2005 Book Show Judging: A Great Day!

Judging for the 2005 Book Show was held June 24 at Wadsworth in Belmont, California. Approximately 150 books and 80 covers/jackets were submitted for judging according to the criteria listed in the Call for Entries. Each entry was judged on its own merits--regardless of category--and evaluated for its excellence.

Judges for the categories were selected for their knowledge and experience in those areas. These Book Show judges donated a day to judging the Book Show entries and filling out ballots for each entry:

Covers and Jackets

Viviana Santos, Dickinson Press

Andrei Pasternak, Peachpit

Jonathan Peck, Dovetail Publishing Services

Children's Trade

Doreen Suruki, ThomsonWadsworth

Mary Hazlewood, Jossey-Bass Publishers

Professional Trade/Special Trade/Reference and Scholarly

David Calder, RR Donnelley

Victoria Kuskowski, University of California Press

School Publishing

Kelly Eismann, Harcourt Brace

MaryLou Goforth, Banta

Trade - Text Driven

Tandra Jorgensen, McGraw-Hill Higher Education

Richard Leeds, Big Wig Design

Trade - Image Driven

Mimi Heft, Peachpit

Jeanne Schreiber, McGraw-Hill Higher Education

After the judging, the ballots were collected and tabulated by BBW volunteers. As usual, lots of other professionals gave freely of their time to make the day a great success:

Elise Gochberg, BBW President

Joellen Myslick, RRD and BBW Board member

Roy Wallace, Maple-Vail Book Manufacturing Group

Gary Head, Gary Head Design

Michele Bisson Savoy, Quebecor World.

Special thanks to Patti Miskelly from Wadsworth, who helped us with organizing the location and food. And none of it would of been possible without the front-end help of Lisa Claudeanos, former Associate Print Buyer of Wadsworth Central Manufacturing Unit.