Last Minute Gifts 2024

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Print and audiobook can be submitted by: • Independent publishers • University presses • Association presses • Hybrid publishers • Self-published authors 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.

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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 received 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.

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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.

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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.

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Please submit two copies of your book for entry into two or more categories.

For a single-category entry, one copy is sufficient.

Audiobooks, a single copy of the completed Entry form (can use online form) must be submitted along with an Audible gift code.

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Publisher’s Letter

As I sit in 74 degree weather, excited for the book fair this weekend, I have a moment to reflect as we go to press with this issue shortly.

2024 has been an amazing year for what we did for authors, and exhilarated for what’s to come. Off a successful BookCAMP, our next one is shaping up to be far better: more experts; more topics; and more actionable information. Never talking down, but connecting on what’s possible for independent publishers and authors. Here, we spend three days with industry experts, learning, sharing and networking. This year’s event will take place on May 2-4, 2025 at the DoubleTree by Hilton, located by the Newark International Airport on 128 Frontage Road. Take a closer look at what we are offering in the centerfold of this issue. Hope you join us, more details here: https://www.ipabookcamp.com/ We’ve executed inventive ways to gain attention from readers. From NYC Times Square billboards to traditional first-time exhibits at old and new trade shows. Selling books using proven market strategies and implementing innovative, cost-saving marketing solutions.

We’re attacking book buying markets from a number of different angles to get results. In 2025, we have a number of additional initiatives that will help those authors shopping a manuscript to publishers and agents to be discovered, to those existing authors that want to be reached via television to sell their books. I look forward to more results!

The holiday season is a time to focus on those you love, and those who want to be a part of your life’s success. In this spirit, I encourage you to think hard about all those who have supported you, and wished you well, and take action to buy them one of our award-winning books. Maybe you’ve been thinking about them, but not planning to gift them. Take action, and be rest assured that buying them a book will make a difference. Maybe they will read it, maybe they will regift it, but nonetheless, they know that you appreciate them, and you will be remembered. So, pick out a book from the pages ahead, and start opening doors and conversations, and reconnecting.

Until next issue,

Ted Olczak Publisher

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Call for entries for the Independent Press Award Newly featured author interviews on The GAB TALKS Publisher’s Letter GAB TALKS with Dr. Kimberly Harms author of Are You Ready?: How to Build a Legacy to Die For IPA BookCAMP 2025 Call for book submissions for the NYC Big Book Award More Holiday Books for the Season Independent Press Award 2024 award-winning books BookCAMP's Publishing Services Directory

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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.

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 www.printedwordreviews.com/

To submit your book, visit our websites: Spring 2025: Independent Press Award, www.independentpressaward.com/ Books must be received by December 30, 2024.

Allows independent publishers and authors to participate. Self-publishers are welcomed.

Fall 2025: NYC Big Book Award, www.nycbigbookaward.com/ Any publisher, including the Big Five Publishers to University Presses or any author anywhere is encouraged to submit. (More consumer focused; different judging) Books must be received by August 30, 2025.

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Dr. Kimberly Harms Author: Are You Ready?: How to Build a Legacy to Die For

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A Commissioned Officer in the United States Public Health Service, a Clinical Assistant Professor at Loyola University Dental School, a grief counselor, three decades as a clinical dentist in private practice with her late husband Jim in Farmington MN, a death doula, a civil mediator, a school board Chair, President of an international women’s organization, the first woman President of the Minnesota Dental Association and co-founder of 65 Eric Harms Memorial Libraries through Books for Africa in Rowanda. Kimberley has suffered many personal losses including the suicide deaths of her mother and son and the death from a broken heart of her husband Jim. Kimberley’s most important role now is as a mother to her two surviving children and grandmother to six precious grandchildren. Kimberly joins us from Minnesota.

Gabby: Explain what you refer to as the fourth quarter of your life and how it inspired you to write Are You Ready: How To Build a Legacy to Die For. Kimberly: My husband Jim passed away four years ago. I just found myself in that transition between menopause and death.

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with everybody in your life. If you live with your legacy in mind, if you realize that every interaction you have is building a legacy with that person, especially when you’re interacting with family members, you live your life a little differently because it’s not about you anymore.

Gabby: Are You Ready? is written from a compassionate perspective, your personal story is poignant and heartbreaking. The death of your son Eric was certainly the most difficult to read about. Can you elaborate on your story?

Kimberly: I lost my mother to suicide when Legacy is about what you’re leaving for them. I was 17. I married my husband, Jim, when I My legacy to my children and my grandchil- was 19. We had a great life. We had a small I realized that we don’t have many work- dren is for them to know they are loved. town dental practice in Farmington, three books or educational books to help us get amazing children. Our youngest, Eric was through this fourth quarter of our lives. I Gabby: Your book is written in three parts. just brilliant. He was recruited by Columbia started researching. The information was In part one, you outline the various different University. He loved Columbia, because he fascinating and I wanted to put it all in a types of legacies. You refer to them as posi- could be in a jazz program and study engibook form. My purpose is to help people look tive affirmative endowments. Love, family, neering at the same time. He’d made the at this squarely in the face. It’s coming and resilience. mentorship. Is there one type of Dean’s list and had a great first semester. He we need to get our stuff in order and prepare legacy that you feel is the most enduring? went back in January and two weeks later our children emotionally so that when we his girlfriend broke up with him. Eric took pass away they are stronger and more resil- Kimberly: Of course, love is the big king of his own life within 45 minutes of the final ient. legacies. I only had my mother for six years, breakup with his girlfriend. yet I think that anything good that I have beGabby: What is the definition of legacy and come, I became because of her. She gave me Gabby: How did you rise to joy from what is it something tangible? so much love during those six years. She also you call the grief pit? gave me resilience.

Kimberly: It’s every interaction you have

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Kimberly: It affected my children and my husband. I was going to make sure that my kids knew they were enough. I was going to fight, kick, scream, and claw my way out of that pit because my grief just didn’t affect me alone. My message to everyone through the book is no matter what happens to you, take the effort to fight that grief. It’s a horrible place to live. So much better to live in joy.

Gabby: Along your journey from dentist to grief counselor you saw that there were a lot of things that needed to be done. The Death Preppers workbook is part three in the book. It’s an invaluable tool designed to empower the readers, to prepare for the inevitable and to leave our loved ones with a legacy, not a mess. Can you explain what an emotional insurance policy is?

Kimberly: We need to prepare our children emotionally for a time when we die. I spent a lot of time in that darn grief pit. I don’t want them at the bottom like I was. I would like to prepare them so that they understand that death is part of life and that my life was so enriched because of them. I want them to understand how much I love them, and to know that I want them to have a happy life.

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LGBTQ Fiction

Children’s Fiction Sailing to Noon

Melina’s Christmas Tree

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“I really felt this book: I entered its geography, saw and smelled and moved in it, which is a tribute to its vivid intimacy.”

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With no tree in her home, and just a dollar from her widowed mother, Melina goes out on Christmas eve to find one. She faces the cold night and many obstacles, but she doesn’t give up. With perseverance and an unexpected miracle, Melina gets her very special tree.

In a lush Caribbean setting, Sailing to Noon depicts a colorful range of characters. Despite her travels throughout the world, Chiara marvels at Canuba, where ‘magic realism’ is everyday life. Amado, her pansexual lover, immerses her in its eclectic culture, natural wonders, and buoyant sensuality. Enthralled by her island reverie, she veers off course when disaster strikes: now she must face the darker side of paradise.

We all need hope and faith. In “Melina’s Christmas Tree,” Melina offers us both.

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Childrens-African American Fiction My Mom is a Construction Manager

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False Neutral transports readers directly to the intersection of the current path traveled and the road not taken.

Set primarily in Boston’s Back Bay and the North End, False Neutral is a taut focused New England narrative told in Mr. Narins’ trademark compact time signature.

