Global Ebook Awards
INSTRUCTIONS FOR ENTERING
Ebooks may be entered in the Global eBook Awards by their authors, publishers, publicists, illustrators, or other interested parties. Upon completion of your entry order you will be re-directed to the “Add Your eBook” page.
The eBook must be published and offered for sale online. Entries must cite a URL where the book is listed. That may be the author’s website, Amazon.com, Smashwords, etc. If you are entering the Best eBook Cover or Best eBook Trailer categories, please email either a jpeg of the cover of your eBook or the URL of your trailer (must be on YouTube) to Becky@ParaPublishing.com at your earliest convenience.
On receipt, the screening judges will check the entry for completeness and suitability. The judges support the First Amendment but books considered obnoxious by the general public (kiddie porn, etc.) will not be accepted.
Ebooks entered in The Global eBook Awards must go through an evaluation process in order to be nominated. All Global eBook Award Nominees will be visible under the Award Nominees section of the website approximately one week after entry, if the eBook meets all qualifications. ” The Nomination page will list the title, author, publisher, category, and the URL listed by the applicant so that people can find the book on the Internet. Applicants will be issued Nomination “stickers” that may be used in promoting their eBook.
It is to your book’s advantage to be enrolled at Smashwords.com because it makes your book available to judges in the format of their choice. If you aren’t able to upload your book to Smashwords.com then email your book to submissions@awardsforebooks.com in Kindle, PDF, Doc or whatever format you have it in and we will make it available to the judges. Please understand there may be some judges that may not be able to read the format you have provided.
Smashwords.com
We prefer, but it is not required, that entrants in the Global Ebook Awards have their ebooks in the Smashword’s system for this contest.
Smashwords Coupon Code Manager
The Smashwords Manager allows authors to assign coupon codes to books that they can then share with reviewers and judges. Judges can easily retrieve the ebook in the format (PDF, Kindle, ePub, etc.) of their choice. Judges enter the code prior to completing their checkout to receive a 100% discount (free review copy).
Once your ebook is posted at Smashwords, go to the book’s page, click on “Generate Coupon,” and copy the code.
With the Smashwords Coupon Manager, the author can provide free copies of the ebook to our judges (or to book reviewers to get Amazon reviews). Send the coupon code to other reviewers too.
You can limit the use of the coupon code by setting an expiration date or changing it at any time. Please set your expiration date to the end of July 2012.
| Title | Base Price | Coupon Code | Coupon Price | Coupon Created | Coupon Starts | Coupon Expires | Actions |
| Air Travel Handbook | $4.97 | BA47X | $0.00(~100% off) | 11/05/11 | Immediately | 11/14/11 | Generate Coupon |
Smashwords gives the author the ability to manage how they share their ebook and will also give us the highest degree of confidence that we will meet the requirements of each and every one of our judges.
Please click on the link below or copy and paste it into the address bar of your browser to choose your eBook category and enter the contest:
http://globalebookawards.com/registration/
Questions, contact:
Global Ebook Awards, a division of Para Publishing LLC
+1-805-968-7277
Hi,
During the past 2 weeks I have published 5 ebooks on smashwords I would like to enter them in the global book awards. The form on this page allows only one book. How can I make multiple entries??
I am listed and published on Smashwords.
I have just been approved as a judge.
Thanks,
Jim Prentice
Upon completion of your order you will be re-directed to the add your eBook page where you can enter up to 7 eBooks.
Hey Dan -
Thanks for setting up this contest. What about enhanced ebook iPad apps? Do you accept those as entries? If so, how?
App publishers can generate free codes for your judges, many of whom are likely among the 50 million people who own an iPad.
thanks, cheers, Bruce
Sounds as though your book would fit
Best Multimedia in an Ebook (audio/Video/Internet)
See
http://globalebookawards.com/registration/
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Please can we make the entry page more user friendly.
Having entered one book, I should like to be able to enter another book without havingto pay another $79.
Thus;
Requirements such as smashworddiscount coupons and lter entries should all be easily assesible on the web-page.
Also, I received an email saying that I have been selected a a judge, but no instrution on how I can be listed or how I could get hold o the ebooks and the discount coupons.
At present, the web-site is good for promoting Dan Poynter, but not good for potential judnges or entrants.
Rene Chang
THank you for the feedback.
We are making clarifying changes to the site every day.
See
http://globalebookawards.com/instructions-for-judges/
These instructions will be sent directly to judges as soon as we are able to post more Nominated books.
Keep checking the categories you want to read. More books are being nominated each day.
How do I download the judge and nominated stickers?
How do I get to place the judge stickerand also nominated sticker on to my web- site?
The instructions should be placed clearly and prominently on your web site.
Rene
Rene
Thank you for being one of our 252 judges.
Go to
http://globalebookawards.com/instructions-for-judges/
and Copy>Paste the Judge Logo.
With a Mac, right click and Copy Image. As I recall, it is similar on a PC.
