If only book publishing had a patron saint, someone to drive out the plague of problems facing this always-challenging, always-changing business. A few pints may bring temporary relief today, but tomorrow we'll wake up with a hangover and the same question: How can anyone besides blockbuster authors and Jeff Bezos make money in publishing? My advice: READ MORE BOOKS! Read cutting-edge, award-winning business books -- and do I have a reading list for you...
Announcing the winners of the 3rd Annual Axiom Business Book Awards
Check out the 78 gold, silver and bronze medal winners HERE, all loaded with knowledge about the economy and tips for improving your career and business. As it says on the Axiom Award medals, "Laurus Lego Erudito," or "Success Through Knowledge." Congratulations to the winners!
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This month’s features also include Nina L. Diamond's conversation with IPPY Award winner Steve Bergman (aka Samuel Shem), and my interview with a first-time author and Axiom Award winner Dan Burns author of the timely job interview book, The First 60 Seconds. Burns got a contract with indie standout Sourcebooks, and soon learned the importance of marketing himself and his book.
Last month's Indie Groundbreaking Book is Guerilla Marketing Goes Green, by marketing veterans Shel Horowitz and Jay Conrad Levinson, who assert that "When you treat the prospect as intelligent, base your business on ethics, and actually anticipate those prospects’ needs, your growth can be exponential—but if you use old-style interruption-oriented marketing that insults your prospects, you’re writing a recipe for failure."
Last month we launched a new column this month: Digital Book News - The High-Tech World of ePublishing, to help sort out some of the new technology and tools that will help our readers make that "transition from an all-print world to a hybrid world." Check out the MashLogic company and take the Vook for a test drive!
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Book Awards Alert:
This is a big weekend here at Book Awards Central -- Saturday is the entry deadline for our 14th Annual IPPY Awards, the "World's Largest Book Awards Contest" open exclusively to independent authors and publishers. Still want to enter? Go to the IPPY ENTRY PAGE. Stil undecided? See the Top Ten Reasons to Enter.
Good luck to all!
Jim Barnes
jimb@bookpublishing.com
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Book Awards Updates:
2010 MOONBEAM CHILDREN'S BOOK AWARDS
www.MoonbeamAwards.com
Entry is open for our fourth annual children's book contest, with an early-bird entry fee until June 5th.
Click here to see 2009 Moonbeam Awards results and photos.
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2010 INDEPENDENT PUBLISHER BOOK AWARDS
http://www.independentpublisher.com/ipland/IPAwards.php
14th Annual Awards are underway, with just 40 days left to enter. The final entry deadline is March 20th. Cool medals! Shiny stickers! Awesome party at BookExpo America!
Click here to receive 2010 Guidelines and entry info.
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2010 LIVING NOW BOOK AWARDS
http://www.livingnowawards.com/about.php
"Books for Better Living"
Judging is underway, with results to be announced on Earth Day, April 22nd. Good luck to all the entrants!
The Living Now Book Awards are designed to bring increased recognition to the year’s very best lifestyle books and their creators, by awarding books that help readers learn about enriching their lives in wholesome, Earth-friendly ways.
Click here to receive 2011 Guidelines and entry info.
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2010 AXIOM BUSINESS BOOK AWARDS - "Success Through Knowledge" www.AxiomAwards.com
Judging is complete. Congratulations to the winners!
See results HERE.
Now in their third year, the Axiom Business Book Awards are designed to bring increased recognition to the year's best business books and their creators.
Click here to receive 2011 Guidelines and entry info.
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current features
Announcing Results of the 3rd Annual Axiom Business Book Awards - "Recognizing and Promoting the World's Best Business Books"
IPPY Effect VII: A Conversation with IPPY Award-Winner Steve Bergman
by Nina L. Diamond
Looking Back at the Experience of a Lifetime
An Interview with Author Dan Burns
Redefining Book Publishing & the Media
A Conversation with Howard Libin
by Nina L. Diamond
Indie Groundbreaking Book: Guerilla Marketing Goes Green
An Approach That Puts Values Above Value
by Jim Barnes
Indie Groundbreaking Publisher: Lee & Low Books
"Being inclusive is about living inclusively every day of our lives."
by Jim Barnes
Book Awards Central
Updates on all four of our Book Awards contests
current columns & departments
Digital Book News - The High-Tech World of ePublishing
This Month: End Your Customers' Google Addiction with MashLogic
The Uncomfort Zone
This Month: Sometimes You Have to Rip the Cover Off the Book
with Robert Wilson
Much Ado About Publishing
"Jessie: A Literary Tail & A Warm Nose for News"
by Nina L. Diamond
Highlighted Titles
Each month we add our favorite 25 newly released indie titles
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