This inspiring story encourages children to believe in their limitless potential and teaches the value of perseverance, ambition, and breaking barriers. Perfect for families looking for a motivational story that uplifts and empowers dreamers of all ages!

Conveyed in a simple elegant voice, False Neutral is a unique story with inimitable characters, perfect for fiction fans seeking a story that will not only speak but resonate.

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If your child dreams big, “My Mom is a Construction Manager” will show them that no goal is out of reach—even if it’s never been done before!

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Fantasy/ Historical Fantasy/ Magical Realism Plague of Flies: Revolt of the Spirits, 1846 Laurel Anne Hill In 1846 Alta California, Catalina Delgado daydreams about her future: roping cattle, marrying Angelo Ortega and raising children. But now, invaders from the United States—the Bear Flaggers—have declared war against Mexico, her country. How can Catalina, only sixteen, help protect all those she loves? The spirits provide Catalina with answers, but not ones she wants.

For the sake of all she holds dear, Catalina must risk her reputation as a chaste young woman, her future with Angelo, her life and her very soul.

ISBN: 978-1949534207 • $18.95 Available on Amazon, Barnes & Noble, and online bookstores.

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Literary Fiction

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What Not To Forgive

Countermelodies: A Memoir in Sonata Form

Loring Walawander This dramatic exploration of trauma, redemption, and the complexities of human relationships is set against a backdrop of poignant and often harrowing experiences.

The primary characters, Chase and Tekla, journey through personal growth and forgiveness in unexpected and moving ways. Chase’s struggle with the loss of his wife, JoAnn, and his attempt to scatter her ashes in a symbolic final goodbye in the Swiss Alps provides a raw and emotional pulse. Tekla, a veteran grappling with PTSD, exposes her scars of war, and her struggle for normalcy and love amidst mental and physical trauma. Walawander’s prose is both robust and nuanced, with a delicate balancing of toughness and vulnerability. The characters and narratives skillfully intertwine personal and emotional journeys. Those who appreciate stories that explore the depths of human resilience and the painful yet transformative process of healing will find this a meaningful read. After all, forgiveness is a difficult thing.

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Joining McKall’s squad is Jack “Red” Sheridan whose near-death encounter with a black panther presents challenges to his credibility from other members of Lima Platoon.

When McKall stands with Sheridan, an unbreakable bond develops. They meet Red Cross Donut Dollies and together experience the infamous Black Virgin Mountain where the good guys control the top and the bad guys the rest.

Set in the rough-hewn woods of northern Maine, Clear-Cuts is a tense fast-paced New England narrative, piercing and resolute in tone, relentless and unwavering in storytelling.

A raw, visceral, unflinching tale about the ties that bind coming unbound.

ISBN: 979-8350901634 • $17.99 Available on Amazon, Apple, Barnes & Noble, Kobo, and online bookstores.

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ISBN: 979-8986427041 • $8.49

Military Nonfiction

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From Vicksburg to Bennett Place: The Long March to Victory T.W. Harvey From Vicksburg to Bennett Place: The Long March to Victory relates that Captain Porter served as the aide-decamp to Brigadier General Mortimer Leggett, assisting the general as Major General Ulysses S. Grant’s Army of Tennessee moved south from Shiloh and fought in the Vicksburg and Atlanta campaigns. Once successful, the army, now under the command of Major General William Tecumseh Sherman, marched to the sea and then north through the Carolinas. Two weeks after Robert E. Lee’s surrender to Grant, Joseph Johnston surrendered to Sherman at Bennett Place in No. Carolina, effectively ending the war. Captain George Porter lived through it all.

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Discover the Secret to Eliminating Burnout, Improving Well-Being, and Building A Better Future For Healthcare!

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Ignoring his 2-S selective service deferment, Conor Patrick McKall volunteers for the draft, and Uncle Sam promptly deposits him in the Big Green Machine. In nine short months, he’s made an infantry squad leader.

In the “boonies,” life is lived one day at a time.

In the ensuing seventy-two hours, a father’s legend, a family’s ancestral lore, and two brothers will all collide.

The Doctor’s Voice - Empowering Solutions to Physicians’ Frustrations, Burnout and Healthcare Inefficiencies

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Navigating the stormy seas of the 1960s wasn’t easy, especially if Vietnam was on your horizon.

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Coming of age story about the powerful relationship between a protegee and her mentor, and the devastating effects when that mentor betrays her by withdrawing his support just when she needs it most.

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You are not alone.

In the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, doctors leaving the medical profession has become a global problem that can no longer be ignored.

In The Doctor’s Voice, Dr. Pietro Emanuele Garbelli, a specialist in Acute Internal Medicine, clinical director and thriving healthcare consultant, explores common sources of frustration with practical steps that can help medical professionals reclaim their lives and transform the healthcare field for the better.

ISBN: 978-1665730068 • $26.23 Available on Amazon.

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Mind, Body, Spirit

Self-help: Motivational

Your Creator Matrix: How to Use Optimal Wellness and Quantum Healing to Master Your Story and Create Your Reality

Lifeline: Recovering Your Mental Wellness Through Uncovering Your Creative Brilliance

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“Your Creator Matrix” is the interconnected framework that links your mind, body, and spirit on all levels (physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual) with the Unified Field.

When we master our stories—the deeply-held narratives and beliefs that influence all of our choices and creations— and learn how to digest our life experiences in new ways, we gain the power to choose new future timelines and manifest the wellness, abundance, and love we truly desire.

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Part memoir, part toolkit, Award-winning Arts Educator and Motivational Speaker, Lane Gardner, weaves together heart-breaking tales of abuse, gripping shortstories of self-discovery and breathtaking moments of clarity as she recounts her soul-crushing early life in a fundamentalist religious cult.

Creative expression became her lifeline, initially to escape the horrors of her childhood, and later to carry her safely through the healing process and back to her true self.

In this thought-provoking book, Cathleen shows us how through quantum physics and the new sciences of epigenetics, glycobiology, and nutrigenetics can support us to create optimal cellular health, digest and assimilate our old storylines, nourish ourselves at all levels for optimal wellness, and begin to operate fully as the Creator in our lives for the good of all.

This book is an invitation into her irreverent, soulful and often deeply intimate world of learning how to reclaim her brilliance, while she masterfully teaches the reader how to do the same for themselves.

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Personal Finance Wealth Your Way: A Simple Path To Financial Freedom Cosmo P DeStefano Gain clarity, learn good money habits, and make wiser money decisions. In Wealth Your Way, bestselling author Cosmo DeStefano demystifies the language of wealth while also exploring the psychology of money and the behavioral challenges of growing your wealth—shining a light with “an energetic, helpful and very readable guide” (Kirkus Reviews) to your financial well-being.

Learn how to define goals, save, invest, and plan with purpose to strengthen your financial situation. Small, consistent steps in the right direction rarely finish in the wrong place. Let’s chart a course to financial freedom with practical advice using all the tools in your financial toolbox. It’s time to get on the path to Wealth Your Way. AWARD 2

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Self-help: Spiritual

Well-being

Wholehearted Confidence

Take a Shot at Happiness: How to Write, Direct & Produce the Life You Want

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In these challenging and complex times, we need a new definition of confidence.

Discover this nine-time award-winning guide to living with intention and joy, honored as the NYC Big Book Award Winner in Wellbeing. Written by Emmy Award-winning Producer and Happiness Explorer Maria Baltazzi, this transformative book invites you to reflect on what truly matters and step into the role of writer, director, and producer of the life you want.

Fleur Chambers, bestselling author, multi-awardwinning meditation teacher and creator of The Happy Habit, provides an exciting and necessary roadmap for anyone who wants to challenge the stereotypes, feel comfortable in their own skin and quietly proud of the unique contribution they are making to the world.

