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Publisher’s Letter
Publishers Letter BookCAMP 2025: The Trade Show for Independent Authors and Publishers
Unleash Your Book’s Inner Blockbuster: From Page to Screen!
Book to Film: Navigating Hollywood’s Adaptation Process
Imagine your book on the big silver screen. How about streaming on Netflix, Amazon Prime Video, Disney, Paramount? How does one do that, I mean, get your book adapted to film and/or television?
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I’m glad you asked. We’ve given a brief outline in this issue on what to consider when approaching Hollywood for your book to be turned into the “next big hit,” or at least just make it to the screen. It’s a daunting prospect that we can boil down into a more understandable process; and prepare you to construct an approach for your book. This is all in preparation for our deep dive sessions at BookCAMP 2025, https://www.independentpressaward.com/ipabookcamp, where you will get to meet experts that deal with book adaptation, and to hopefully make you a big star.
Looking for the Next Generation: Nominate the “40 Under Forty” in Publishing
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. No portion of this magazine may be reproduced without express permission from the publisher. To submit your book for our award programs, visit the websites: Spring 2025: https://www.independentpressaward.com/ (Independent press and authors consideration; does not permit the big 5 publishing houses to participate; closes December 30th every year, winners announced in March of every year.)
“40 Under Forty in Publishing”: Nominate Your Publishing Stars Speaking of stars, are you a rising one? Do you know one? Are you or someone you know a ‘mover & shaker’, innovator, visionary editor, an influential literary agent, a creative designer, a savvy digital marketing manager, a social media whiz, or a ‘game-changer’? Maybe just an exceptional editorial assistant, an insightful blogger, or a dedicated publisher? How about a distributor, sales & marketing agent, special sales rep, finance or legal department head—someone making the publishing industry go, we want to hear about them! (And don’t hesitate to nominate yourself if you’re making waves!)
Fall 2025: https://www.nycbigbookaward.com/ (More consumer focused; different judging; allows for all authors and publishers to participate; closes every August, winners announced in October of every year.)
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WHO CAN ENTER?
To nominate someone for the Class of 2025, please complete the form on our website page: https://www.printedwordreviews.com/bookcamp-40under40.
Print and audiobooks can be submitted by: • Independent publishers • University presses • Hybrid publishers • Association presses • Self-published authors
Every nominated individual will be recognized in BookCAMP magazine and personally acknowledged by me BookCAMP’s publisher Ted Olczak. On May 2nd, all nominees will be given free passes to celebrate at a special recognition ceremony during our BookCAMP 2025 event.
If you are a big five publishing house, you must submit your books to our fall competition, NYCBigBookAward.com, which has a separate committee and entry fee.
DEADLINE APPROACHING
Outside of the big five publishing houses, any publisher or author may submit to both competitions, IndependentPressAward.com (every spring); and NYCBigBookAward.com (every fall). See webpages for complete details.
WHEN CAN I ENTER the Independent Press Award? We are on a rolling submission, approximately every two and a half months, with two hard deadlines: (1) March 2024 to August 30, 2024; (2) September 1, 2024 to December 30, 2024 All entries must be postmarked no later than December 30, 2024. This final deadline will not be extended. What if I miss the deadline? Enter our fall program NYCBigBookAward.com as we take books until August 30th. ENTRY FEE $125 per title/per category, plus $75 for any additional category
STEP-BY-STEP INSTRUCTIONS Decide which books (copyright date within the past three years is recommended but not required) to enter into this year’s competition. 2 Calculate the total entry fee. Choose which categories, https://www.independentpressaward.com/categories, to enter each book into. You may enter a book into as many categories as you’d like. The fee for the first category is $125. Any additional book categories for that same book is $75 per category. • SINGLE BOOK, MULTIPLE CATEGORIES: One who enters “Book One” in Children’s Educational and Book Cover Design Childrens category, the entry fee is $125 + $75 = $200.
