
Orion Publishing Group Literary Agent of the Year
Jonathan Lloyd, Curtis Brown
Sue Butterworth Award for Young Bookseller of the Year, sponsored by HarperCollins
Joint Winners: Max Porter of Daunt Books and Lisa Bird of Foyles South Bank
StoraEnso Design & Production Award
The Big Fat Duck Cookbook (Bloomsbury)
Baker Tilly Imprint & Editor of the Year
Ravi Mirchandani, Atlantic
Arts Council England Diversity Award in Literature
Saqi
The Daily Mail Marketing Campaign of the Year
Devil May Care Jane Rose, Penguin
PPC Publicity Campaign of the Year
The Outcast, Louise Rhind-Tutt, Random House
Independent Alliance Independent Bookshop of the Year
The Hungerford Bookshop
Lightning Source Independent Publisher of the Year
Atlantic Books
Harlequin Mills & Boon Direct Bookselling Company of the Year
The Book Depository
BDS/ehaus Chain Bookselling Company of the Year
WHSmith
Publishing Technology Publisher of the Year
Canongate
You can read the full awards detail at The British Book Industy's website (BBIA) here.
