To help authors increase their odds, here are 5 tips for how to win book awards from the Goody Business Book Awards.
With 46+ million books on Amazon, book awards are a great marketing tool to call attention to your work. The challenge for authors is that it can be overwhelming trying to figure out which category is best for your book and how to win.
The Goody Business Book Awards has 50 categories in 8 genres (Business, Entrepreneur, Health, Leadership, Marketing, Money/Wealth, Self-Help and Technology), and you want to choose the best topic and/or multiple categories for your book.
5 Author Tips for How to Win Book Awards
1. Nominate early to avoid missing deadlines
All awards programs have a final deadline, and if you are not on top of the key dates, you might miss an opportunity. The Goody Business Book Awards are an annual program, and the final deadline is September 30. There are no exceptions, so mark your calendars, and Nominate Your Book early using these how to win author tips!
2. Think More Strategically about Award Categories
The next thing authors need to do is think more strategically about the best Book Awards Categories when nominating your book to increase your odds of winning. For example, identify your niche subject area. And then think about which category in that topic will probably have the least competition?
Once you have these two things defined, select 1 or more categories for your book nomination(s) and then Nominate Your Book by the deadline.
For example, if you are a small business owner, you may want to Nominate Your Book for the Business – Success and/or the Entrepreneur – Small Business Categories versus Self-Help – General. As a business leader, you want to win book awards in Business categories that best describe your content and book goals.
You can also nominate your book for multiple categories, which can also increase your odds of becoming an Award-Winning Author.
3. Follow Nomination Instructions Carefully
Along with writing a compelling book, it’s important to carefully read the book award nomination instructions. Before nominating, gather the documents requested, and then the process will be really easy. For example, the Annual Goody Business Book Awardsis an easy 3-step nomination process. Each book awards program also defines their eligibility requirements, has a submission process, and a deadline.
To make it easy for authors to submit their book, here is the easy nomination process for the Goody Business Book Awards:
- Eligibility: You can nominate any book to the Goody Business Book Awards if it has been published within 5 years by a traditional publisher, hybrid publisher or is self-published.
- Submission Process: It’s an easy 3-step nomination process that can be done in 5 minutes, if you have everything together. Authors will be asked to submit their book as a PDF, book cover as a JPEG or PNG, and a 1 paragraph summary of HOW your book is helping others – through words.
- Deadline: The final deadline to nominate a book is September 30th at 11:59pm PST.
4. Write a Meaningful HOW Book is Helping Others Paragraph
Along with writing a great book, it’s important to take a few minutes to write a compelling paragraph about HOW your book is helping others. Because the Goody Business Book Awards honors 100% social impact authors, your “HOW is improving lives” answer is one of the most important things that judges will consider when selecting the Winners and Finalists. So this “how to win” tips is probably the most important.
While many authors simply copy and paste their book description in response to this question, the word limit is 150 words. Writing a clear, concise and compelling answer will really help your book stand out more to the judges.
In addition, if you are a Winner or Finalist, this paragraph will be republished on our website pages by category here:
5. Submit Book for Multiple Awards
And our final tip for how to win book awards is to apply to more than one program. While it may sound odd for us to advocate applying to other book awards program, we really want authors with high quality books to be recognized.
We recommend Googling “Top Business Book Awards”, and then carefully review your options. Depending on your budget (most book awards charge an entry fee), it would be ideal for you to apply to 2-3 awards programs. And please do your research to identify the best book awards for you and your book.
The Goody Business Book Awards was fortunate to be included in Write Business Results list of “Top 8 Business Book Awards” for 2023. We highly recommend that authors review this business book awards summary and consider applying to multiple awards by the deadline.
So Stop Procrastinating and Nominate Your Book Today
And as a final bonus tip, time is running out to nominate your book for the Annual Goody Business Book Awards by the upcoming September 30th deadline. No more hesitation! Nominate your book today using these how to win book awards tips for 1 or more of the 50 categories.
And they stay tuned for the 100+ Award-Winning Authors (with at least 1 Winner and 1 Finalist in each category) by November 15 here https://goodybusinessbookawards.com/nominate-book/
