WEBCOM SPONSORS CBA LIBRIS AWARDS

TORONTO, ON - June 8, 2003 - Webcom was a proud sponsor of this year's CBA Libris Awards Reception, held at BookExpo Canada, Metro Toronto Convention Centre. The event honours outstanding achievement by authors and editors, sales reps. and distributors, booksellers and publishers. A list of the 2003 winners follows.

CBA Libris Awards 2003 - THE WINNERS

Bookseller of the Year
Pages Books on Kensington - Calgary AB

Campus Bookseller of the Year
University of Toronto Bookstore, Toronto ON

Specialty Bookseller of the Year
Vancouver Kidsbooks, Vancouver BC

Sales Representative of the Year
Don Skinner, HarperCollinsCanada Ltd.

Fiction Book of the Year
The Last Crossing, by Guy Vanderhaeghe (McClelland & Stewart)

Non-Fiction Book of the Year
Paris 1919: Six Months That Changed the World, by Margaret MacMillan (Random House)

Editor of the Year
Patrick Crean, Thomas Allen Publishers

Author of the Year
Carol Shields

Distributor of the Year
North 49 Books

Small Press Publisher of the Year
House of Anansi Press