2008 IPPY Awards Ceremony in Los Angeles, May 30

 

Los Angeles, California.  Home to Hollywood, the Lakers, and sunny beaches, this popular west-coast city is also the site of the 2008 IPPY Awards ceremony.  The event will take place on May 30, the first evening of this year’s four-day BookExpo America, an annual nationwide convention hosting book-lovers, authors, and members of the publishing industry at the beautiful Los Angeles Convention Center.  IPPY finalists will receive their medals and many congratulations during this exciting evening.     

 

 Los Angeles Convention Center

 

This year’s ceremony will wrap up the 12^th annual IPPY contest.  Established in 1996, the Independent Publisher Book Awards continues to thrive.  Consistently receiving over 3,000 entries a year, the IPPY Awards is now the largest independent book awards contest in the world.   

2008 IPPY AWARDS WINNERS ANNOUNCED!

Yes, it’s here!  The moment you have all been waiting for: the winners of the 2008 Independent Publisher Book Awards have been decided.  The gold, silver, and bronze medalists were announced yesterday on our Independent Publisher online magazine.  We received 3,175 entries this year — 2,500 in the national categories and over 600 in the regional categories — from across the United States and Canada, as well as the U.S. Virgin Islands and 16 countries around the world.  This year’s books were wonderfully written, and the quality and diversity of independent authors always proves to make judging difficult.  We are grateful to all participants in the 2008 IPPYs.  Your hard work as independent authors is much appreciated, and we hope to hear from you again next year! 

Check out the complete list of results!

 

 

2008 IPPY Semi-Finalists Announced!

The list of 2008 IPPY semi-finalists is OUT!  After hours and hours of reading and deliberation, the judges have narrowed down the search for this year’s gold, silver, and bronze medalists. Check out the official list of books by category, and see if yours has made it.  The winners will be announced on May 23, so keep your fingers crossed!

A Breath of Fresh Air

                It began with a simple cartoon in a financial magazine.  The cartoon is a sketch of a little boy watching the news on television with his dad.  The boy asks, “Has there ever been good news?” 

            Father and son Scott and Pat Price of Nashville decided to find out.  They toured all 50 states in search of Americans who exemplified the spirit of goodwill, and compiled their interviews into an IPPY-winning book, Looking for Goodwill.   Interviewees were old and young, and from a variety of races, economic statuses, and backgrounds, but they all were willing to share a reflection on the blessings in their lives.  Questions were aimed to elicit positive responses; they included “What is the best thing about your town?”, “What is the best decision you have ever made?”, and “Do you have a goal which you still wish to achieve?”  Scott and Pat found that people were surprisingly honest and gracious. Looking for Goodwill is a reminder that, even in the state of the world today, there is still joy to be found in America.  This book earned the Prices a silver medal at the 2007 IPPYs in the Most Original Concept category.        http://www.lookingforgoodwill.com