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Describes the failure of Republicans to confront the Left and the Democrat Party from the perspective of a conservative, America-First, traditionalist who has himself run for office.

Rather than challenge the vicious Left and meet sword with sword, Republicans cowered, ran for cover, or even worse, enabled them, thus making it worse. They have won just as many elections as Democrats at the national level and far more at the state level, over the last four decades, yet the country is dismally broken, culturally, morally, and financially.

The author reviews the pitiable path the Republicans have chosen, defines also the horrendous depravity of the Left, and then offers, in the final section, a direction forward for conservatives – and the country.

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Women’s Fiction Forever, Now Haleh Shahrzad Darya’s life takes an unexpected turn when she marries a man against her better judgment, holding on to the hope of a joyful and lasting future. However, the illusion of their perfect life begins to unravel as her husband’s infidelity and deceit come to light, leaving her life and heart in pieces.

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Maria shares a creative approach to crafting a meaningful life. Using camera phone photo journaling and reflective prompts, you’ll explore what happiness means to you. Each chapter delves into one of Maria’s eight acclaimed Happiness Essentials—the virtues and qualities embraced by happy people, brought to life through stories inspired by blockbuster movies, world events, and a wholebeing approach (mind, body, and spirit).

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reason to attend bookcamp •

Network with Publishers, Agents, Authors

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Learn about other award-winning authors’ journeys

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Gain strategies to sell more books

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Learn best social media practices

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GAB TALKS interviews

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What advertising works best?

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Award Winning Author

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Speak directly to experts who can help solve your specific book challenge

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Insider’s Track to Successful Book Publishing

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Affordable Book Plans

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When (and when not) to use AI

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Independent Bookstore Strategies

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Past presidential candidate speaks about Artificial Intelligence

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Nontraditional bookselling

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Book to movie screen opportunities

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Bestseller Marketing Tips

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BONUS cocktail mixer on May 2nd!

speakers include: Amy Rivers Award-winning author & social media expert

Brian Feinblum

Amy Rivers is an award-winning novelist, as well as the Director of Writing Heights Writers Association. Her psychological suspense novels incorporate important social issues with a focus on the complexities of human behavior. Amy has 90,000 Instagram followers.

BookMarketing Buzz

Brian has worked in book publishing, public relations, and marketing for three decades. He has helped thousands of authors, from first-time, self-published writers to New York Times best-selling authors, including Dr. Ruth, Stephen Covey, Ken Blanchard, Mark Victor Hansen, and Comedian George Wallace.

JEFF RIVERA

Jeff Rivera is an American writer/producer and owns a media company with 22+ TV development deals. His co-productions are with some of the leading scripted and unscripted television companies in the industry. Rivera began his career as a child actor, then assistant casting director, then writer. His first book was published by Warner Books (Grand Central Publishing). He later became a bestselling author, co-author and ghostwriter of nearly 100 books.

Collective 5 Entertainment

Rivera has produced social media campaigns, Skype/Google Hangout tours and web content for many high profile influencers, including Mark Cuban, Mark Victor Hansen, Jeff Kinney, Elmore Leonard, Mitch Albom, Stan Lee, Seth Godin, Nicholas Sparks, James Van Praagh, and cast members from from the Disney Channel and Nickelodeon.

I help authors rock their book marketing strategy.

ARYN VAN DYKE BOOK ROCKSTAR

Book marketing consultant and author coach. I spent 5 years at HarperCollins helping authors promote their books and build their brand. I’ve worked on hundreds of book launches, including multiple New York Times bestsellers, spanning across multiple nonfiction and fiction genres.

I understand the complexities of the publishing industry and thrive in creating unique strategies for authors to promote their books.

Ted Olczak Independent Press Award / NYC Big Book Award BookCAMP magazine

Zoltan Istvan Past presidential candidate; expert on Artificial Intelligence

may 2-4,2025

Olczak is a career-long publishing professional, Master’s Degree in Marketing Management in Book and Magazine Publishing from New York University. His experience includes Independent Press Award, NYC Big Book Award; Publishers Weekly; National Business/Lifestyle Magazines (FORTUNE, Money, Delta, United, and 14 others); helped New York Magazine create its sister visitor publication IN-New York Magazine; Publisher of New York City Weddingpages for four years, created playbill and newsstand products. Forecasting, budgeting, excellent sales, marketing and event sales track history. Motivated by and interested in “the challenge” & building businesses to succeed.

With his popular 2016 US presidential run as a science candidate, bestselling book The Transhumanist Wager, and speeches at institutions like the World Bank, BMW World, and the United Kingdom’s Parliament, Zoltan Istvan has spearheaded the effort to transform transhumanism into a thriving worldwide phenomenon. He is often cited as one of the leaders of the radical science movement.

As an entrepreneur, Zoltan has started several businesses, including his wineries, which span three continents. He lives in San Francisco with his physician wife and two daughters. He has philosophy degrees from Columbia University and the University of Oxford.

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What attendees had to say: Thanks so much for all your work organizing BookCAMP, and everything you and Gabby do to help authors!

“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.”

-Megan Henry

–Laurisa Brandt

Just a quick note of thanks for conducting an excellent BookCAMP and a very nice Awards dinner. I’m grateful also for the introductions to — and lessons from — Kenichi & Jared, plus the other acquaintances I was able to make.

“Just a wonderful event. Thank you for everything.”

–John Warner

–David Benjamin “Ted,...thanks for your support and the event you created...for all the work you put into the event. Jenny and I loved it... Thanks once again.”

–Ernesto Atkinson

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Download the planning kit for May 2 - 4, 2025 here in New Jersey again. https://www.independentpressaward.com/sponsorships What Speakers and Vendors had to say about this year’s BookCAMP: As a speaker, the event was profitable, and if all those who saivd 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. –Brian Jud 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. –Jeff Rivera “So glad to have been your first presenter at the first BookCAMP. You have a wonderful model and it will succeed because you are a people person…I am your guy no matter where you want to go.” –Brian Feinblum The BookCAMP 2025 event is a three day trade show taking place May 2nd - 4th, 2025, where independent authors, publishers, industry experts gathered to learn, trade experiences and network. Designed specifically for indie authors & publishers to improve their bookselling strategies. Topics that range from publicity, distribution through bookstores, libraries, big box stores such as Costco, Target, etc, to the impact of audiobooks on print books sales.

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until December 31, 2024 join us for $399 THREE DAY All Sessions Pass (Early bird pricing) • $495 until March 31, 2025 $550 until May 1st, 2025 • $700 on May 2, 2025

register https://www.independentpressaward.com/ipabookcamp take advantage of the special rate here: online and https://www.paypal.com/ncp/payment/SMSZLB26WP3DA Or complete the form below, make check payable to Printed Word Reviews and mail to:

may 2-4,2025

Your Name: Your email: Additional Attendees:

Printed Word Reviews Attn: Ted Olczak, BookCAMP 2025 63 Clinton Rd Glen Ridge, NJ 07028 (718) 938-4590

I want to meet with experts on: ☐ Sales & marketing

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☐ Ghost writing

☐ Book distribution

☐ Design/Formatting

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☐ Literary Agent

☐ Printing

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☐ Amazon page

☐ Book to Movie

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Book to movie screen (a few sessions)

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Artificial Intelligence uses; writing & marketing

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Saturday and Sunday Opening and WrapUp/Closing Sessions

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“Meet the Expert” one-on-one consultations with a field expert

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Some meals provided Lunch, coffee, tea, snacks and breakfast

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“40 Under 40 in Publishing” ceremony

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Access to Sponsor Tables in the main ballroom

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independent publishers hybrid publishers self-published authors university presses association presses small, medium and big house presses

*including any of the big five publishing houses and their imprints

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 NYC Big Book Award?

We are on a rolling submission, approximately every two and a half months, with two hard deadlines: (1) September 1, 2024 to December 30, 2024 (2) March 1, 2025 to August 30, 2025 Final entries must be received no later than August 30, 2025. This final deadline will not be extended.

