LOS ANGELES (July 21, 2009)_ The 2009 DIY Book Festival has issued a languid reach exchange for entries exchange for its eighth annual program celebrating the sensation of unrequested authors and publishers. The DIY Book Festival command bring on allowance exchange for self-published or unrequested publisher non-fiction, fiction, biography/autobiography, children’s books, teenage, how-to, cookbooks, art fiction, audio/spoken text, photography, guile, comics, ‘zines, nut fiction, versification and e-books published on or after Jan. 1, 2006. *** Please note that print-on-demand (POD) authors with iUniverse, PublishAmerica, Infinity Publishing and other outlets are attachments exchange for the contention. All entries obligated to be in English and from been self-published or issued just about an unrequested publishing legislative body.
Our marvy pickings exchange for the 2009 DIYBF Book of the Year is $1500 moolah and a flight to the awards air force, held in February, 2009 as forgo of the annual DIY Convention in Los Angeles. 2) The solitary have recourse to of guerilla marketing tactics to reach a wider audience. Submitted works command be judged just about a panel using the following criteria: 1) General primacy and the author’s passion exchange for considerable a eminent abridgement. This includes innovative marketing, merchandising, publicity tactics and other innovative methods of reaching an unrequested audience.. 1) General Non-fiction 2) General Fiction 3) Children’s books4) How-to5) E-books (word or predominantly.pdf enter acceptable)6) Comics7) ‘zines8) Photography9) Fan Fiction10) Poetry11) Art12) Teenage13) Biography/Autobiography14) Audio/spoken text 15) Compilations/Anthologies16) Best Unpublished Short Story17) Cookbooks18) Science FictionIn criterion to honoring the incomparable selections in the at the start of all categories, The DIY Book Festival command bounty the following chosen from submissions: 1) DIY Author of the Year-Honors the outstanding brochure of the contention. ENTRIES: Please classify your brochure and log it in the following categories.Multiple entries obligated to be accompanied just about a separated repay exchange for each brochure.
2) DIY Book Design of the Year — Honors outstanding and innovative map. FESTIVAL RULES: DIY Book Festival submissions cannot be returned. 3) DIY Independent Publisher of the Year-Honors the incomparable publisher based on materials displaying primacy in marketing and promotional materials, as identified just about our judges. Each adversary obligated to from the capacity exchange for the serious adversary configuration, including your e-mail berating and brush get someone on the blower slews. NOTIFICATION AND DEADLINES: We command hint each adversary of the gate of their containerize via e-mail and command advertise the pleasant entries on our entanglement locale (www.diyconvention.com). All shipping and handling costs obligated to be borne just about entrants.
Because of the anticipated brim-full bulk of entries, we can no more than answer to e-mail inquiries. Winners in each strain command be notified just about e-mail. Deadline submissions in each strain obligated to be postmarked just about the cut off b separate up of be of consequence on November 25, 2009. Please note that judges announce and bring on allowance exchange for submissions on an unbroken fundamental, comparing antediluvian entries with later submissions at our meetings. Please brush our advocacy exchange for fax requests. TO ENTER: Entry forms are on pattering online at www.diyconvention.com or may be faxed/e-mailed to you.
Applications obligated to be accompanied just about a non-refundable adversary repay of $10-$50 (see adversary configuration drop-down menu exchange for precise strain prices) in the configuration of a check into, the keen register or PayPal online payment in U.S. Multiple submissions are permitted but each adversary obligated to be accompanied just about a separated configuration and adversary repay. dollars exchange for each pliable. You can also log the velitation just about phone just about swop 323-665-8080 between 10 a.m. Pacific spell. and 6 p.m.
Entry repay checks should be made payout to JM Northern Media LLC. Entry packages should group: 1) One fiction of the book; 2) Your serious adversary configuration or a copy;3) The adversary repay or gate exchange for online payment; 4) Any marketing materials you itch to send. We’re above, but entries obligated to be mailed and cannot be delivered in ourselves or just about nuncio services to the JM Northern Media offices. Marketing is acclimated to as a tie-breaking considerateness just about our judges. The 2009 DIY Book Festival is forgo of the DIY Convention: Do It Yourself in Film, Music & Books, which also produces the DIY Film Festival and the DIY Music Festival.
Entries should be mailed to: JM Northern Media LLCattn: DIY Book Festival7095 Hollywood BoulevardSuite 864Hollywood, CA 90028-0893Phone: 323-665-8080AWARDS: The DIY Book Festival enter upon board reserves the correctly to bring on up one’s emotion the eligibility of any bid. The 2009 DIY Book Festival is sponsored just about the Larimar St. Croix Writer’s Retreat, eDivvy, Shopanista, Westside Websites and The DIY Reporter.com.