Book Mark: 2011 Moby Awards

The second annual Moby Awards were handed out this past Thursday (June 2). What are the Moby Awards, you ask? These are the awards for the best and worst book trailers!

We'll give an award for anything these days.

Lifetime Achievement Award: Ron Charles – Acceptance Speech



Grand Jury/We’re Giving You This Award Because Otherwise You’d Win Too Many Other Awards: Super Sad True Love Story – Gary Shteyngart
Most Celebtastic Performance: James Franco - Super Sad True Love Story



Book Trailer As Stand Alone Art Object: How Did You Get This Number? – Sloane Crosley



Best Big House: Packing for Mars – Mary Roach



Worst Big House: Savages – Don Winslow



Best Small House: Tree of Codes – Jonathan Safran Foer

Tree of Codes by Jonathan Safran Foer - Public Reactions from Visual Editions on Vimeo.

Worst Small / No House: Pirates: The Midnight Passage – James R. Hannibal



Worst Performance by an Author: Jonathan Franzen – Freedom



What Are We Doing To Our Children?: It’s A Book – Lane Smith



General Technical Excellence and Courageous Pursuit of Gloriousness: Electric Literature



Most Monkey Sex: Bonobo Handshake – Vanessa Woods



Worst Soundtrack: GhostGirl



Most Angelic Angel Falling to Earth: Torment – Lauren Kate



Most Conflicted: (we published the book but the trailer is sooo good!) T Cooper – Beaufort Diaries