What if I miss the deadline? Enter our spring program Independent Press Award as we take books until December 2025 for IndependentPressAward.com.

ENTRY FEE $99 per title/per category, plus $79 for any additional category

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2. Calculate the total entry fee.

Choose which categories, https://www.nycbigbookaward.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 $99. Any additional book categories for that same book is $79 per category. SINGLE BOOK, MULTIPLE CATEGORIES: One who enters “Book One” in Children’s Educational and Book Cover Design Children’s category, the entry fee is $99 + $79 = $178.

MULTIPLE BOOKS: One who enters “Book One” in Children’s Educational and Book Cover Design Children’s category, the entry fee is $99 + $79 = $178, and “Book Two” in Mystery and New Fiction (first-time published), the entry fee is $99 + $79 = $178, so $178 + $178 = $356 in total book entry fees.

3. Download a form from this page, https://www.nycbigbookaward.com/submitviamail OR submit the entry form online on this page, https://www.nycbigbookaward.com/submit-online 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 tor 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. 5. Pay via PayPal button on the website or mail a check, along with your books and printed entry form, and ship to: NYC BIG BOOK AWARD 63 Clinton Road Glen Ridge, NJ 07028 USA

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By Printed Word Reviews

“Without our friends and family, we are nothing …” stood out in the GAB TALKS interview with Allen Northcutt. Speaking about his book “The Legend of Chris Moose,” published by Old Stone Press, Northcutt went on to say “we all have value to our family and friends.”

“Melina’s Christmas Tree” by Irene Sardanis, Ph.D is an aspirational read, and will inspire young ones. Young Melina’s hope was that her mother had a dollar to buy a Christmas tree.

The fact is her mother had to scrounge together four quarters from the coin jar. The child’s nativity and tenacity of going to the many local retailers: the baker, the produce store, the deli, to find a Christmas tree is also very aspirational. With many visits and an overwhelming perseverance, it’s actually through an unexpected miracle that Melina gets a very special tree. Wellpaced children’s tale with clean and suitable text and attractive interior illustrations. Has a classic ‘quest’ narrative, where Melina’s determination to find a Christmas tree brings forth a heartwarming resolution. Strongly recommended to instill hope and faith in children and a perfect addition to your home or school library collection.

This Christmas story is so touching and Northcutt drove it home by saying “No matter who you are, if you search hard enough, you will find something that you can give of yourself.” This incredible lesson lands this book at the top of the heap in terms of teaching each one of us that we have value, and giving value to those around us, strikes to the core of our existence. Well-illustrated, and solidly constructed, this book will last through many reads and is guaranteed to be an annual favorite read during the Christmas Holiday Season. For a limited time, you can get his classic story for 50% OFF the cover price through Baker & Taylor at https://shop.btpubservices.com/Title/9781938462016 or by calling toll-free: 800-537-6727. Be sure to use the discount code NOBULLY50.

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Action/Adventure WINNER

WINNER

AntonTon

by Irena Stanic Rasin, Grigor Vitez

A River Divided

by Dorine Rivers, PhD, PMP

by George Paxinos

DISTINGUISHED FAVORITE

A NEW GAME

by A.M. Adair

DISTINGUISHED FAVORITE

Brain to Bank: How to Get Your Idea Out of Your Head and Cash In

Gona’s Halloween Hunt

Cybersecurity for Entrepreneurs

by Gloria D’Anna, Zachary A. Collier

by Carla Crane Osborne DISTINGUISHED FAVORITE

Griffin The Girl and the Lock on Her Heart

by S.M. West

Aboard Blackbeard’s Queen

by Robin Reams

Addiction and Recovery WINNER

by Lauren Lee

Audiobook: Nonfiction

Book Cover Design-Fiction

WINNER

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Negotiation Simplified

by Jim Reiman

Charlie’s Encore

Choosing Life: One man’s journey through alcoholism and depression to wellness and selfdiscovery

On Constance

by Blue Andrews

by Karin Konoval

Free Spirits: A novel of free love, faith, and frauds in 1860s New York

The Boldly Inclusive Leader: Transform the Workplace (and the World) by Valuing the Differences Within

by Mary Hutchings Reed

DISTINGUISHED FAVORITE

The Plans He Has For Me

by Rose Ann Forte

by J. Ronald M. York

WINNER

Keenagers: Telling a New Story about Aging

by Corinne Auman

Biography: General

DISTINGUISHED FAVORITE

Book Cover Design-Nonfiction WINNER

The Roots That Clutch

by Beth Ann Hooper

WINNER

Learning to Lead, Leading to Learn: Lessons

by Katie Anderson

Animals-Pets

K9 Spirit Guides: The Healing Power of Man’s Best Friend

Design for Identity: How to Design Authentically for a Diverse World

Anthology WINNER

WINNER

by Charmayne Samuelson

A Gift from the Heart, Johnny Carrabba

by Johnny Carrabba

WINNER

Fault Zone: Detachment

Khuda Buksh: The Pioneer of Life Insurance in Bangladesh

by Kate Adams, Editor-in-Chief

by Muhammad Obaidur Rahim

DISTINGUISHED FAVORITE

Book Interior Design: Nonfiction

SPENCER MacCALLUM MemoriesMystique-Mata Ortiz

Biography: Historical

DISTINGUISHED FAVORITE

Living With Demons

The Apprentice of Buchenwald

by Sasha Kielman; Thomas Jackson; Tucker Struyk; Tim Jeffreys; Jane Nightshade; Die Booth; Kathryn Malcolm; Lindsay Mansfield; Eve Morton; Francis Verelle

by Oren Schneider

Real Estate Rookie: 90 Days to Your First Investment

by Ashley Kehr

Business: General WINNER

Reinvent: Navigating Business Transformation in a Hyperdigital Era

by Faisal Hoque

by Jessica Bantom

by Heather Leigh Strom

INCEPTION MINDSET: The Contextual Art and Science of Leading in a Permanently Complex World

DISTINGUISHED FAVORITE

DISTINGUISHED FAVORITE

WINNER

by Artemis Doupa

by Robert Radi, Ph.D.

DISTINGUISHED FAVORITE

by Minette Norman

Aging/Midlife

Design & Grow : The six-step method to reach your creative business potential, grow profits and get your design time back

Business: Entrepreneurship & Small Business WINNER

The Small and Mighty Real Estate Investor: How to Reach Financial Freedom with Fewer Rental Properties

by Chad Carson

Book Cover Design-Childrens DISTINGUISHED FAVORITE

WINNER

DISTINGUISHED FAVORITE

Be a Better Team by Friday: A Playbook for High-Performance Business Leaders

by Justin Follin with David Butlein Greenspan

Negotiation Simplified

by Jim Reiman

Business: Motivational WINNER

Going on Offense: A Leader’s Playbook for Perpetual Innovation

by Behnam Tabrizi DISTINGUISHED FAVORITE

Life Quality Projects: Learning from the Best in Business, the Arts, and Sports to Go from Ordinary to Extraordinary

by Juan Manuel Navarro Colin

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More Than Representation: The Cheat Codes to Own Your Seat at the Table

Around our Swimming Pool - Book 2 - Series: The Life of Riley

Searching for Polaris

by Ryan Hartford

by Deborah Tant

by Raven Jemison

DISTINGUISHED FAVORITE

by Michael Simones

The Magical Adventures of Quizzle and Pinky Palm

Tara the Dolphin

Childrens: Educational The Boldly Inclusive Leader: Transform the Workplace (and the World) by Valuing the Differences Within

by Minette Norman

WINNER

Marco the Great and the History of Numberville

by SK Bennett

The Psychological Safety Playbook: Lead More Powerfully

by Being More Human

Childrens: Educational Series

by Karolin Helbig & Minette Norman

WINNER

Cancer WINNER

Who Wants to be Friends With a Dragon?

