www.IndependentPressAward.com
1
www.nycbigbookaward.com
BookCAMP
2024
Thank you so much for all your work organizing BookCAMP, and everything you and Gabby do to help authors!
As a speaker, the event was profitable, and if all those who said they would join my program actually do so, it will be excellent. From all I could see you did a wonderful job in organization and execution.
“You all did an amazing job! Just a wonderful event. Thanks for everything.”
Brian Jud S P E A K E R
Megan Henry author of An Incomplete Theory: The Search for Quantum Gravity
JW Warner author of Of Fog, and Fire, and Ice: Book 3 of the Kotidor Chronicles
“Ted, I want to thank you for your support and the amazing event you created. Thank you very much in advance for all the amazing work you put into the event. Jenny and I loved it very much. Thank you once again.”
Hi Ted, Thanks again, for your BookCAMP and Awards Ceremony. We truly enjoyed ourselves, appreciated the Professional Ceremony and your exceptionally thoughtful presence. We felt very cared about and respected. Also, if I may, your memory for names is remarkable, and memorable in itself. Congratulations! Again, Thank You: for a Once In a Lifetime experience!
Ernesto Atkinson
Dr. David Rockwell
author of Stolen Moments / Momentos Robados www.IndependentPressAward.com
author of We Were The Ramchargers: Inside Drag Racing’s Legendary Team, Second Edition 2
www.nycbigbookaward.com
Great meeting you at your BookCAMP event over the weekend. I enjoyed being a panelist on the first day. I could not believe that was the first year because it was so well-organized and polished.
“So glad to have been your first presenter at the first BookCAMP. You have a wonderful model for success here and it will succeed because you are a people person”… “I am your guy no matter where you want to go.”
Jeff Rivera S P E A K E R
Thanks so much for having us, Ted! It was great to meet you as well as the authors in attendance and talk about ways to create audiobooks through ACX.
Brian Feinblum S P E A K E R
“You got a great turnout. Thanks for having me.”
Jess Guro
Great show and it was good to see you! Thanks for inviting me to join the show.
ACX.com
Jarred Weisfeld S P E A K E R
Kenichi Sugihara
Hi Ted and Gabby - we just wanted to say how much we appreciated attending the Independent Press Award banquet last week. The whole event was exciting and fun and we appreciated the opportunity to attend as the publisher representing our books and authors. Look forward to future events! Warm, regards
S P E A K E R
I had a fantastic time at the Awards banquet and felt truly spoiled! Thank you so much for the fantastic evening! It was a night to remember.
Tiffany and Calvert Laurisa Brandt
Publishers,
author of Birthright of Scars: Rising
www.IndependentPressAward.com
3
www.nycbigbookaward.com
Publisher’s Letter BookCAMP 2024 happened, and what an amazing experience for us all! With such an ambitious program happening for the first time, I was wondering if I may have tried to do too much. As you’ll read, the program centered around three days, each with a theme. In addition, BookCAMP was in fact three separate shows under one roof. A component catering to young talent and small press, another to the independent author and publisher and, of course, award-winning authors from around the world. Attendees were satisfied and impressed with the depth and breadth of the programming. Everyone thought we had done this for years. Fact is, in a sense, we have. Wolfgang Schmid, a 50+ year veteran in the shipping and logistics industry spoke to publishers and authors about getting books abroad to Don Mazzella, whose first job was at NBC, a lifelong newspaperman and journalist for half a century, spoke about the benefits of writer circles. A long-time supporter of mine, David Nudo who served as Managing Director of Books, The New York Times, Publisher of PW, and the President Emeritus, Publishers Marketing and Advertising Association, has been part of the publishing industry for the better part of three decades. Warren Frasier, agent for Joyce Carol Oates, at the John Hawkins and Associates, Inc. who has three and a half decades of experience as a literary agent, generously donated his time and resources to preliminary readings of authors and publishers manuscripts, then meeting with them at BookCAMP 2024.
Book CAMP by Printed Word Reviews magazine, Online format Library of Congress ISSN: 2994-4406 is published 5 times a year. Questions or comments are welcomed, please contact the Publisher Ted Olczak at Ted@PrintedWordReviews.com.
