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[1] [2] "Indies" include small presses, larger independent publishers, university presses, e-book publishers, and self-published authors. [3] Established in 2007, it is the largest international awards program for indie authors and independent publishers and is presented by the Independent Book Publishing Professionals Group.
The Self-Published Fantasy Blog-Off (SPFBO) is an annual literary contest intended to bring greater visibility to self-published English-language fantasy authors. The SPFBO has been operated since 2015 by the author Mark Lawrence. He distributes about 300 novels submitted by the authors to ten fantasy bloggers to review. Each blogger selects a ...
The IPPY's mission statement claims the awards are intended to 'recognise the deserving but often unsung titles published by independent authors and publishers, and bring them to the attention of booksellers, buyers, librarians, and book lovers around the world.' [2] The IPPY criteria for an 'independent' publication mandates that all entries ...
The Rubery International Book Award (founded in 2010 by Heather Painter) is the largest cash award for books published by independent publishers and self published authors in Great Britain. [1] The London Review of Books described it as "independent publishing's response to the Booktrust and the Orange Prize . [ 2 ]
Eight regional winners then competed for the pan-Commonwealth Best Book and Best First Book prizes, awarded at a public programme held in a different Commonwealth country each year. The award was discontinued in 2011, when the Commonwealth Foundation launched a new cultural programme, Commonwealth Writers , which offered the Commonwealth Short ...
The Alliance of Independent Authors (often abbreviated to ALLi, pronounced "ally") is a non-profit organisation of independent (or self-published) authors. The organisation was founded at the London Book Fair in 2012, [ 1 ] [ 2 ] by Orna Ross and Philip Lynch.
In October 2007, the self-publishing company CreateSpace teamed up with NaNoWriMo to begin offering winners a single free, paperback proof copy of their manuscripts, with the option to use the proof to then sell the novel on Amazon.com. [38] In 2011, CreateSpace offered winners five free, paperback proof copies of their manuscripts. In addition ...
Books previously published in English are not eligible, such as re-issues and paperback editions. Nor does the NBC Circle consider "cookbooks, self help books (including inspirational literature), reference books, picture books or children's books". They do consider "translations, short story and essay collections, self published books, and any ...