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A vanity award [1] is an award in which the recipient purchases the award and/or marketing services to give the false appearance of a legitimate honor. [2] [3] Pitches for Who's Who-type publications (see vanity press), biographies or nominations for awards or special memberships can have a catch to them in which the honoree is required to pay for recognition.
David Pietrusza is an American author and historian, and is considered an expert on US Politics in the 1920s. [1]He has written a number of books, including Roosevelt Sweeps Nation: FDR's 1936 Landslide and the Triumph of the Liberal Ideal, which won the 2023 Independent Publisher Book Awards Gold Medal for US History, received a Kirkus starred review and was nominated for the 2022 Kirkus ...
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A man has been arrested in connection to a phishing scam that stole and attempted to steal hundreds of unpublished book manuscripts from authors such as Margaret Atwood and Ethan Hawke. As ...
Barbara Kingsolver at the 75th National Book Awards Nov. 20, 2024 in New York City. The Pulitzer-winning author received the Medal for Distinguished Contribution to American Letters.
At the National Book Awards Ceremony and Dinner held in New York City each November, the chair of each judging panel announces the winners of the year's National Book Awards. Each finalist receives $1,000, a medal, and a citation written by the judging panel; winners get $10,000 and a bronze sculpture. [13]
The remuneration is equal to or greater than US$100,000 or equivalent. Because fluctuating exchange rates move non-US dollar denominated awards in and out of the list over time, awards near this amount are also included. The award is for any genre of writing (fiction, journalism, etc.) or award type (book or author).
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