The Publishing Innovation Awards honor the most innovative ebooks, enhanced ebooks, and book apps in 14 categories. It is the mission of the PIAs to highlight excellent publishers/authors, encourage new thinking, and improve the reading experience in the digital age. …
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Why Enter
In 2011, the ebook turned forty years old, but the medium has grown leaps and bounds in the past year, thanks to the dedication and ingenuity of publishers, developers, and content creators. In order to recognize the best of the …
Quality. Excellence. Design.
QED, which stands for Quality, Excellence, Design is part of the Publishing Innovation Awards this year. The QED is the “Good Housekeeping Seal of Approval™” for ebooks – it signals to an ebook reader that the title will render well in whatever their preferred reading format and that they can buy with confidence. It is an emblem that publishers, authors, and content creators can affix to their ebook cover and metadata that assures readers they can read that title where they want, how they want.
Ebook and Enhanced Ebook titles entered into the Publishing Innovation Awards will go through a thorough, professional 13-point design review with an eye towards readability across multiple devices and in multiple formats. The QED is judged on
2011 Publishing Innovation Awards Longlist
The inaugural Publishing Innovation Awards, were presented during the Opening Ceremonies for DBW 2011 on Monday, January 24th, 2011, at the Sheraton Hotel & Towers in New York City. On January 10th, 2011, the Longlist were announced in Publishers Lunch, …
How to Enter
The Publishing Innovation Awards are committed to quality titles that renders beautifully across devices and formats. Entries must be original digital content created by the entrant or their firm. There are no geographic restrictions on entries. The Publishing Innovation Awards …