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Nine days later, we won another gold medal, this time at. Six books published by indiana university press have received national or regional medals in the 2017 independent publisher book awards. Jun 15, 2016 last fall and winter, we entered book design made simple in some independent publishing book award contests. Here are the gold, silver and bronze medalists in our 80 national categories. Since the inaugural contest in 1996, nearly 5,000 books have received ippy awards, along with the recognition, credibility, and increased sales that a book award can bring. Well accept entries until march 21st, 2009 for books with 2008 s or that were released in 2009. In the category of animalspets, linda benders animal. The awards ceremony to honour the category winners will take place on may 29th in new york, on the eve of the book expo america convention. The ippy conducted annually, the independent publisher book awards honor the years best independently published titles from around the world.
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Conducted annually, the independent publisher book awards honor the years best independently published titles from around the world. They handed out gold, silver, and bronze medals to titles in 80 national, 9 outstanding books of the year, and 34 regional and ebook categories, all celebrating the. My first novel in the blueblood legacies series, draw of the bane, is out now. He has won awards for his writing about the science of hurricanes and their social and financial impacts. Outstanding book of the year most progressive health book 2008. And many of these contests are run by media groups that use them as a way to drum up business. Independent publisher book awards honoring the years. Former literary agent and advertising copywriter, published author, editor and ghostwriter of several bestsellers, stacey donovan helps guide her clients books to successful publication, whether traditional, niche, or independent.
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Conducted each year to honor the years best independently published books, the ippy awards recognize excellence in a broad range of subjects and reward authors and publishers. The independent publisher book awards, known as the ippy, honor the years best titles from around the world published by academic, small and independent presses. Independent publisher book awards award description the ippy awards were conceived as a broadbased, unaffiliated awards program open to all members of the independent publishing industry, and are open to authors and publishers worldwide who produce books written in english and intended for the north american market. We serve a local, national and international clientele and hope that your. Here are the gold, silver and bronze medalists in our 83 national categories. Since 1997, the independent publisher book awards have been recognizing the best independently published books each year read more about the history of the ippys. May 10, 20 about 2,500 independent authors and publishers participated in the 20 independent publisher book awards contest and 382 were awarded medals. Jan 14, 2017 a mong the dozens of awards for selfpublished books, there arent many that are worth winning. Apr 18, 2016 north atlantic books is pleased to announce that three of our recent releases have been acknowledged by the independent publisher book awards ippy. James minter has drawn together a list of 50 book awards open to selfpublishers. The ippy awards, launched in 1996, are designed to bring increased recognition to the deserving but often unsung titles published by independent authors and publishers.
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