The Winners and Finalists and Editor's Choice Awards are announced now...early!
Please Note: Due to a technical issue, all Indie Excellence entries received a winner or finalist notice e-mail. Not all titles have placed. Our deepest apoligies for this error. The first year is the hardest and we appreciate your understanding.
While we know everyone cannot win, we appreciate all the wonderful entries. The judges worked hard and did their best. Thank you all for your submissions. We look forward to next year as well.
Ellen
Welcome to
THE NATIONAL INDIE EXCELLENCE 2008 BOOK AWARDS
"The Indie Excellence Book Awards are dedicated to celebrating and promoting the
outstanding work of independent publishers and authors."
-Dan Poynter, author of The Self Publishing Manual and 100 other books
The National Indie Excellence 2008 Book Awards
competition presents a wonderful opportunity for all independent,
small press and self publishers seeking more recognition within
the publishing industry.
Winners and finalists will receive national media & industry
exposure! We will issue a news release announcing the results
to our list of national media, print and radio contacts. We
also will promote the results within the publishing industry
and have a presence at Book Expo America in Los Angeles in
2008.
Enter Your 2008 Books!
Breathe Life into Your
Backlist! 2006-2007 publication
dates are ALSO eligible.
More information, category listings and entry
forms are available HERE
will be notified prior to Book Expo and also
announced at Book Expo America in Los Angeles.
will be listed on the official Web site of the
Indie Excellence 2008 Book Awards.
will be included in a
news release announcing the winners.
will have the right
to highlight their award on their Web sites, book covers
, book proposals,
and marketing
material.
Gold oval stickers will be available
for purchase.
Thank you for your valuable time, and good luck!
Regards,
Indie Excellence Staff
Congratulations to the Editor's Choice Award Winners!
EDITOR’S CHOICE
GRAND PRIZE:
Planned Television Arts (www.plannedtvarts.com), the nation’s largest and oldest book promoter, will provide a customized media campaign valued at $4,200 that will include each of the following components:
1. The scheduling of at least a dozen radio interviews.
2. 30-minute brainstorming session to uncover the strongest media angles
3. Writing a press release
4. 30-minute media coaching session
5. E-mailing a pitch to scores of online outlets, including bloggers, Web sites, and podcaster.
GRAND PRIZE Editor's Choice Winner: Avoiding Cancer one day at a time by Lynne Eldridge, M.D. www.avoidcancernow.com
FIRST PRIZE: The take-home package "THE WOW FACTOR" with Lynn Rose
"How to put the WOW FACTOR in your presentations right away www.lynnrose.com
Great Peacemakers: True Stories from Around the World by Ken Beller and Heather Chase www.greatpeacemakers.com
LTS Press
978-0-9801382-0-7
SECOND PRIZE: An Interview on “Beyond Words” with Fran Halpern on KCLU, an NPR affiliate: 88.3 in Ventura County & 102.3 in Santa Barbara County, on the web: http://www.kclu.org
Wearing the Spider by Susan Schaab www.susanschaab.com
Galavant Press, LLC
978-1-934291-05-4
HONORABLE MENTION: One Hour of Telephone Book Marketing Consulting with John Kremer http://www.bookmarket.com/
Love Your Life and It Will Love You Back by Sourena Vasseghi www.loveyourlifeseminars.com
Sourena Publishing
978-0-9791369-0-0
HONORABLE MENTION: One Hour of Telephone Book Marketing Consulting with John Kremer http://www.bookmarket.com/
The Courage Code. It's Yours. Break It. Own It. Use It. by Megan Raphael and Jennifer Byron www.courageproject.com
Utopia Press
978-0-966160-5-3
0-9661060-5-9
Sandy Nathan
Sandy Nathan, national award-winning author of Stepping Off The Edge and Numenon, describes her experiences as an independently published author and the value of the National Indie Excellence Awards.
Fran Halpern
Fran Halpern hosts the lively, often funny Beyond Words, a show for literary
toilers and word lovers which airs in Santa Barbara (102.3 fm) and Ventura County (88.3 fm) Saturday at 2 pm. Also heard all over the United States on the internet at kclu.org at 2 pm Saturday Pacific Coast time.
Barnaby Conrad, author
Barnaby Conrad is the author of over 35 books. A New York Times Best Selling Author, Matador sold
over 3 million copies and was on the Best Seller list for 53 weeks!
Artist-author Barnaby Conrad was born in San Francisco, California.
He was named American Vice Consul to Sevilla, Malaga, and Barcelona from 1943 to 1946. There he studied bullfighting with Belmonte, Manolete, and Arruza—three greats of the bullring—and in 1945 he appeared on the same program with Belmonte and was awarded the ears of the bull. He is the only American to have fought in Spain, Mexico, and Peru.
He has written 30 books, including Matador, La Fiesta Brava, The Encyclopedia of Bullfighting, and How to Fight a Bull.
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