Volume 7 - Number 11 - November 2007
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Quote of the Month:
"There is no reason
good can't triumph over evil,
If only angels will get organized along the lines of the mafia."
- Kurt Vonnegut (1922-2007), frontspiece to Man Without a Country, his last published book. His birthday would have been this Veteran's Day, Nov. 11. Vonnegut was a survivor of the fire-bombing of Dresden in WWII and went on to write one of the most important anti-war books of all time, Slaughterhouse Five.
Poem of the Month:
We Real Cool
THE POOL PLAYERS.
SEVEN AT THE GOLDEN SHOVEL.
We real cool. We
Left school. We
Lurk late. We
Strike straight. We
Sing sin. We
Thin gin. We
Jazz June. We
Die soon.
- by Gwendolyn Brooks (1917-2000)
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Pre-Holiday Greetings,
The above poem was a favorite of Harold Washington, mayor of Chicago from 1983 to 1987, and for whom the central public library building of Chicago is named. I learned more about Washington while conducting our first annual Moonbeam Children's Book Awards presentation event at the Harold Washington Library Center -- the largest public library building in the world, with over 70 miles of book shelving. The story of the city's first black mayor is compelling, especially in light of the current run for the presidency by Barrack Obama. Washington's victory was a turning point in Chicago politics, an over-turning of the "Daley Machine," helped by a campaign that registered 100,000 new black voters prior to the election; it also inspired the young Obama to move to Chicago in 1985 and get involved in public issues. Obama's presidential bid now signals a big turning point in U.S. national politics, that of a black candidate with a realistic chance to be elected President.
Washington inspired Obama, and Obama is undoubtedly inspiring thousands of young people with his charisma and youthful enthusiasm (not to mention his race). As Obama says in his bestselling autobiography, The Audacity of Hope, it requires boldness and audacity to believe you can make things better than they are today, rather than succumbing to cynicism or hopelessness. The future of the planet may well depend on our children taking that audacious step into hopefullness, and the books they read play a huge part in making that happen. We hope our Moonbeam Awards inspire readers and buyers to check out the winning books, we hope kids will read them and be inspired by them, and we hope the award-winning authors, illustrators and publishers are inspired to do more great work!
This month's issue of Independent Publisher Online includes results of the Moonbeam Children's Book Awards with a full listing of gold, silver and bronze medalists, and some photos from the event. Columnist Nina L. Diamond was busy this month, first with a profile of Moonbeam Award-winner, Nachshon Press, gold medalist in the Young Adult Non-Fiction category with Homeland: The Illustrated History of the State of Israel. Presented in a unique, fully-illustrated graphic format, the book begins with the biblical Abraham and goes right up to the present. “Every country’s lands have changed hands many times," says author Marv Wolfmann, a prolific comics author who also wrote The D.C. Universe. "The world is always in flux. You hope that everyone living in the land can eventually find peace and work together. The rest is politics and power, which are the same thing.”
In her Much Ado About Publishing column, Nina gives us her take on the Writer's Guild strike, with her column, What if Authors Went on Strike? "What kind of books," she speculates, "would editors, publishers, sales execs, distributors, and other non-writing publishing industry humans (and sub-humans) write in our place?" Nina also delivers her Annual Holiday Parody, sure to get you into the "Christmahanukwanzukah" spirit.
In this month's How's Your Publishing Game? column, Fern Reiss offers some timely advice on How to Publicize Your Children's Book. "Do a bookstore demonstration instead of a reading," she writes. "If your book features an acrobat, design a gymnastics event; maybe you could even organize a gymnastics marathon as a charity event. If your book involves a child who cooks, put together a kids’ cooking demonstration. If you have a book about animals, consider organizing a petting zoo."
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And don't forget:
Axiom Business Book Awards - final deadline is November 30th. Enter your business-related titles in this new awards program designed to recognize exemplary business books and their creators, and to bring the year's most outstanding business books together with business people eager to read them.
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Ten Outstanding Books of the Year.
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"Recognizing and promoting the world's
best business titles."
Introducing the Axiom Business Book Awards.
The Axiom Business Book Awards are celebrating their inaugural year with 26 different categories of awards, designed to bring increased recognition to the year’s best business books and their creators.
The goal of the awards is to celebrate the innovative, intelligent, and creative aspects of the books that make us think, see, and work differently every day. The Axiom Awards give participants from around the world the opportunity to earn further recognition for their English-language titles.
Award Categories
1. Career (job search, career advancement)
2. Sales (sales skills, negotiating, closing)
3. Leadership
4. Communication Skills/Networking
5. Business Ethics
6. Operations Management/Productivity/TQM
7. Human Resources/Employee Training
8. Entrepreneurship
9. Philanthropy/Charity/Nonprofit
10. Accounting/Taxes
11. Economics (micro, macro, global finance)
12. Personal Finance (estate planning, debt management)
13. Investing (stocks, bonds, hedge funds, options, futures)
14. Retirement Planning
15. Coaching/Mentoring
16. Success/Motivation
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18. Branding (corporate history, anniversary, promo)
19. Self-Employment/Home-Based Business
20. Real Estate (buying, investing, management)
21. Business Reference (legal, how-to)
22. Business Consumer Guides
23. Memoir/Biography
24. Business Fable—Fiction
25. International Business/Globalization
26. Technology/Computers
Who can enter?
Authors and publishers throughout North America and overseas publishers who published English-language books released in 2006 or 2007 intended for the North American market may enter. Print-On-Demand and other independent authors are welcome to enter their books themselves.
What does it cost?
$145 entry fee per-title, per-category. The final registration deadline is November 30.
To learn more about the Axiom Business Book Awards, contact Jim Barnes, Awards Director info@axiomawards.com; PH: 1.800.644.0133 x1011.
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