6-537: The Next Generation Indie Book Awards , also known as the Indie Book Awards , is a literary awards program that recognizes and honors authors and publishers of exceptional independently published books in 70 different categories. "Indies" include small presses, larger independent publishers, university presses, e-book publishers, and self-published authors. Established in 2007, it is the largest international awards program for indie authors and independent publishers and
12-484: A literary awards program for independently-published books, co-founder of career guides publisher FabJob alongside her sister Tag and founder of zenGOT , a platform which connects customers and service providers. Goulet is co-founder and chairperson of the Next Generation Indie Book Awards , a literary awards program for independently published books. She has said that one of her goals is to make
18-526: A trophy, and the top books in each category are reviewed by literary agents for possible representation. The Next Generation Indie Book Awards are announced each year during BookExpo America in a catalog distributed to BookExpo attendees. Winners and Finalists are honored at a reception during BookExpo America. The awards ceremonies are held at landmark locations in New York City including the Plaza Hotel and
24-686: Is presented by the Independent Book Publishing Professionals Group. The not-for-profit awards program was founded in 2007 by Catherine Goulet and is presented by the Independent Book Publishing Professionals Group in cooperation with co-founder Marilyn Allen of Allen O’Shea Literary Agency. The judges are professionals from the book publishing industry, including literary agents, editors, publishing executives, book reviewers, writing teachers, and authors. Cash prizes and medals are awarded to winners and finalists ranging from $ 100 to $ 1,500, grand prize winners are also awarded
30-593: The Harvard Club of New York City . In 2016 the ceremony was held at the Newberry Library in Chicago . The Next Generation Indie Book Awards program has been said to be the 'Sundance' of the book publishing world. Catherine Goulet Catherine Goulet is an author, publishing entrepreneur, and careers expert from Vancouver, British Columbia , Canada. She is co-founder of the Next Generation Indie Book Awards ,
36-456: The awards "the Sundance of indie books". Goulet herself is author of more than four books focused on breaking into different careers and she has written on work-related topics for international press titles including Metro News and CNN . Alongside her sister Tag , Goulet co-authored a book called Dream Careers which reached number #1 on Amazon 's career and business list, and attracted
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