We've written blog posts about
entering book award contests and publishing a second edition, as well as explained a library marketing scheme that worked well for us.
For example, one of the winners in our inaugural Independent
Publisher Book Awards contest reordered 6,000 IPPY stickers for their latest print run.
Additionaly, authors who win our
annual book award contest donate copies to be sold at our booth at the Miami Book Fair International, the largest book fair in America.
The Independent Book Publishers Association sees a bias against indie voices
in book award contests, media reviews and inclusion on bookstore shelves.
Another marketing strategy I am trying (and I am brand new to all of this) is entering my self published book in several
different book award contests such as the International Book Awards, the San Francisco Book Festival and the MWSA Book Review / Awards.
Our awards were started back in 1996 when Small Press (the original name of Independent Publisher) was hearing a lot of criticism lobbed at
major book awards contests and was encouraged to produce its own «best of the year» list.
Reader reviews are all well and good — in fact, we're proud to come out on top in this analysis — but I was curious if there was a correlation between high book reviews on Amazon and results within a widely recognized and
valued book award contest.
Story Monsters LLC is dedicated to helping authors of all genres strive for excellence through our marketing and publicity services,
Dragonfly Book Award contests, Story Monsters Approved!
As
most book award contests recognize only titles released during the previous calendar year or two, we've created the Enduring Light medals to reward exemplary Christian - themed books published since the year 2000.
Every year, Outskirts Press nominates less than 5 % of the books it publishes for submission to the Colorado Independent Publishers Association EVVY Awards, an independent 3rd
party book award contest that is both competitive and «strict» (for lack of a better word).
Indie
Book Award Contests IBPA's Benjamin Franklin Awards and Foreword Magazine's IndieFab Awards are two quality Indie award contests.
And so they sign up for Awesome Indies, or
other book award contests, and if they win / get accepted they add the seal of approval to their book cover as «proof.»
Congratulations and sincere thanks to the independent authors and publishers who participated in our 20th annual, 2016 Independent
Publisher Book Awards contest.
Number Seventy - Five took home the BRONZE medal in fiction / suspense at the 2013 Readers» Favorite
International Book Awards contest and is currently in production for a feature film.
Too often, IBPA has noticed a bias against self - published authors, independent publishers, and hybrid presses when it comes to choosing titles or authors for book review consideration,
book award contests, association memberships, and inclusion on independent bookstore shelves.
Congratulations and sincere thanks to over 2,750 independent authors and publishers who participated in our 19th annual, 2015 Independent Publisher
Book Awards contest.
Enter
any book award contest only after careful consideration and review of its reputation.
Congratulations to all 382 medalists and sincere thanks to the almost 2,500 independent authors and publishers who participated in our 2013 Independent Publisher
Book Awards contest.
Authors need feedback and exposure, and we provide this through free quality reviews and a free feature rich review page, the opportunity to obtain recognition through our respected annual
book award contest, and free Monthly Book Giveaway, Book Exchange, and Book Donation programs.
«I am excited to have created a substantial revenue stream as a Readers» Favorite affiliate and equally excited that I am helping my fellow authors find valuable resources, free reviews, and a respected
book award contest.»
Book award contests are everywhere.
We also put on an annual
book award contest, The Red City Review Book Awards.
If you placed in any year of our International
Book Awards contest, you can access your award seal / stickers and all other award related materials by logging into your Author's Area and clicking the Contest tab and following the link to your Contestant's Page.
«Too often, IBPA has noticed a bias against self - published authors, independent publishers, and hybrid presses when it comes to choosing titles or authors for review consideration,
book award contests, association memberships, and inclusion on independent bookstore shelves,» said IBPA CEO Angela Bole.
While Awesome Indies isn't technically
a book award contest, there's a $ 75 dollar processing fee that doesn't guarantee approval.
If you already have a beautiful book cover — or at least one that's good enough and doesn't look homemade — then by all means sign up with Awesome Indies and
Book Award Contests... just don't put that shiny sticker on your book cover, because it will probably ruin the design.
And I was wanting to shout to the world that one of my books was a finalist in
a book award contest.
A couple weeks ago I found a little blog network for indie authors — it had a website on book marketing, an indie bookstore, and even
a book award contest.