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2013 Winner Announcement
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- Winner Announcement - 2013 Small Business Book Awards
March 27, 2013 -- Congratulations to all who participated in the 2013 Small Business Book Awards! All those nominated should feel proud to be part of the Awards. It is quite an accomplishment just to be nominated and participate, and you can forever display a badge that your book or resource was nominated for a Small Business Book Award. If you were one of those who made it into the Top 10 Overall and the Category Winners - you may now say you have an award-winning book or resource, too, (and… - How to Fund Your Self-Published Book #BizBookAwards Chat Recap
Self-publishing has become a serious option for small business owners and business writers seeking to boost their expertise, establish some new revenue, or perhaps create a viable new business model. The trick is funding the costs associated with publishing that first book. In a Twitter chat Wednesday, we examined some of the approaches for raising money to fund your first self-publishing projects. Guests included Nancy Spooner Bsharah (@SurfDateBook) co-author of Everything I Know About Dating… - Learn How to Fund Your Next Book #BizBookAwards Chat
Learn how to fund your next book. Join the Small Business Trends team and guests for a text chat on Twitter.com. It takes place on Wednesday, March 13 from 7 to 8 p.m. Eastern (New York time zone). There are many challenges to face when self-publishing your own book. You'll need to cover the expenses of cover design, typesetting/formatting, and editing, and that's before you've even looked at potential marketing costs. So, how can you fund the publishing of your book before you've even sold… - Traditional vs. Self-Publishing: Twitter Chat Recap
Today's authors have more alternatives than ever before. One of the biggest decisions you need to when writing your latest business book is whether to go the traditional publishing route or try self-publishing. And for book lovers the question is: "Is a traditionally published book better than a self published book?" A recent Twitter chat in honor the Business Book Awards covered this topic. We bring you highlights from the chat. Special speakers included Ramon Ray (@RamonRay), author of… - Announcing the 2013 Small Business Book Awards
January 14, 2013 -- Later this month the 5th Annual Small Business Book Awards for 2013 kick off. Attention Authors, Book Lovers and Entrepreneurs Authors -- are you ready to get recognized for the book you worked so hard to create? Book lovers -- are you ready to see all the best of the recent small business books in one place and network with the authors? Business owners, entrepreneurs, CEOs, managers and aspiring entrepreneurs -- are you ready to find some great reading for you… - 2012 Small Business Book Awards Winners
February 17, 2012 -- Congratulations to all who participated in the 2012 Small Business Book Awards! Every author whose book was nominated should feel proud to be part of the Awards. It is quite an accomplishment to write a book, and you can forever display a badge that your book was nominated for a Small Business Book Award. As for the 40 books that made it into the Top 10 Overall and the 30 Category Winners - you may now say you have an award-winning book (and display gold foil stickers).… - Update: 86,000 Votes and Gold Award Stickers are Here!
February 15, 2012 -- As I write this, we are just a day and a half before the close of voting. Votes have already exceeded last year's number by a wide margin. Currently the tally stands at 86,000 votes ... and climbing. The support from the community for the authors who have poured their hearts and souls into these books, has been awesome. For all 250+ authors, and we gratified to see your books get visibility. Every book in this competition has been seen many hundreds or thousands of times,… - How We Track Votes
February 6, 2012 -- Voting is a very important to you, and to us. We want the best possible experience for everyone, while at the same time insuring that no one gets an unfair advantage due to holes in the voting system. With this in mind, we decided to use IP addresses to distinguish one voter from another, because it's the best option available to us. Now, let me explain what that means. The IP address that you have for your computer is probably different from the IP address that the… - UPDATE: Count Down Counter and Voting Buttons
February 1, 2012 UPDATE 11:20 AM Eastern time, February 1. Thanks to everyone who notified us about the two issues I wrote about earlier (see below). They are now fixed. And please know that ALL votes did register properly. We are aware of a couple of issues with regard to the site, and are working on them to fix. (1) The Countdown counter of time left to vote shows an incorrect day count of 190 days. The official rules apply -- voting will end on 11:59 pm Los Angeles time (Pacific time),… - Free Books: The Great Big Biz Book Giveaway in the #BizBookAwards
January 31, 2012 Welcome to the Big Biz Book Giveaway Giveaway! For five days we have books donated by some awesome authors, that we will be giving away to the small biz community. The Giveaway starts the evening of January 31, 2012 and will run through February 7, 2012. Each day, excluding the weekend, we’ll give away selected books from small business authors. To enter to win a book from one of the daily book giveaways, tweet a message on Twitter using the hashtag #BizBookAwardsWin… - Join Us for a Twitter Chat: How to Drive Buyers for Your Book, in Droves
January 26, 2012 Join us for a Twitter chat! The topic is: How to Drive Buyers for Your Book, in Droves Have you always dreamed of writing and publishing a book? Then you won't want to miss this Twitter chat on January 31, 2012. You will get expert tips on how to market your book and drive sales up. This hour-long chat on Twitter is designed for you -- authors and aspiring authors. Today, even the largest publishers do a limited amount to market most books. As an author, it’s up… - Sponsor the Book Awards - Show Your Support of Small Biz
January 19, 2012 - Show your support of small business by sponsoring the Small Business Book Awards. Sponsorship opportunities available for $2,000 to 10,000. Something to fit every budget. Please contact Anita Campbell, Founder of the Small Business Book Awards at: anita@smallbiztrends.com or call at 888-842-1186, ext 701 - 133 Small Business Books Nominated So Far
January 18, 2012 - We’re only a few days into the nomination process with 13 days to go, and there are 133 nominations already. Nominations have been coming in from readers, authors, publicists and publishers in the categories of Marketing, Social Media, Technology, Economics, Management and StartUp. Anyone can nominate. To see which books have been nominated already, you can scroll across the gallery on the home page. Or you can search for it. Why Nominations Take 24 Hours… - Nominate a book for the Small Business Book Awards #BizBookAwards
January 9, 2012 – Nominations for the 4th Annual Small Business Book Awards 2012 are underway! The Small Business Book Awards recognize those business books relevant to small businesses and entrepreneurs. Each year we enable the community to vote on its favorite new books. Only books published in the preceding year are eligible. That means books first published or revised between November 1, 2010 and December 31, 2011 are eligible. Nominate your favorite business books. It’s… - 4th Annual Small Business Book Awards to Kick Off January 2012
December 21, 2011 - Get ready! The 4th Annual Small Business Book Awards are about to kick off once again, in January 2012. In this event we honor and recognize books for and by small businesses. While there are numerous book awards -- from the Pulitzer Prize to the Independent Book Awards -- only the Small Business Book Awards focus exclusively on books that appeal to the small business market. You won't find books that are primarily for a corporate audience. You won't find fiction books…
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Welcome to the 5th Annual Small Business Book Awards for 2013, brought to you by the award-winning Small Business Trends. The Awards celebrate the best business books that entrepreneurs, small business owners, CEOs, managers, and their staffs should read.
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