Any book that has been published by a publisher or self-published in the past 5 years is eligible. For 2023, any book published between 2019-2023 can be nominated for Goody Business Book Awards by the deadline: Sept 30, 2023.

Our focus is on Uplifting Author Voices to shine a light on their work and HOW they are making a difference – with words. With 46+ million books now published on Amazon, Authors need to find more ways to stand out beyond becoming a bestseller. Becoming an Award-Winning Author is a great way to call attention to a book and author’s brand.

Instead of having a broad “Business” category, we researched the most popular book topics and categories on Amazon. There are 8 parent categories for the Goody Business Book Awards, with 50 sub-categories to maximize your potential to be recognized within your area of expertise. For example, Health – Alternative Medicine is a parent subject area and sub-category.

For 2023, we have added 25 New categories based on feedback from 2022 nominees and the popularity of the Self-Help – Memoir and Self-Help – Inspiration categories. To help more authors be recognized who wrote books about their life story, we added categories such as Autobiography, Thought Leader and Personal Transformation.

You can View All Categories on the Nominate Your Book page.

Below is the big picture of these parent categories:

• Business (13 Categories)
• Entrepreneur (3 Categories)
• Health (8 Categories)
• Leadership (6 Categories)
• Marketing (4 Categories)
• Money/Wealth (3 Categories)
• Self-Help (11 Categories)
• Technology (2 Categories)

You can Nominate Your Book – or a client or friend’s book for a Goody Business Book Award using this easy 3-step process:

Step 1 – Select Your Award Categories – You can select 1-50 categories, based on your topic.

Step 2 – Submit Your Book Details – Upload your Book and Cover as a PDF, and tell us HOW your book is positively impacting others – in 1 paragraph maximum.

Step 3 – Submit Payment via Square ($75/category) to cover administrative costs, and then Wait for Judges to Announce Winners. All major credit cards accepted.

Please complete all of the required fields, and write a great answer to the HOW your  book is helping others question to provide background for our judges. This answer will also be used to promote the Winners and Finalists on our website.

All Nominations are FINAL, so please carefully review your submission form before completing the process.

The final deadline is September 30 to submit your book to the Goody Business Book Awards. Below is the timeline and phases for our book award nominations and promotions to support authors.

• Phase 1 – Now – September 30 – Nomination Submissions Accepted
• Phase 2 – October 1 – November 14 –  Judging
• Phase 3 – November 15 – Winners & Finalists Announced
• Phase 4 – November 15 – December 31 – Promote Award-Winning Authors to add value to your holiday sales and book promotions

And because the Goody Business Book Awards are sponsored by Goody PR, we will promote the heck out of the Winners and Finalists in a press release, blogs, videos, social media and more.

Goody Business Book Award candidates will be judged by business and marketing professionals, along with avid readers who will evaluate books based on the cover, content, and social impact on others (HOW your book is helping others). Every book submission will require an answer to this important question during the nomination process:

1. HOW is your book helping others?

For example, authors should explain in a short paragraph how your book helps people save money, live longer, eat healthier, inspires change, helps entrepreneurs, be a better leader, market better, learn new things, and an endless number of ways your book is improving lives.

This HOW question requires a short answer (150 words maximum), so you have to be clear and concise.

Your answer will play an important role in judging. It will also be used to promote your book if you are selected as one of our Award-Winning Authors on our website. So take your time when answering this question on the nomination form.

The Goody Business Book Awards are presented by Goody PR, who are publicity pros. Our team will actively promote all Award-Winning Authors (WINNERS and FINALISTS) using different PR tactics.

1. PRESS RELEASE – Goody Business Book Awards will actively promote all Winners and Finalists via a press release that reaches millions.
2. WEBSITE BLOGS – We will feature all Winners and Finalists on our website with the Author, book cover, link to their Amazon page /website and HOW their book is helping others.
3. SOCIAL MEDIA PROMOTIONS – Goody Business Book Awards will leverage our social media channels to promote the Winners and Finalists, including LinkedIn, Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, YouTube and more using our @GoodyBusinessBookAwards accounts, plus the founder @LizHKelly accounts.
4. MARKETING STRATEGIES – We will also use book marketing strategies in our Award-Winning book: 8-Second PR: New Public Relations Crash Course.
5. PROVIDE MARKETING TOOLS TO AUTHORS  – Award-Wining Authors (Winners and Finalists) will be emailed the awards seal(s) that can be placed on their book cover, plus custom banners that can be used on their website, press release, email newsletter, social media and more.
6. BOOK AWARD PROMOTION TIPS – We encourage all Winners and Finalists to use these 8 New Award-Winning Author Promotion Tips – with examples.