Aaron the Different -- A Story of Courage, Belonging, and Acceptance

by Linda Drattell and Eve Marie Little

by Etty Burk

Childrens: Grief WINNER

Aunty Jane Knits Up A Storm

by Michael Dow, RN, MS

by Steve Wolfson

Nurse Florence®, Tell Me About the Nose?

by Jeff Stewart

by Michael Dow, RN, MS

WINNER

Nurse Florence®, Tell Me About the Stomach.

Everybody Loves Grace: A True Story of Grace’s Adventure to Pennsylvania

by Katy McQuaid

Childrens: Nonfiction

Childrens: Holiday WINNER

Gona’s Halloween Hunt Career

by Shreya Pradhan

by Teresa Mae Waterland

Nurse Florence®, Tell Me About the Lungs.

Living: Inspiration from a Father with Cancer

A Different Kind of Boy-A story about inclusion and making friends

by Carla Crane Osborne

by Michael Dow, RN, MS

DISTINGUISHED FAVORITE

In Fulfillment: The Designer’s Journey

Nurse Florence®, What are Emotions?

A Christmas Legend: The Polar Penguins

by Justin Dauer

by Michael Dow, RN, MS

by Aaron James Sutch

Nurse Florence®, What is AgeRelated Macular Degeneration?

I Have Questions, Lots and Lots of Questions: A True Story of Christmas

WINNER

Billie the Brain

by Dr. John Hutton & Dr. Ryan Moore; Illustrated by Gabriella Vagnoli DISTINGUISHED FAVORITE

Our Environment’s Friends

by Phil Riggs

Childrens: Religion Fiction DISTINGUISHED FAVORITE

My University of the World: Adventures of an International Film & Media Maker

by Michael Dow, RN, MS

by Neill McKee

by Michael Dow, RN, MS

The Christmas I Almost Scared Santa Away

The 5-Day Job Search: Proven Strategies To Answering Tough Interview Questions & Getting Multiple Job Offers

Nurse Florence®, What is Pneumonia?

by Craig M. Porter Rollins

by Annie Margarita Yang

Nurse Florence®, Why Do I Need to Eat Vitamin A?

by David Lane

Nurse Florence®, What is Clubfoot?

Murder at Penwood Manor

by Antony Barone Kolenc

Childrens: Humor

by Michael Dow, RN, MS

DISTINGUISHED FAVORITE

The Adventures of Sherrie and Chubbie

by Dr. Sherrie Poitier-Liscombe

Chick-Lit

by Michael Dow, RN, MS

WINNER

Nurse Florence®, Why Do I Need to Eat Vitamin C?

WINNER

Childrens: Religion Nonfiction

Pebble the Penguin

by Ankit Kumar Pradhan

The Palace at Dusk: A Novel

WINNER

Childrens: Inspirational/ Motivational

by Michael Dow, RN, MS

WINNER

Saint Patrick the Forgiver

by Ned Bustard

by Angela Terry

Childrens: Animals-Pets

Nurse Florence®, Why Do We Have a Belly Button?

by Michael Dow, RN, MS

WINNER

WINNER

My Safe Place

by Brittney Brackett

Childrens: Fiction

WINNER

The Quest for Family

Please Love Me Like I Love You

by Kip Ullrich Fechner

Christian

DISTINGUISHED FAVORITE

by Jessica Clancy

WINNER DISTINGUISHED FAVORITE

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All Battles End at Sunset

by Jared Acuña

The Dead Certain Doubt: An Ed Earl Burch Novel

by Jim Nesbitt

Divine Detour: The Path You’d Never Choose Can Lead to the Faith You’ve Always Wanted

by Lori Ann Wood

WINNER

WINNER

Current Events

WINNER

Black and Blue

Gillespie Field Groove:A Rolly Waters Mystery

WINNER

by Corey Lynn Fayman

The Future Normal: How We Will Live, Work and Thrive in the Next Decade

Dead Shot

by Rohit Bhargava and Henry CoutinhoMason

Death and Dying The Shakespeare Killer

by Michael C. Higgins, PhD

by Douglas J. Wood

DISTINGUISHED FAVORITE

Cross Genre

We Were The Ramchargers: Inside Drag Racing’s Legendary Team, Second Edition

WINNER

A Bargain with Darkness

by Peter Eliott

A Dream of Shadows

by Peter Eliott DISTINGUISHED FAVORITE

Shadow of the Scholar

by David Benjamin

Exploring Wine Regions California Central Coast

by David Rockwell

Fantasy

by J. Stanion DISTINGUISHED FAVORITE

by Frank F Weber

Coffee-table Book

by Z.S. Diamanti

My Place Among Them

Walter: The Homeless Man

by Tekoa Manning

Stone & Sky

by Kathryn Malcolm

WINNER

Finance

The Transformational Nature of Grief: A Pocket Guide Embracing the Light of Your Soul

WINNER

by Cara Hope Clark

A Gift from the Heart, Johnny Carrabba

Environment

Pillars of Wealth: How to Make, Save, and Invest Your Money to Achieve Financial Freedom

by David Greene

by Johnny Carrabba

Comics and Graphic Novels WINNER

Hashman

by Alex Grand & Joshua S. Berman

The Road to Continental Heart: Befriending, and Defending, the Spirit of North America

by Steven Dale Davison

DISTINGUISHED FAVORITE

Story Monster’s S.T.E.A.M. chronicles. Book one, Night watchers : nocturnal creatures of North America : coyotes, snakes, owls, spiders, and more

by Conrad J. Storad

Cookbooks: General WINNER

Fish off the Block

Paddling with Spirits - A Solo Kayak Journey

by Irene Skyriver

The Codex of the Endangered Species Act, Volume II: The Next Fifty Years

by Edited by Lowell E. Baier, John F. Organ, and Christopher E. Segal

The Codex of the Endangered Species Act: The First Fifty Years - Volume I

Cultural and Social Issues

by Lowell E. Baier with Christopher E. Segal

WINNER

DISTINGUISHED FAVORITE

E nâtamukw miyeyimuwin: Residential School Recovery Stories of the James Bay Cree, Volume 1

BATTLEGROUND GEOSTRESS: How to Recognize and Fight the Silent Killer

DISTINGUISHED FAVORITE

WINNER

Stolen Moments / Momentos Robados

by Ernesto Atkinson

Friendship DISTINGUISHED FAVORITE

The Adventures of Sherrie and Chubbie Teen Life Series Bullying

by Dr. Sherrie Poitier-Liscombe

General Fiction WINNER

by Robert Egby

King of Nod

by Ruth DyckFehderau

by Pamela Gelsomini DISTINGUISHED FAVORITE

Fine Arts

WINNER DISTINGUISHED FAVORITE

Ripple Effects: How To Save Yellowstone and America’s Most Iconic Wildlife Ecosystem

by Todd Wilkinson

Too Many Eggs

Design for Identity: How to Design Authentically for a Diverse World

by Mimi Smith-Dvorak

by Jessica Bantom

The Arrival of the Electric Car

by Scott Fad DISTINGUISHED FAVORITE

Clear-Cuts

by Joshua S. Narins

by Chris Johnston, Ed Sobey

Crime Fiction

The Adventures of Sherrie and Chubbie 2 Tolerance

WINNER

by Dr. Sherrie Poitier-Liscombe

Crossing Lake Pontchartrain

Cultural Heritage

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by Arthur Byrd

WINNER

Leave a Mark

by Gary MacKnight

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Gift Books WINNER

Exploring Wine Regions California Central Coast

Free Spirits: A novel of free love, faith, and frauds in 1860s New York

Incident at San Miguel

by Edward Belfar

by A. J. Sidransky

by Mary Hutchings Reed DISTINGUISHED FAVORITE

Leadership WINNER

The Covenant

Hey Sensei!: Funny and Sometimes Insightful Things That Happened at the Dojo

by B.N. Rundell

by Lawrence Kane & Kris Wilder

Shanghaied

by Jon Howe

by Michael C. Higgins, PhD DISTINGUISHED FAVORITE

A Very Innocent Man

Dog at the Tinsel Tree: Susie’s Story

The Gathering Room: A Tale of Nelly Butler

Inspiration

by Denise Lee Branco

by Michelle E. Shores

WINNER

Grief DISTINGUISHED FAVORITE

Witnessing Grief: Inviting Trauma and Loss to Our Coaching Conversations, An Enneagram Perspective

