Indie Book Awards
Indie Book Awards( Next Generation Indie Book Awards) is an American literary awards[1] program. It recognizes and honors[2] authors and books in different categories.[3] "Indies" include small presses, larger independent publishers, university presses, e-book publishers, and self-published authors. It was established in 2007. It is the largest international awards program and, is presented by the Independent Book Publishing Professionals Group.[4]
History
changeThis award was founded in 2007 by Catherine Goulet and Marilyn Allen of Allen O’Shea Literary Agency.. It is presented by the Independent Book Publishing Professionals Group. The judges are professionals from the publishing industry,literary agents, editors and authors.
Trophy,cash prizes and medals are awarded to winners and finalists each year during Book Expo America[5].The top books in each category are reviewed by literary agents. The awards ceremonies are held in New York City.The Next Generation Indie Book Awards program has been said to be the 'Sundance[6]' of the book publishing world.
References
change- ↑ Awards, Next Generation Indie Book. "Next Generation Indie Book Awards". indiebookawards.com. Retrieved 2021-06-25.
- ↑ Group, Stockdale Resource. "Minnesota Author Wins 2010 Indie Book Award". PRLog. Retrieved 2021-06-25.
{{cite web}}:|last=has generic name (help) - ↑ "Self-Published Book Awards". The Writers' Union of Canada. 2016-12-19. Archived from the original on 2021-06-25. Retrieved 2021-06-25.
- ↑ Group, Independent Book Publishing Professionals. "IBPPG · Welcome!". www.ibppg.com. Retrieved 2021-06-25.
{{cite web}}:|last=has generic name (help) - ↑ "BookCon". www.bookexpoamerica.com. Retrieved 2021-06-25.
- ↑ "Indie Book Awards". web.archive.org. 2016-01-01. Archived from the original on 2016-01-01. Retrieved 2021-06-25.
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