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Independent Book Blogger Awards Winners Revealed!
Goodreads and the Association of American Publishers are pleased to announce the winners of the first-ever Independent Book Blogger Awards. Designed to showcase the incredible talent working in the book blogging community today, this year's award winners are standouts in their field.
Goodreads members flooded the polls for this inaugural IBBA, with nearly 10,000 people voting for more than 800 blogs. And the topics the blogs covered were extraordinarily diverse: a recap of World Book Night; a post about favorite literary quotes; a Fify Shades of Grey read-along. After the Goodreads community narrowed the field to fifteen finalists in four categories, a panel of book industry professionals judged each blog for its caliber of writing and design, depth of knowledge, and the quality of the discussion it generates.
The winning blogs exemplify what book blogging is about: building community. Without further ado, here are the 2012 winners of the Independent Book Blogger Awards!
- Insatiable Booksluts - Adult Fiction
- Sophisticated Dorkiness - Adult Nonfiction
- Nerdy Book Club - Young Adult & Children's
- Writer Beware Blogs - Publishing Industry
Each of these bloggers will receive a trip to New York City for the upcoming Book Expo America 2012, the premiere conference and trade show for the publishing industry, and the BEA Book Bloggers Conference. Congratulations to the four winners and thanks to everyone who entered or voted in this year's awards!
Finalists in the Independent Book Blogger Awards are:
Adult Fiction: TNBBC's The Next Best Book Blog; Parajunkee's View; Vampire Book Club; LITERAL ADDICTION; Paranormal Reads; Fantasy-Faction; trevorkidd.com; AuthorJess; Words With Writers; How Novelistic; Not Another Romance Blog; Books . . . Looks and Takes by Eleanor Anders; The True Book Addict; Jen's Book Thoughts
Adult Non-Fiction: The Girl from the Ghetto; Jeannie Walker - Award Winning True Crime Author; The Parchment Girl; Reading, Writing, Working, Playing; Misfit Salon; At Home With Books; A Novel Affair; Scandalous Women; The Feminist Texican [Reads]; The Dunce Academy; World War ll London Blitz Diaries 1939-1945; The Well-read Naturalist; Janet Boyer Reviews; Notes From The Parsonage
Young Adult & Children's: I Am A Reader, Not A Writer; Once Upon a Twilight; Bookies; Children's Book-A-Day Almanac; The Midnight Garden; KindleObsessed; books4yourkids.com; Tumbling Books; Me, My Shelf and I; Paranormal Book Club; YA Bibliophile; Murphy's Library; Aileen's Thoughts; The Librarian Who Doesn't Say Shhh!
Publishing Industry: Author Michael J. Sullivan; Kris Wampler's Blog: A resource for indie writers; Writer. Publicist. Superhero.; EvilReads; Ink Drop Interviews Presents...; Indies Unlimited; The Great Gray Bridge; Vouched Books; Yours in Books; Life as a Publisher; Market My Words; Bookworm; Anne R. Allen's Blog; Leslie Lee Sanders
To view all 804 nominated blogs, please visit the Independent Book Blogger Awards page.
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May 16, 2012 03:24PM
Thanks so much to Goodreads and the AAP! I'm so excited!
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Wow congratulations winners! This is fantastic
1. Big congrats to the winners.2. Looks like the VBC link isn't working up there, so here's the correct one: Vampire Book Club.
Chelsea [Vampire Book Club] wrote: "1. Big congrats to the winners.2. Looks like the VBC link isn't working up there, so here's the correct one: Vampire Book Club."
Sorry about that, Chelsea. Fixed it for you. Congratulations on making the finals.
Patrick wrote: "Sorry about that, Chelsea. Fi..."No worries. A couple followers flagged it for me.
And thanks!
Congratulations. I know that updating blogs daily and maintaining them consumes a bit of time, and your efforts are much appreciated.
Thanks so much for hosting the contest, GoodReads! All of us owe so much to you for providing us with a great place to come together to share our love of books. Big congratulations to all the winners!Wendy @ The Midnight Garden
how do you do a book blog. Sorry buy I'm new
Connie wrote: "how do you do a book blog. Sorry buy I'm new"takes a lot of hard work ^_^
We are so excited that our blog, Nerdy Book Club, has been honored by IBBA. Thank you!
Goodreads, thanks so much for doing this. What a completely and utterly cool idea, to have a book blogger contest! I often feel kind of at sea with so many book blogs out there, and this gives me a great starting point of some good ones to follow. And I'm vicariously thrilled to think of you sending book bloggers off to Book Expo (fantastic idea for a prize!)
I am so excited to see that two of my favorite blogs made it! Congratulations to you all. :)
Congrats everyone!
Congratulations to all the winners and finalists alike.
Well done everyone!! Congrats to everyone including the other finalists! :) have a great trip winners!
Congrats to all the winners and finalists!
Congrats to the winners and to all who made the cut. Everyone keep on writing on your blogs and know you make a difference in someone's life.
So glad to have been among the finalists. Thanks, Philip Turner, Curator/Writer of The Great Gray Bridge book blog.
Congrats winners! And it's so cool to be a finalist, so thanks to those who voted and checked out my blog, too.
I live across the river in NJ, so maybe I'll still stop by and congrats everyone in person. Enjoy the expo!
yay I (market my words) was finalist in publishing category ! woot wootIf you like a book marketing blog - come visit me :)
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Congrats to the winners and I'm so thrilled to even be a finalist! Thank you!
Congratulations to all of the winners and the finalists, well done!
congrats to the winners and Im so thankful that my site was a finalist!!!
I wish there was a finalist widget we could place on our blogs. *hint hint* =O)
Michelle/ wrote: "I wish there was a finalist widget we could place on our blogs. *hint hint* =O)"that would be great
Congrats to the winners!So glad to see that my lil ole blog (Reading, Writing, Working, Playing) was in the top 15 for Adult Non-Fiction.
Thanks, everyone, who voted for me! :)
Once Upon wrote: "Michelle/ wrote: "I wish there was a finalist widget we could place on our blogs. *hint hint* =O)"that would be great"
I second that plea for a widget!!!
That is so awesome! I can't believe I was a finalist, and I look forward to trying again next year! :)
Thanks for the Opportunity, Goodreads & AAP. Quick question-I thought that group blogs were automatically disqualified? Did I misunderstand that in the rules?
Congratulations to all of you for your hard work. If you want to find some fresh opinions on several subjects, you could check this http://www.topictower.com/forums/book....
when does the 2013 contest begin? or rather, when can submissions be given for the next contest?
Guess I'm echoing the folks above, but I'd love to be considered for the 2013 awards...http://kidbookratings.blogspot.com
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The Internet is so overwhelming!!! Thank you for narrowing the 'field' and bringing our attention to the best.
Thanks so much for hosting the contest, GoodReads! All of us owe so much to you for providing us with a great place to come together to share our love of books. Big congratulations to all the winners!Newsflash247