by Holly Margl

Grief: Fiction

The Map Colorist: A Novel

A Fraction Stronger

by Rebecca D’Harlingue

by Mark Berridge

by Gloria Mattioni

Grief: Nonfiction

WINNER

The Codex of the Endangered Species Act: The First Fifty Years - Volume I

by Lowell E. Baier with Christopher E. Segal

by Richard C. Brusca DISTINGUISHED FAVORITE

INCEPTION MINDSET: The Contextual Art and Science of Leading in a Permanently Complex World

by Risa August

by Robert Radi, Ph.D.

911 from your Soul

The Culture of Burnout: Why Your Exhaustion is Not Your Fault

by Jeanine Thompson

Emerging From the Dark: Stroke...

The Untold Stories

by Dave Tabler

Emerging From the Dark: Stroke...

The Untold Stories

WINNER

The Time Travelers

WINNER

Solitarya

Stroke Mosaique: Shattered into a Thousand Fragments and Pieces Together by Love

Extreme Vetting: A Thriller

by Xan Bilal

by M.K. Gonzales

by Roxana Arama

How-to

The Home for Friendless Children

WINNER

Hiring Veterans: How To Leverage Military Talent For Organizational Growth

The Empty Kayak The Zen of Dancing in the Rain: Becoming One with the Storm

by Jodé Millman

by Aurita Maldonado

Tort Wars

by Roger N. Messer, J.D.

Judaism WINNER

DISTINGUISHED FAVORITE

Stop Screaming!: A Beginner’s Guide to Homemade Ice Cream

FINDING HOME (Hungary, 1945)

by Dean Cycon

by Benjamin M. Weilert

DISTINGUISHED FAVORITE

The Lioness of Leiden

DISTINGUISHED FAVORITE

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DISTINGUISHED FAVORITE

by C.L. Olsen

by A. J. Sidransky

by Robert Loewen

by Eugina Jordan

Legal Thriller

Incident at San Miguel

WINNER

UNLIMITED: The Seventeen Proven Laws for Success in a Workplace Not Designed for You

by Terence Ang

by Matthew J. Louis

Historical Fiction

Dare to Be Naive: How to Find Your True Self in a Noisy World

The Road Unpaved - Border to Border with a Brain Tumor and a Bike

by Terence Ang

Transformative Grief: An Ancient Ritual of Healing for Modern Times

WINNER

DISTINGUISHED FAVORITE

Delaware from Railways to Freeways

Horror

Hispanic/Latin

DISTINGUISHED FAVORITE

by Kristen Donnelly & Erin Hinson DISTINGUISHED FAVORITE

WINNER

by Tracee Dunblazier

by R. Michael Anderson

by Joshua Berry

History: United States

WINNER

California Sister

Leadership Mindset 2.0: The Psychology and Neuroscience of Reaching your Full Potential

Humor/Satire WINNER

The Glassmaker’s Son: Looking for the World My Father Left Behind in Nazi Germany

LGBTQ Fiction WINNER

The Strange Story of Stanley Suspect

by JC Compton DISTINGUISHED FAVORITE

by Peter Kupfer

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Castro Street Blues: A Covid Comedy of Gay San Francisco

by Jack Fritscher

The Courage to Stay: How to Heal From an Affair and Save Your Marriage

Broken Water: An Extraordinary True Story

by Alaina Erdell

LGBTQ Nonfiction WINNER

DISTINGUISHED FAVORITE

Revolutionary Marriage: How to Have a Marriage that Changes the World

by Dr. Mark DeYoung

The Queen of Gay Street Medical Nonfiction

by Esther Mollica

WINNER

DISTINGUISHED FAVORITE

Boy Wander - A Coming of Age Memoir

by Jobert E. Abueva

Dear Michael

Private Practice Solution: Reclaiming Physician Autonomy and Restoring the Doctor-Patient Relationship

Fat Girl Sings: Discovering, Embracing, and Leveraging Racial Identity on the Football Field, in Business, and in Life

by Ray Schoenke

DISTINGUISHED FAVORITE

Moral Fibre: A Bomber Pilot’s Story

by Helena P. Schrader

Humble Yet Fierce: My Life Behind the Curtain of the CIA

Ruler Of The Seas

Matilda’s Triumph

Weeds of War: Those Who Bled at Dien Bien Phu

by Richard Moss, MD

by Paul Alenous Kluge

Whispers from the Valley of the Yak: A Memoir of Coming Full Circle

by Jacquelyn Lenox Tuxill

WINNER

Men’s Health

Vietnam Combat: Firefights and Writing History

The Masters of Medicine

WINNER

by Robin Bartlett

by Andrew Lam

How to Unite Your Inner Lanterns Goodbye, Dry Eye!

DISTINGUISHED FAVORITE

by Kenneth Rogers, Jr.

Beyond the Border

by Shilpi Pradhan DISTINGUISHED FAVORITE

Medical Thriller

by Tae-hyok Kim and Nicole Kim Rogers

(Not) Alone - 2nd Edition WINNER

by Tyler Wittkofsky

Middle Grade

The Vaccine: A Medical Thriller

by Hassan Riaz

Sacrifice: The Green Berets, A Fateful Ambush, And A Gold Star Widow’s Fight For the Truth

by Michelle Black

DISTINGUISHED FAVORITE

Barren

The Last Triceracorn (Book One)

Saigon Stories

by James De Francia

by Vincent M. Miceli

The Saigon Guns

by JJ Savaunt

by George Paxinos

DISTINGUISHED FAVORITE

The Human Trial Holy Parrot

Military Nonfiction

by Chris Lengle

WINNER

A River Divided

by Don Mazzella

by Katy McQuaid

by Xuemo DISTINGUISHED FAVORITE

From Vicksburg to Bennett Place

by Mary Jumbelic, M.D.

The Male Nurse Survival Guide

Literary Fiction

Into the Desert

by Joe Klingler

by T.W. Harvey

by Dr Joel A. Davis Brown

WINNER

FLEE (NomaD Thriller Series)

Here, Where Death Delights A Literary Memoir

by Raven Jemison

The Souls of Queer Folk: How Understanding LGBTQ+ Culture Can Transform Your Leadership Practice

DISTINGUISHED FAVORITE

by Grace Torres-Hodges

by Adam Lieber

More Than Representation: The Cheat Codes to Own Your Seat at the Table

by James Bultema

by Barbara Lane

by Kathy Nickerson PhD

Off the Menu

Sea of Red

Molly Shipton, Secret Actress

by Audrey Gale

by Angel A

by John Thomas Hoffman

Mind, Body, Spirit

by Sheri Graubert

Memoir The Joy Divisions

by Scott Dimovitz

Schoolhouse Dogs: Face life WINNER

The Promise of a Normal Life

ALWAYS MOVING FORWARD

by Rebecca Kaiser Gibson

by David A. Jones

by Dawn Renee Darnell

The Conspiracy Page, First Encounter

WINNER

Moon Signs, Houses & Healing: Gain Emotional Strength & Resilience through Astrology

by Carmen Turner Schott

by Robin Landry

Marriage WINNER

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Military Fiction

DISTINGUISHED FAVORITE

Born Into Crisis WINNER

by Kenneth Nixon Jr

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Your Crystal Allies: The 12 Best Gems and Minerals for Giving Love, Receiving Comfort, and Connecting with the Cosmos