To submit your book, visit our websites: Fall 2024: https://www.nycbigbookaward.com/ (More consumer focused; different judging; allows for all authors and publishers to participate; announced in the fall of every year) or Spring 2025:
And I even brought a bit of star power with publishing heavy weight Jarred Weisfeld, who has created and produced television shows for Vh1, MTV, Spike TV and Nickelodeon. Recently Jarred has served as Executive Producer on “Gone Too Soon” which was seen in over 50 Countries. Currently, he serves as CEO of Objective Entertainment, a full service literary agency and is the President of Start Publishing, a publisher of high quality titles in a variety of niches; including science fiction, fantasy, thrillers, and advice how-to. Mr. Weisfeld has overseen the acquisition of over eight publishing companies. Start Publishing now has a backlist of over 6,000 titles and is distributed by Simon and Schuster.
https://www.independentpressaward.com/
To advertise, please contact Ted@GabbyBookAwards.com, or visit our website, https://www.independentpressaward.com/advertise No portion of this magazine may be reproduced without express permission from the publisher. The magazine Independent Press Award and NYC Big Book Award present is published eight times per year and has been issued the following ISSNs by the U.S. ISSN Center, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.: Format: Online Format: ISSN 2836-9157; and the Print Format: ISSN 2836-9149. Any questions or comments, please contact the Publisher Ted Olczak at Ted@GabbyBookAwards.com or Ted@PrintedWordReviews.com.
On a personal level, a highlight for me was when the mayor’s office presented his Proclamation declaring this INDEPENDENT PRESS AWARD WEEK.
All rights reserved. No part of this magazine may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, recording, or by an information storage and retrieval system - except by a reviewer who provides us credit may quote brief passages in a review to be printed in a magazine or newspaper without permission in writing from the publisher. To submit your book for review, send to: Printed Word Reviews, 63 Clinton Rd, Glen Ridge, NJ 07028. Allow 8 - 12 weeks. Unpaid reviews are not guaranteed. More details available on our website at https:// printedwordreviews.com/
BookCAMP www.IndependentPressAward.com
4
I look forward to BookCAMP 2025, and bringing in more experts and practical actionable publishing programming to continue to benefit independent authors and publishers, and you can sign up at https://www.independentpressaward.com/ipabookcamp. Until next issue,
Ted Olczak Publisher
www.nycbigbookaward.com
BookCAMP 2024: The Trade Show for Independent Authors and Publishers
A significant publishing industry trade show event designed to benefit authors and publishers
T
he BookCAMP 2024 event took place on June 23-25th, 2024 at the Doubletree by Hilton Hotel near Newark Liberty International Airport where independent authors, publishers, industry experts gathered to learn, trade success stories and network.
publisher of these distinctive awards, and point to the fact that tonight’s awards dinner is proof. I believe this is the most far reaching book awards celebration, with such a large number of authors and international participation.” The BookCAMP 2024 event grew out of a quarterly magazine BookCAMP, Library of Congress ISSN: 2994-4406, which addresses authors and publishers’ business challenges of book publishing.
BookCAMP 2024 helped independent authors & publishers improve their bookselling strategies. Topics that ranged from marketing, publicity, distribution through bookstores, libraries, big box stores such as Costco, Target, etc. Podcasting as well as audiobooks presentations as well as a session on libraries helped authors and publishers think about how they could make their books better succeed.
Feel free to contact Ted Olczak directly at Ted@GabbyBookAwards.com or https://www.linkedin.com/in/ted-olczak-64a1386. For additional information and to learn about BookCAMP 2025, please visit the website, https://www.independentpressaward.com/ipabookcamp.
Audible.com audiobook service ACX sponsored the welcoming ceremony to all newcomers at “Get the Most Out of the Show”’ of the BookCAMP 2024 event.
ALL AUTHORS & PUBLISHERS INVITED! Print and Audiobooks accepted
“I believe it was a significant key event in years for our industry,” said David Nudo, former publisher of Publishers Weekly, Former Managing Director of Books of The New York Times, and a show participant, “and I am very much looking forward to BookCAMP 2025”.
AUGUST 30th is the final deadline to receive books!
Join us this fall
Also, worldwide authors were recognized at the awards dinner & ceremony held during BookCAMP 2024. An incredible 200 attendees participated in the Independent Press Award and NYC Big Book Award ceremonies & dinner on Monday, June 24, 2024. Authors in attendance were from Singapore, China, and Australia just a few of the countries represented, along with authors and publishers from across the United States. Publisher Ted Olczak said “With authors and publishers in focus, BookCAMP 2024 provided practical, actionable information and connected them with other publishing professionals that absolutely made a difference in how they will continue their book publishing programs and book sales.” He went on to say “BookCAMP has proven itself to be a MUST-ATTEND event, impacting every publisher and author’s publishing trajectory. They learned invaluable information presented in a very compact format and in record time.”
Any author (self-, hybrid), any publisher, anywhere, can submit their book for the 2024 BIG BOOK AWARD Contact Ted Olczak at (718) 938-4590 or Ted@GabbyBookAwards.com
ER N
• INDEPENDENT 24 PR ES 20 S
D AR AW
W IN
www.nycBigBookAward.com AWARD 2
Additionally Olczak said, “For the Independent Press Award and the NYC Big Book Award, I am proud to be the magazine www.IndependentPressAward.com
5
2024N E R
0 2
4
W I N
www.nycbigbookaward.com