The music press has spoken and the nominees have been chosen for the first annual Music Press Awards. The process was simple enough - suggestions were collected from music journalists and photojournalists all over the world and those nominees that appeared on the most lists were chosen for the final cut:

Best Book:

• “The Rest Is Noise: Listening to the Twentieth Century” by Alex Ross
• “Love Is a Mix Tape” by Rob Sheffield
• “Lost Genius” by Kevin Bazzana
• “Twenty Thousand Roads: The Ballad of Gram Parsons and His Cosmic American Music” by David N. Meyer
• “Can’t Buy Me Love: The Beatles, Britain, and America” by Jonathan Gould

Best Site for News:

• Billboard
• LiveDaily
• antiMUSIC
• NME
• RollingStone

Best Site for Features:

• Stylus Magazine
• PopMatters
• Pitchfork
• Drowned In Sound
• Observer Music Monthly

Best Blog:

• Stereogum
• Daytrotter
• Guardian Unlimited
• Rockcritics.com

Best Magazine:

• Paste
• Word
• No Depression
• Billboard
• Mojo

Best Writer:

• Alex Ross
• Ann Powers
• Rob Sheffield

Best Photographer:

• David Bergman
• Graham Smith
• Bob Leafe
• Neil Zlozower

Voting will take place this week by invitation to subscribers of The Music Press Report Newsletter.