PARROT SANCTUARY: A Witherston Murder Mystery

by Tracee Dunblazier

Rebels in Pisa

Til All These Things Be Done

The Mummy’s Gift

by Suzanne Moyers

by Carolyn Radmanovich

by Betty Jean Craige

New Nonfiction WINNER

by Ken Tentarelli

Motivational WINNER

The Power of Conscious Connection: 4 Habits to Transform How You Live and Lead

Where No One Will See

Beyond the Border

by Felicia Watson

by Tae-hyok Kim and Nicole Kim Rogers

Witch Window: a Murder on Skis Mystery

Nature WINNER

Be the Weight Behind the Spear

Multicultural Fiction

The Codex of the Endangered Species Act, Volume II: The Next Fifty Years

WINNER

by Edited by Lowell E. Baier, John F. Organ, and Christopher E. Segal

by Dr. Josh McConkey

UMA: Champion of the Seven Dojo: A Modern Story of Tradition and Victory

by Kris Wilder and Lawrence Kane DISTINGUISHED FAVORITE

Backstage Pass: A Business Book That’s Far From Conventional

by Harvey Lee

DISTINGUISHED FAVORITE

DISTINGUISHED FAVORITE

Untethered: Faith, Failure, and Finding Solid Ground

Novella WINNER

by William Frej

Tracks

Tranquility Bight

by Ann Schaefer, Ryan Schaefer, John Schaefer and Tina Howell

by Bahr Burr

by Lis Anna-Langston

Mystery WINNER

DISTINGUISHED FAVORITE

Drops of Sunlight

DISTINGUISHED FAVORITE

DON’T MISS THIS! A DECADE OF ECCENTRIC PERFORMING ARTS

by Jim R Moore DISTINGUISHED FAVORITE

by Amnon Kabatchnik

Personal Finance

BACK TO ONE: Take 3 Cinéma Vérité

WINNER

by ANTONIA GAVRIHEL

Financially Capable: A Friendly Guide to Building While-Health Wealth

Forever & Always

by Matt Paradise

by Cristian Carrington

Personal Growth Naked Came the Detective

Sex, Drugs & Spiritual Enlightenment (but mostly the first two)

by Glendall C. Jackson III

Paranormal Mystery/Thriller

by Karuna Das

A Haunting at Linley, A Henrietta and Inspector Howard Novel

WINNER

New Fiction

WINNER

Petals from Mars: A Memoir of Resilience and Triumph over Adversity

by Judie Dziezak

The Cornbread Letters

by Michelle Cox WINNER

Missed Cue

by Lynn Slaughter

WINNER

DISTINGUISHED FAVORITE

by Kristy Lee

Shitamachi Scam

by Michael Pronko

Performing Arts

by Bahr Burr

WINNER

by Asher Black

DISTINGUISHED FAVORITE

Horror on the Stage Tranquility Bight

Wild Asses of the Mojave Desert

by Suzanne Lezotte Parenting & Family

by Morgan Baker

by Derek Corsaro

The Guitar Decoder Ring: Featuring SIGIL - The New Language of Guitar

Raising Owen: An Extra-Ordinary Memoir on Motherhood

What to Expect When You Weren’t Expecting (Parenting Tales from the most Unqualified (Step)Mom Ever)

by Jyl CJ Barlow

WINNER

Parenting and Family

Emptying the Nest: Getting Better at Goodbyes

BLURRED BOUNDARIES: PERSPECTIVES ON ROCK ART OF THE GREATER SOUTHWEST

New Adult Fiction

by T.K. Conklin

by Laura Whitfield

Winkle and Aster

Music

Outlaw’s Redemption

WINNER DISTINGUISHED FAVORITE

by Phil Bayly

by Talia Fox

DISTINGUISHED FAVORITE

by T.E. Lane

DISTINGUISHED FAVORITE

Paranormal Romance

The House Filler

by Tong Ge

WINNER DISTINGUISHED FAVORITE

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Broken, Brave and Bittersweet: Forging Fiercely Through Disability, Parenthood and Other Misadventures

Grumpy And Green Parrot Find A New Home In Naples

by Chris Prange-Morgan MA, MSW

Grumpy Lost And Found In Naples

Realms of my Soul III: A Golden Gift

by Lali A. Love

by Susan Marie Chapman DISTINGUISHED FAVORITE

by Susan Marie Chapman

Stop The Break: From Surviving to Thriving and Catching Fire in Life

A Woman’s Life on the Edge of the Sea - Four Decades of Poetry

Sneaky Snobby

by Irene Skyriver

by Janet Barrett

by Jennifer Kvam

The Gift of Sensitivity: The Extraordinary Power of emotional engagement in life and work

Problem Solver, Maximizing Your Strengths To Make Better Decisions

by Cheryl Strauss Einhorn DISTINGUISHED FAVORITE

Fight or Flight

Learning to Feel: One Man’s Path of Reconnecting to the Heart of Emotions

Picture Books-All Ages

by Andrew McFadyen-Ketchum

by Kris Girrell

WINNER

HOLOGLYPHS II - Afterlight

by Elena V. Amber

Public Relations

by S. K. Yeatts

AntonTon Philosophy WINNER

WINNER

DISTINGUISHED FAVORITE

The Essence of philosophy

My Dog Can’t Jump

Grief Touched the Sky at Night

by Saul Silas Fathi

by David Lane

by Gloria Mindock

DISTINGUISHED FAVORITE

DISTINGUISHED FAVORITE

by Kris Wilder & Lawrence Kane

When Your Sky Runs Into Mine Your Heart Can Hold the Whole Universe

WINNER

Political Thriller

Poetry - Love, Life & Family WINNER

Food & Drink: Modernist Cuisine Photography

The Abduction

by Nathan Myhrvold

by Hélène Cardona, Maram Al-Masri

WINNER

Race Relations

Never

by Joel F. Johnson

Reference WINNER

Lock Up

SAE International’s Dictionary for Automotive Engineers

by Joe Klingler

by John Kershaw Ed D

DISTINGUISHED FAVORITE

Picture Books - Preschool

DISTINGUISHED FAVORITE

WINNER

NO! GO!

A LIFE in VERSE these thoughts are a part of me which I must now set free

by Holly Schmidt

by Natalie V Frazao

The Middle Generation: A Novel of John Quincy Adams and the Monroe Doctrine

Broken Metronome

by M. B. Zucker

DISTINGUISHED FAVORITE

by Claire McKinney

by Rooja Mohassessy

by Rebecca Atanassova

Photography

Do You Know What a Book Publicist Does? 3.0

WINNER

Sophie Won’t Sleep

by Dr Danielle Camer

Clarity vs. Chaos: Sun Tzu’s Rules for Life and War

WINNER

Poetry - Political / Social

by Irena Stanic Rasin, Grigor Vitez

A Bridge to Home: A Piece of Baltimore

DISTINGUISHED FAVORITE

Courtroom Dramas on the Stage

by Amnon Kabatchnik

by L J Hippler

Business Law Essentials You Always Wanted To Know

by Vibrant Publishers, Komal Shah

Regional

by Connie Post

Edwin the Elephant’s First Night Alone

Pulled Pork in Paris

by Amanda Boyd

by Athar C. Pavis

Picture Books-Ages 4-8

Sonnets of Love and Joy

by Paul Buchheit

WINNER

Let’s Tour the World: A Globe Adventure

The Ghosts of Gold: The poetry of Clem Stambaugh

Pregnancy & Childbirth

WINNER

WINNER

Ripple Effects: How To Save Yellowstone and America’s Most Iconic Wildlife Ecosystem

