(Ed. note: Odile Sullivan-Tarazi sits on the board of Independent Publishers of New England (IPNE), a sister organization of BAIPA, where she chairs the book awards program. She's sharing this story about one author's experience with the 2023 Book … [Read more...]
Will winning a book award make a difference for you and your book?
Within the traditional publishing industry, outside of winning the National Book Award, the Booker Prize, a Pulitzer — that kind of thing — no, it’s unlikely to. You’re not going to impress agents or acquisitions editors in the arena of the Big … [Read more...]
Considering a book awards program this year? Consider IPNE
(IPNE — Independent Publishers of New England — is a sister organization of BAIPA.) If you, or any of your authors, published a book in 2022, 2023, or early 2024 (or in our continuing legacy series, a work specifically of nonfiction anytime back … [Read more...]
Got a Backlist Title You’d Like to See Get a Little Love? 2023 IPNE Book Awards
10th Annual IPNE Book Awards Independent Publishers of New England Thinking of submitting a novel to the 2023 IPNE Book Awards? Follow — and participate in — the rest of this discussion via A Deeper Dive into Your Novel or Short Story Collection. . … [Read more...]
Genre Gets A Bad Rap, In Some Circles
Thinking of submitting a novel to the 2023 IPNE Annual Book Awards? Follow — and participate in — the rest of this discussion via A Deeper Dive into Your Novel or Short Story Collection. . . . p.s. Literary fiction is a genre too. The … [Read more...]