The IndieBound website now has cute spring e-cards. The dog pictured here is an example, but the actual e-cards are animated.

The winners of the 2009 Indies Choice Book Awards, which are voted on by owners and booksellers of ABA member book stores, were announced this week. The winners are:

Best Indie Buzz Book (Fiction): The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society, by Mary Ann Shaffer and Annie Barrows (The Dial Press)

Best Conversation Starter (Nonfiction): The Wordy Shipmates, by Sarah Vowell (Riverhead)

Best Author Discovery: The Story of Edgar Sawtelle, by David Wroblewski (Ecco)

Best Indie Young Adult Buzz Book (Fiction): The Graveyard Book, by Neil Gaiman (HarperCollins)

Best New Picture Book: Bats at the Library, by Brian Lies (Houghton Mifflin)

Most Engaging Author: Sherman Alexie

Following last night’s signing at Erin City Hall, we have signed copies of Tom C. McKenney’s new book Jack Hinson’s One-Man War.

Jack Hinson, a plantation owner with no strong ties to either side at the start of the Civil War, became a vigilante sniper after two of his sons were killed by Union troops. Most of Hinson’s activity took place in Houston and Stewart counties, especially along rivers, where he took aim at Union steam boats. McKenney’s book relies on information passed on to him by Hinson’s descendants, who are still residents of Houston County, as well as his own research.

Tom C. McKenney signing books on April 14.

In honor of National Poetry Month, our selection of poetry books will be 10% off for the month of April.

Want more poetry? Sign up on poets.org to have a new poem emailed to you every day this month.

When you’re ready to assemble this year’s Easter baskets, come take a look at our new selection of kid’s stuff, including locked diaries and reusable vinyl sticker sets.