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D O BOOK A WARDS M ATTER ? YES! (C ONT ’ D )
14. Find out how to make it on the Indie Next List to win an Indies Choice Book
Award http://www.bookweb.org/indiebound/nextlist/view
15. Get your book recommended for The Discover Great New Writers
award http://www.barnesandnobleinc.com/for_publishers/discover_program/
discover_program.html
16. The Nautilus Book Award seeks books that make a difference and in-
spire. http://www.nautilusbookawards.com
17. Here’s a service where you can enter several book festivals at the same time for
about $50 per festival. This is absolutely the best idea. I’ve used this several
times. One entry form, one payment, two books, ten plus book awards spread
out over a year. Just do it. http://bookfestivals.com
18. The National Indie Excellence Book Awards competition selects award winners
and finalists based on overall excellence of presentation in dozens of categories.
Created especially for indie and self-published authors. Deadline is April
2017. http://www.indieexcellence.com
19. Have you written a business book? The Axiom Business Book Awards celebrate
excellence in business book writing and publishing by presenting gold, silver and
bronze medals in 20 business categories http://www.axiomawards.com
20. The non-profit Independent Book Publishers Association’s Benjamin Franklin
Awards are now in their 27th year of awarding excellence in book publishing in
55 categories. All entrants receive direct judge feedback–unique in the industry.
For more information, visit http://ibpabenjaminfranklinawards.com
21. USA Best Book Awards has a ten year track record of honoring and promoting
books to the national and international community. The contest is sponsored by
USA Book News which covers books from all sections of the publishing indus-
try—mainstream, independent, & self-published.
http://www.usabooknews.com
22. Reader Views Annual Literary Awards were established to honor writers who
self-publish or who were published by small presses or independent publish-
ers. http://readerviews.com/literaryawards
23. Amazon Kindle Scout. Submit your new, never-before-published, English-
language book of 50,000 words or more to Kindle Scout and be considered for a
publishing contract with Kindle Press in 45 days or less.
https://kindlescout.amazon.com/help?topicId=AP72QR5GUKEQS
24. Writer’s Digest Self-Published Book Awards. Whether you’re a professional
writer, a part-time freelancer or a self-starting student, here’s your chance to
enter the only self-published competition exclusively for self-published books.
W RITERS ’ T RICKS OF THE T RADE
P AGE 7
Q UOTES A BOUT
E B OOKS
“I've got to stop be-
ing such a snob
about leather-bound
books, he reminded
himself. E-books do
have their mo-
ments.”
― Dan
Brown, Inferno
“In the end, what
makes a book valua-
ble is not the paper
it’s printed on, but
the thousands of
hours of work by
dozens of people
who are dedicated
to creating the best
possible reading ex-
perience for you.”
― John Green
“If e-book readers
were invented be-
fore print books,
(petty things such
as) the smell of ink
would have been
some people’s only
reason for not
abandoning e-
books.”
― Mokokoma
Mokhonoana.
S UMMER 2017