Did you write a book that deserves more recognition and free publicity as an Award-Winning Author? Is your book helping others improve their lives with words?
If you answered yes to these two questions, Nominate Your Book for Goody Business Book Awards using these 3 easy steps in 5 minutes by September 30.
The deadline is coming up fast, and award winners will be announced November 15, just-in-time for your holiday book marketing promotions.
If you want to become an Award-Winning Author, the Goody Business Book Awards has many options for you. There will be a Winner and Finalist for each of the 50 categories, so you have 100 potential opportunities to win an award. And any book published within the past 5 years is eligible.
So let us explain how easy it is for you to submit your book.
How to Nominate Your Book
Step 1 – Select Your Book Award Categories
Step 2 – Submit Your Book Details
Step 3 – Submit Payment via Square & then Wait for Judges to Announce Winners
Let’s break the three steps down further with more tips to guide you:
Step 1 – Select Your Book Award Categories
Overall, you can select from 1-50 total categories that give authors many options to get recognized. Based on your ideal readers, think about the specific category that matches your book the best. You want to think strategically when selecting your categories to increase your chances of winning, and make your potential award even more valuable for book marketing.
For example, Goody Business Book Awards Founder Liz H. Kelly’s book, 8-Second PR, was recognized as the Best Book Awards Winner in the Business: Communications/ Public Relations Category, which was very helpful for marketing to potential buyers interested in this topic.
So if you wrote a Business genre book, you might select Business – General, Business – Innovation, Business-Novel, or Business – Women In Business out of the Goody Business Book Awards categories.
For example, in the Money/Wealth genre, you can nominate your book for Money/Wealth – General, Money – Investing, or Money – Wealth and Taxes.
If you wrote a Health genre book, you might want to use Health – General, Health – Medical, Health – Wellness, or Health – Mind, Body, Spirit.
For Self-Help, author categories include: Self-Help – How To, Self-Help – Inspiration, Self-Help – Memoir and more. Bottom line, you have a lot of options and can increase your chances of being recognized in your niche area simply by selecting book award categories based on your specialities.
Step 2 – Submit Your Book Details
The second step in this easy nomination process is to submit your book details and answer 2 short questions so the judges can learn more about your author WHY and HOW. Here’s how this step works:
1) Upload Your Book as a PDF – All book awards require a copy of your book to be submitted. Our process is all digital to make it easier for you (So no trip to the UPS, FedEx or postage costs, simply attach your book to our submission form).
2) Upload Your Book Cover as a PDF – We ask for a book cover image so that when the Goody Business Book Awards posts the Winners and Finalists on the website and social media, we have a visual graphic from you.
3) Answer 2 Short Author Questions – Tell us about your Author WHY and HOW your book is making a positive impact in 1 paragraph each (150 words maximum). For example, is your book saving lives, saving people money, inspiring others, improving the reader’s health, helping entrepreneurs start a business, teaching leadership skills, helping people promote their brand, and/or endless other ways to make a positive impact on lives?
Step 3 – Submit Payment via Square & then Wait for Judges to Announce Winners
The last step is easy, and involves submitting your payment that help cover our administrative costs via Square ($75/category, which our system is connected too. You will be automatically asked to submit your payment at the end of this nomination process. And then wait for Judges to announce the Winners by November 15.
Because all Nominations are final, please make sure you proofread your submission form before completing the process. You will then get an email from us acknowledging your nomination, and you’re all set!
Why Book Awards Matter so Much?
With over 46 million books published on Amazon (and honestly, it’s probably an even bigger number now), nominating your book for an award is a great way to stand out and have an extra marketing tool.
It’s way too easy to become a bestselling author now on Amazon using special discounts and by telling your friends to buy your book on a certain day. That’s why book awards are even more valuable for your thought leader credibility, sales and marketing.
All Goody Business Book Awards Winners and Finalists will also be promoted in many ways to help “magnify your good” through a book award seal (will be emailed to Winners and Finalists), press release, website, social media and more.
So stop procrastinating! Time is running out to nominate your book by September 30, so take action today towards becoming an Award-Winning Author by Nominating Your Book in the next 5 minutes!
