Paulo Coelo, Neil Gaiman and Emily Benet are among the 28 authors shortlisted for the inaugural Author Blog Awards, run by CompletelyNovel.com with publishers including Random House amd Penguin.
The awards were set up to recognise writers who connect with their readers online and publishers such as Bloomsbury and Headline are offering books to incentivise voting--so far over 15,000 have nominated more than 500 blogs and microblogs: you can make your mark by voting at www.completelynovel.com.