But in the mean time, one of the fixes to diversifying your collection that was mentioned on that panel was to look outside the traditional publishers for titles. Someone briefly mentioned Foreword Reviews, which I have used for a few years now [here is my “Resource Alert” on them from last year] . As they say on their about page:
Founded in 1998, Foreword Magazine, Inc. is an independent media company totally devoted to covering the indie book publishing industry. From multi-imprint independent publishers, to micro presses, university presses, and author-owned publishers, the universe of indie publishing is vast and widely underserved; Foreword exists to fill that void, giving a platform for indie publishers to be discovered by our varied audience of librarians, booksellers, book-loving consumers, publishers, agents, and other publishing professionals.
Click here for all of the winners. |
Now, some of you may be thinking, well, I am a small library and these books might be too “fringe” for us.
To that I say, no way because look at their Editor’s Choice of the Year for Fiction: We Love You, Charlie Freeman by Katilyn Greeidge-- this is a book many libraries own.
So click here or see below for links to all of the winners [Click on the purple and it will take you to the category]. Also, don’t forget the backlist winners. Those are on the website going back to 2005!
You have no excuse to not try to diversify your collections now. Foreword Reviews makes it easy. And, in the coming months, I will have information about another new resource for Indie presses, so stay tuned.
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2016
Below is the list of fantastic indie literature Winners for the 2016 Foreword INDIES Book of the Year Awards. Read the 2016 winners press release.
ADULT FICTION
- Erotica
- Fantasy
- General
- Historical
- Horror
- Humor
- LGBT
- Literary
- Multicultural
- Mystery
- Religious
- Romance
- Science Fiction
- Short Stories
- Thriller & Suspense
- War & Military
ADULT NONFICTION
- Adventure & Recreation
- Architecture
- Art
- Autobiography & Memoir
- Biography
- Body, Mind & Spirit
- Business & Economics
- Career
- Coloring Books
- Cooking
- Crafts & Hobbies
- Ecology & Environment
- Education
- Essays
- Family & Relationships
- Grief/Grieving
- Health
- History
- Home & Garden
- Humor
- LGBT
- Nature
- Performing Arts & Music
- Pets & Animals
- Philosophy
- Photography
- Poetry
- Political Science
- Popular Culture
- Psychology
- Reference
- Regional
- Religion
- Science
- Self-Help
- Social Sciences
- Sports
- Travel
- True Crime
- War & Military
- Women's Studies
- Writing
ANTHOLOGIES
GRAPHIC NOVELS & COMICS
CHILDREN'S
- Juvenile Fiction
- Juvenile Nonfiction
- Picture Books
- Picture Books, Early Reader
- Young Adult Fiction
- Young Adult Nonfiction
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