Last year’s BookCAMP was a resounding success, with the mayor’s office presented his Proclamation declaring Independent Press Award Week! We anticipate an even bigger event this year, I’ve even heard the governor office potentially set to make an appearance this year.
Educational and Book Cover Design Childrens category, the entry fee is $125 + $75 = $200, and “Book Two” in Mystery and New Fiction (first-time published), the entry fee is $125 + $75 = $200, so $200 + 200 = $400 in total book entry fees. 3 Download a form from this page, OR submit the entry form online on this page, https://www.independentpressaward.com/online-entry-form-1 Complete form 4 Duplicate each Entry Label if you are entering multiple categories. For print books, a copy of the completed Entry Label must be placed inside the front cover of every book submitted. Up to four physical copies for entry into four or more categories. Audiobooks, a single copy of the completed Entry Label must be submitted along with either an Audible gift code or Authors’ Direct code. IF SUBMITTING ONLINE and sending a book directly from Amazon.com or other retailer/printer, NO PAPERWORK IS REQUIRED to accompany the book(s). 5 Pay via PayPal button on the website or mail a check, along with your books and printed entry form, and ship to:
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Looking Forward to BookCAMP 2025
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More importantly, I look forward to bringing in more experts and practical actionable publishing programming to continue to benefit independent authors and publishers. Make an investment in yourself and your publishing program. Sign up today at https://www.independentpressaward.com/ipabookcamp. Until next issue,
Ted Olczak
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The Trade Show for Independent Authors and Publishers A significant publishing industry trade show event designed to benefit authors and publishers is returning for 2025
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he premier trade show for the publishing industry is returning in Ceremony. With 200 worldwide attendees last year, including authors from 2025. Ted Olczak, publisher of BookCAMP magazine, has announced Australia, Bangladesh, Canada, China, Singapore, Olczak believes there will that the BookCAMP 2025 event will take place in New Jersey during be even more excitement this upcoming year. the first weekend of May. The BookCAMP event grew out of a quarterly magazine BookCAMP, Library This three-day event, set for May 2-4, 2025, will be held at the Doubletree of Congress ISSN: 2994-4406, which addresses authors and publishers’ by Hilton Hotel near Newark Liberty International Airport, 128 Frontage business challenges of book publishing. Rd, Newark, NJ. Independent authors, publishers, and industry experts will come together to share knowledge, network, and celebrate publishing Feel free to contact Ted Olczak directly at success. Ted@GabbyBookAwards.com or https://www.linkedin.com/in/ted-olczak-64a1386. For additional Last year, BookCAMP 2024 helped independent authors & publishers information and to learn about BookCAMP 2025, please visit the website, improve their bookselling strategies. Topics that ranged from marketing, https://www.independentpressaward.com/ipabookcamp. 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.
May 2-4, 2025
Audible.com audiobook service ACX sponsored the welcoming ceremony to all newcomers at “Get the Most Out of the Show”’ at the BookCAMP 2024 event.
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“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”. In this upcoming year for BookCAMP 2025, Olczak promises to schedule additional programming on social media, the use (and non-use) of artificial intelligence, as well as sessions on getting your book adapted for the movie screen. BookCAMP 2025 is designed to give practical, actionable information and connect attendees to other publishing professionals that can absolutely make a difference in how they will continue their book publishing programs and book sales.” Olczak maintains “BookCAMP has proven itself to be a MUST-ATTEND event, impacting every publisher and author’s publishing trajectory. The education and networking is invaluable, and all of it presented in a very compact format and in record time.” Of course, “we will usher in a new class of ‘40 Under Forty in Publishing’, and I’m inviting last year’s class to help us celebrate the newcomers”, said the publisher Ted Olczak. Olczak went on to say that he is expecting a record number of attendees to its INDEPENDENT PRESS and NYC Big Book Awards Dinner & www.IndependentPressAward.com
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