Honored to receive the Winning award of the American Book Fest - 2023 International Book Awards!
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AMERICAN BOOK FEST™ ANNOUNCES
WINNERS AND FINALISTS OF
THE 2023 INTERNATIONAL BOOK AWARDS™
Mainstream & Independent Titles Score Top Honors in
the 14th Annual International Book Awards™
Penguin Random House, Wiley, Hachette Books, McGraw-Hill, Routledge,
Rowman & Littlefield, Tor Books, HCI Press, Hay House, Greenleaf Book Group,
Llewellyn Worldwide, Girl Friday Books, She Writes Press, Ideapress Publishing, Muse Literary and hundreds of national and international Independent Houses contribute to this year’s Outstanding Competition!
LOS ANGELES, JUNE 2023 – American Book Fest announced the winners and finalists of THE 2023 INTERNATIONAL BOOK AWARDS (IBA), one of the world’s largest international book award programs for mainstream, indie, and self-published titles. Over 500 winners and finalists were announced in over 100 categories. Awards were presented for titles published in 2021, 2022, and 2023.
Jeffrey Keen, President and CEO of American Book Fest, said this year’s contest yielded thousands of entries from authors and publishers around the world, which were then narrowed down to the final results.
Full results for the 14th Annual International Book Awards can be found at: http://internationalbookawards.com/2023awardannouncement...
Winners and finalists of this year’s contest join a prestigious group of past laureates, including Pope Francis, Amy Tan, Anne Lamott, George Sanders, Julie Andrews, Clive Barker, Vanessa Williams, Shark Tank’s Daymon John, Brad Thor, Kitty Kelley, and many others.
Visit the Award Laureate page for an expanded list: http://internationalbookawards.com/awardlaureates.html
American Book Fest covers books from all sections of the publishing industry—mainstream, independent, & self-published. A 20-year timeline and award archives can be found at http://americanbookfest.com/aboutuscontactus.html
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