Or, on a Mac, use Grab>Capture>Selection.
For Stickers, go to
http://globalebookawards.com/award-stickers/
As it says on that page:
For the low resolution graphics, either right-click the above image or click one of the links below:
Low-Resolution Finalist Sticker
Low-Resolution Winner Sticker
If you want a free higher resolution sticker graphic for printing or for your ebook graphic designer, write to us at Submissions at AwardsForEBooks.com.
To place the images on your website, you will have to discuss this with your webmaster/the person who set up your site.
I am not sure if my books can be entered. I write short humor stories with twenty of them in a book – the word total is from 12 to 14 thousand words. Are they too short to enter? I have them on Smashwords and Amazon both.
Thanks, I would love to enter if I am allowed to.
Margaret Radisich Sleasman
Short stories may be entered individually or in a collection–as long as they are in the same book.
Your issue seems to be that your stories are in a single book but you are selling them individually at Smashwords.
SO, enter the collection of stories but supply a Smashwords Coupon Code for each story.
[...] The awards offer plenty of categories for writers and publishers of fiction and non-fiction eBook titles and offer a great way to promote your book. Judges who are bloggers and reviewers are also encouraged to review the books they read on Amazon, B&N.com, Midwest Book Review and other review periodicals – so this is a genuine opportunity to get valuable feedback on your books. And, if the reviews are good, you’ll get the ‘social proof’ you need to convert eBook browsers to buyers and increase your sales. You still have time to enter your eBook – the deadline for submissions is 12 March. You can read more about how to enter on the Global eBook Awards website. [...]
This looks interesting, but something of a gamble. If I have understood the system correctly, one is required to pay the company $79 first. Next, one will be directed to a page which will allow one to enter one’s book. Then, within about a week, the company will decide whether to “nominate” the book. If it is nominated, all is fine. But, if it is not nominated (and no indication is given as to one’s prospects of being nominated), the $79 will have been paid for nothing at all. It all strikes me as being a little risky, but I wish those who are prepared to take the risk the best of luck.
Charles
Charles
If your application does not qualify initially, we will work with you to improve the application. If the book still does not qualify, we will refund your application fee.
We want all Nominated books to meet certain minimums for availability, cover, description, etc.
I am interested to participate with the $79.00. Please tell me as I am new to ebook, whether you will provide free facility for me to convert my book to the ebook version? At the moment I am marketing my book via http://wildfire.gigya.com/facebook/preview.aspx?fb_sig_api_key=f7667e9ebccf2157d6f15f991a5e3ce9&wid=619345961&p=bHQ9MTMyODU4MzMyMTI3NyZwdD%2AxMzI4NTgzMzM1ODM3JnA9NTQ5MjgyJmQ9Jm49ZmFjZWJvb2smZz%2AyJm89Mjc3Mzc1OTNmNGQ3NGQ1NDliODE1OTdjMWI3Zjk%2AYzcmb2Y9MA%3D%3D&s=1
But this ebook was converted from my soft copy using the free converter from http://www.wildfire.gifya.com
No, I’m sorry your book must already be in eBook format to be entered and we do not provide eBook converting services. There are eBook conversion suppliers listed on the website please see:
http://globalebookawards.com/ebook-resources/conversion-services/
Hi,
We have a non fiction gardening book. Titled Knowledge to Grow Shaped Trees. We have it copy protected. We have two versions of protection, an online version which means any thing that can open a browser can read it and an exe file for P,C for downloading.
I would have to give each judge willing to review our book a license key. Please have a look at our sale page, we have extracts from the book there. Please let me know if this is possible to submit.
Thanks
Becky
Hi,
Yes your book can be submitted. It would be best to give the license key to me and then I will give it to the judge who is reviewing your book. We are having at least 5 judges reviewing each book entered. If you have more questions, please feel free to email me directly at becky@parapublishing.com. Many thanks.
My book, “Black Purple Sky” was accepted last week in the Fiction category, however, I do not see it listed. Is there a lag or am i looking in the wrong place?
You entered your book on 3/9/12, generally as it states under the nominees tab it takes about a week for all of the books to go through the evaluation process and then to be posted on the website. Sometimes the books can be posted faster, it just depends on how many need to be gone through and how backed up we are.
Dan
I have a print and ‘e’ version of the same book. Can I still enter the Awards?
Yes, you can.
What’s the application procedure for entering the global ebook contest if I can’t use Smashwords? I’m locked into a 90 day exclusive contract with Kindle Select so I can’t use Smashwords until after the application period expires.
I also answered he email you sent directly to me but wanted to answer you here as well. It is not required that your book be on Smashwords, we just need a copy of your book to forward to the judges since they are not going to be able to get it from Smashwords. So if you can email me either a PDF, epub or Kindle file of your book that will be just fine.
Hi Becky,
I just entered your Global eBook contest. Order ID: 194017450. The book: POINT DECEPTION is available on Smashwords for the judges.
Thank you Jim, we received your entry.