Shelf Awareness aims to champion commendable writing, books with striking prose, distinctive premises, and captivating author voices. When a book excels in any or all of these areas, Shelf editors highlight the title by awarding it a star in our consumer-oriented newsletter, Shelf Awareness for Readers. We are now bringing the star feature to Shelf Awareness Pro. Starring special titles in Pro will help booksellers and librarians identify books of extraordinary merit at an earlier date and offer publishers and authors an opportunity to highlight a key title before pub date. Our first starred review, for Gish Jen's Bad Bad Girl (Knopf), appears in Pro today.
