June 2020
2020 Independent Publisher Book Awards Results
Indie Groundbreaking Publisher: Analog Sea
From the Tech Desk: Predictions for the New Decade
Indie Groundbreaking Book: O America
Indie Groundbreaking Bookseller: The Raven
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Announcing the Results of the 2020 Independent Publisher Book Awards
Thanks to all of the independent authors and publishers who participated in our 24th annual, 2020 Independent Publisher Book Awards contest!
Tech Desk
From the Tech Desk
"Libraries, those bastions of free books and knowledge, were always an equalizer in times like these: a mechanism that would allow anyone to access a massive array of books, even if they couldn’t afford to pay for them."
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10 Must-Read Childrens Books
"The takeaway from this list is to never underestimate the power of children’s literature. In fact, writing to children is considered an art, because the stories can also appeal to adults."
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IPPY-Winning Poets Speak Out
“I believe more than ever that poetry can help pave the way to a more humane and just society.”
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June Is Audiobook Month
"Thanks to the handy dandy cell phones we take with us everywhere, books can travel everywhere too. They fill the silence on your commute and pass the time during chores or exercise."
Indie Groundbreaking Publisher
Analog Sea
"Analog Sea publishes with an attitude that books should look, feel, and read like the sacred objects they are – or at least they once were."
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The Raven Book Storeby Jim Barnes / December 2019 “For our part, we try to level things by being really good at what we do, and really loud. So we use our platform to try to teach people what’s at stake as Amazon increases its influence and market share." |
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Students from Small Cartooning School Find Outsized Success
"Far from the large cities and cultural centers, a school with less than 40 students in rural Vermont is leaving its mark in a big way." |
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O America: Discovery in a New Landby Jim Barnes / February 2020 "Who is calculating the future? When I raise these issues with an American, I receive a look suggesting I must be simple to challenge headlong affluence. Perhaps so, but hasty and unreckoned change is not always a salutary companion to liberty." |
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From the Tech Deskby Craig Manning / April 2020 "Libraries, those bastions of free books and knowledge, were always an equalizer in times like these: a mechanism that would allow anyone to access a massive array of books, even if they couldn’t afford to pay for them." |
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Analog SeaJim Barnes / June 2020 "Analog Sea publishes with an attitude that books should look, feel, and read like the sacred objects they are – or at least they once were." |
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10 Must-Read Childrens Booksby Molly Crockett Oh the Places You'll Go! |
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IPPY-Winning Poets Speak Outby CeCe Richardson / June 2020 Poetry in a Pandemic |
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June Is Audiobook Monthby Jillian Manning / June 2020 What Are You Listening To? |