Awards bring attention to your ebook. Imagine two or three award “stickers” on your book’s cover, on your website, and in your promotional materials.
Improve your visibility by entering your ebook for several awards.
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Global Ebook Awards (Dan Poynter)
https://globalebookawards.com
EPIC ebook Awards
http://www.epicorg.com/
eLit Awards
http://www.elitawards.com/
eFestival of Words, Virtual Book Fair.
http://www.eFestivalOfWords.com/viewtopic.php?f=29&t=130
Best Ever Covers of the Month.
http://www.thebookdesigner.com/e-book-cover-design-awards-submissions
The Benjamin Franklin Digital Awards
http://www.BFDA-IBPA.org/index.html
Kidwelly-e Ebook Awards
http://www.kidwellyefestival.com/1.html
Publishing Innovation Awards
http://www.publishinginnovationawards.com
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National Indie Excellence Awards ®
http://www.indieexcellence.com/
Benjamin Franklin Awards
http://www.ibpa-online.org/benefits/benjamin-franklin-awards
Nautilus Book Awards
http://www.nautilusbookawards.com/
Next Generation Indie Book Awards
http://www.IndieBookAwards.com
Foreword Book of the Year Awards
http://www.forewordreviews.com/services/book-awards/botya/
ForeWord Reviews Book of the Year Awards
https://BOTYA.forewordreviews.com/
Indies Choice Book Awards
http://www.bookweb.org/btw/awards/ICBA.html
Readers’ Favorite Annual Book Award Contest
http://www.ReadersFavorite.com
Independent Publisher Book Awards
http://www.independentpublisher.com/ipland/ipawards.php
Writers Digest Self-Published Book Awards
http://www.WritersDigest.com/competitions/selfpublished
IndieReader Discovery Awards
http://www.IndieReader.com/the-indiereader-discovery-awards-info/
Eric Hoffer Award for Independent Books
http://www.HofferAward.com/HAbooks.html
I am a fossil and not very tech-savvy, to say the least. I have entered one book, but am kind of foggy about the widget page and if I did things correctly. My first three books were typed on a Smith-Corona, lol. Even now, I have to have a pro formatter ready my files for publication. I would like to possibly enter another book under a pseudonym, BUT the only way I can send my files would be the Word doc. that they are in. I read in another comment that you prefer PDF, I think. All I can do is send the Word doc. OR send a coupon to read it FREE PDF off of the Smashwords site. Is this going to cause a rejection? There may be some others with my same problem. It was my fault for not investigating things better before entering and sending in the fee. Of course I still have entered, but hope my entry will not be discarded because of the file format–also will not send another entry until you advise. Thank you.
Greenberry Baxter,
If you’re using MS word, try doing a “save-as” and look for the listing for saving it as a pdf file. Most MS word docs can do that, I think. I hope that helps you.
~ J ~