To Carry Wonder: A Memoir and Guide to Adventures in Pregnancy and Beyond

by Emese C. Parker

by Clem Stambaugh

Poetry - Nature & Spirit

Understanding Superhero Comic Books

WINNER

by Alex Grand

Relationships

WINNER

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DISTINGUISHED FAVORITE

Psychology

by Theresa Lynn DISTINGUISHED FAVORITE

by Todd Wilkinson

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WINNER

WINNER

We Were The Ramchargers: Inside Drag Racing’s Legendary Team, Second Edition

by David Benjamin

I DIDN’T KNOW WHAT TO SAY, SO I JUST SAID THANKS

Suspense

City of Steel A Damascus Love Story

by David Joseph

by Mara Purl

Be Human, Lead Human: How to Connect People and Performance

Bistro Nights

by Jennifer Nash

Religion: Fiction WINNER

Short Stories

Why Hearts Keep Secrets

WINNER

by Amber Wiser Thompson

DISTINGUISHED FAVORITE

A Journey Must Be Taken: Playlist

Griffin

Artifacts and Other Stories

by H.L. Howard

by S.M. West

by Ronna Wineberg

Religion: Nonfiction

Science Fiction

WINNER

WINNER

The Plans He Has For Me

Birthright of Scars: Rising

by Rose Ann Forte

by Laurisa Brandt

Romance WINNER

Chase Cooper

Deadly Geminis and Other Short Stories: Fictional tales on a ride of twists, turns and the unexpected

Acts of Confession

by NT Anderson

Romantic Comedy WINNER

Love ad Lib

by Evie Alexander DISTINGUISHED FAVORITE

by Amy Rivers DISTINGUISHED FAVORITE

Murder for Liar

by Verlin Darrow

Spirituality How Boys Learn DISTINGUISHED FAVORITE

Ares

Music from a Strange Planet: Stories

by Jayson Adams

by Barbara Black

Crew of Exiles

Swing Bridge: Stories

by Neal Holtschulte

by Bronwyn Hughes (Author), Kat Sharp (Illustrator)

Mescalito Riding His White Horse

Project Hemisphere (Antipodes Book 1)

The Inquisition and Other Stories

Techno-thriller

by T.S. Simons

by Michael Tabor

by Lynn Eldridge DISTINGUISHED FAVORITE

Ripple Effect

by Elle Stockton

by Jeff Kirchick DISTINGUISHED FAVORITE

by David Rockwell

Inner Trek, A Reluctant Pilgrim in the Himalayas

by Mohan Ranga Rao

Self-help: General

Spirituality

WINNER

WINNER

by Mike Fiorito

WINNER

Artificial Wisdom

by Thomas R. Weaver

Sacred Celebrations: Designing Rituals to Navigate Life’s Milestone Transitions

The Afterlife Experience - How Our Association With Nature’s Elements Shapes the Outcomw

The Daedalus Protocol

by Elizabeth Barbour

by Bud Megargee

by Jeff Sheckter

DISTINGUISHED FAVORITE

Losing My Breath

by J Rose Black

Self-help: Motivational

DISTINGUISHED FAVORITE

WINNER

Inner Trek, A Reluctant Pilgrim in the Himalayas

TimeLock

by Howard Berk & Peter Berk

Romantic Fantasy WINNER

Black Wing Sky

The Cheerleader’s Guide to the Workplace

by Mohan Ranga Rao

by Melinda Carter Oakes

Mescalito Riding His White Horse

by Kaylin McFarren

Romantic Suspense WINNER

The Secret

by Eve M. Riley DISTINGUISHED FAVORITE

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by Mike Fiorito

Self-help: Spirituality WINNER

Your Crystal Allies: The 12 Best Gems and Minerals for Giving Love, Receiving Comfort, and Connecting to the Cosmos

You Are Still Alive, Now Act Like It: Empower, Elevate, and Enlighten Your Consciousness

Sports WINNER

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WINNER

RISING STAR Book One of THE RISE AND FALL OF DANI TRUEHART Series

by Michele Kwasniewski

Thriller

by Ray Catania

by Tracee Dunblazier

Teen

WINNER

The Huntsman

by Judith Sanders

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Urban Fantasy

Betrayal

by Gary E Smith

What Eyes Can’t See

by Paulette Stout

WINNER DISTINGUISHED FAVORITE

You Are Still Alive, Now Act Like It: Empower, Elevate, and Enlighten Your Consciousness

Among the Hunted

by Caytlyn Brooke

Every Other Weekend

DISTINGUISHED FAVORITE

Arcanus

Exploring Wine Regions California Central Coast

by Michael C. Higgins, PhD

by Hadley Vega

by Bonnie MacDougall

The Location Shoot: A Novel

WINNER

DISTINGUISHED FAVORITE

Junkyard Boys Love, Ruthie

by Ali Eke

Travel

by Sorboni Banerjee and Dominique Richardson

by Margaret Klaw

by Ray Catania The File

by Gary Born

DISTINGUISHED FAVORITE

Red as Blood: A YA Romantic Suspense Mystery Novel

Visionary Fiction

by Patricia Leavy

The Sordid Selection: A YA Cyberpunk Fantasy Romance series

by Jerri Chisholm

WINNER

The French Lover’s Wife

by Janet Garber

The Mummy’s Gift

by Carolyn Radmanovich DISTINGUISHED FAVORITE

Unlocking Blackbeard’s Skeletons

by Robin Reams

The Perfect Revenge: The Dragonfly Rises

by WilD

What It Cost Us: Stories of Pandemic & Protest in DC by multiple authors

World Literature

The Healing Book Travelogue

Well-being

WINNER

Tent for Seven: A Camping Adventure Gone South Out West

by Marty Ohlhaut and Grace Ly

Winkle and Aster

by Dustin Grinnell

WINNER

Fulfilled. 52 Prescriptions for Healing, Health, and Happiness

WINNER

Perestroika: an eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth

by João Cerqueira

by Dr. Bernadette Anderson DISTINGUISHED FAVORITE

Western Fiction

On Constance

The Roots That Clutch

by Beth Ann Hooper

WINNER

by Karin Konoval

The Fairytale

A Rambling Man

by Debbie Mancuso

by Robert Vaughan

Wandering in Japan: The Spirit of Tokyo, Kyoto and Beyond

DISTINGUISHED FAVORITE

Writing and Publishing

Wriding on MAX

by Steve Clark

Young Adult Nonfiction WINNER

Good Morning, Hope: A True Story of Refugee Twin Sisters and Their Triumph over War, Poverty, and Heartbreak

by Argita Zalli and Detina Zalli

WINNER

by Editors: Linda Watanabe McFerrin and Laurie McAndish King

Outlaw’s Redemption

Unlocking the Novella-in-Flash: from Blank Page to Finished Manuscript

by T.K. Conklin

by Michael Loveday

True Crime

The Powell Expeditions

DISTINGUISHED FAVORITE

by Derek Corsaro

DISTINGUISHED FAVORITE

The Things He Could Have Been: Stories of BABE RUTH

by W. Nikola-Lisa

DISTINGUISHED FAVORITE

by Tim Piper WINNER

Western Nonfiction

Saint Bloodbath

by Frederick Douglass Reynolds DISTINGUISHED FAVORITE

Gangsterland: A Tour Through the Dark Heart of Jazz-Age New York City

by David Pietrusza

Betrayal

by Gary E Smith

Get Your Book Seen And Sold: The Essential Book Marketing Guide

by Claudine Wolk and Julie Murkette

WINNER

The Little Book of Confusables

Raphael Pumpelly’s Arizona: The Frontier Adventures of a Young Mining Engineer

by Sarah Townsend

by C. Gilbert Storms

The Perfect Revenge: The Dragonfly Rises

Women’s Fiction

by WilD

Young Adult Fiction

WINNER

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Empire of Eunuchs: How the Republican Party Betrayed America Richard M. Moss, MD

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