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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 ...
[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.
Its awards were frequently denounced as scams by politicians, [1] journalists, [2] [3] and others. [ 4 ] [ 5 ] [ 6 ] The Government of Western Australia 's ScamNet service considers the American Biographical Institute to be a scam vanity publisher "who appeals to people who want a plaque on their wall or see their name in a book, even if the ...
With over 3,500 members, IBPA is the largest publishing trade association in the United States. [1] IBPA programs and publications include the IBPA Book Award/Benjamin Franklin Award, [2] IBPA Publishing University, [3] and the monthly Independent Magazine. IBPA was founded in 1983 [2] as the Publishers Association of Southern California ...
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Jenkins Group, Inc. is a book publishing and marketing company based in Traverse City, Michigan, USA. It was established in 1988 as Publisher's Design Service and Publisher's Distribution Service, then was incorporated as Jenkins Group in 1995. It provides custom book publishing and marketing services and has founded several book awards ...
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 ]
Founded in 1962, the organisation was originally known as the Independent Publishers Group until in 1966/67, it became the Independent Publishers Guild. [ 8 ] The IPG's activities include conferences, the annual IPG Awards, which recognise the achievements of individuals and companies within the UK industry, and collective stands at the London ...