For the record, this is a poor decision.
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It's an opportunity to create something over time that would potentially make a big difference to books, literacy, and reading.Gerry Byrne
We want to use television in a way that will provide a different understanding of the value of books and authors and hopefully ignite general interest in reading more.
Gerry Byrne
The difference between this award and any other is that it's a reader's choice. People holler about other awards because they are committee-selected. This is not committee-selected. There are purists in literary circles who have a different sense of what is going on here, but we think anything you can do to get people reading is a good thing.
Gerry Byrne
We weren't expecting a grand slam home run the first time around. We wanted a solid, line-drive single and that's what we got.
Gerry Byrne
Most of the other awards, quite honestly, they're more inside the industry, ... This is meant to reach out and touch the consumers.
Gerry Byrne
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