Winner: Coming Home: American Paintings 1930-1950 from the Schoen Collection (Georgia Museum of Art)įinalists: Tammy Garcia: Form Without Boundaries (Tapestry Press) Most Unique Design: ITALIA Flip-o-rama About Italians in Movement, by Elliot Erwitt (a de.MO Project)Ģ004 Independent Publisher Book Awards 1. Story Teller of the Year: Joseph Bruchac, author of Our Stories Remember (Fulcrum Publishing)
Most Original Concept: The Food Journal of Lewis & Clark: Recipes for an Expedition, by Mary Gunderson (History Cooks) Most Life-Changing: Almost Perfect, by Wayne Schoenfeld (SWC Editions) Ference edited by Edna Scott (North Bay Heritage Carousel) Drane (Edinboro University Press)īest Book Arts Craftsmanship: Buddha, Gregory Wakabayashi, designer and The Little Big Book of Life, John Glick, designer (Welcome Books)īest Corporate Branding Book: North Bay Heritage Carousel, by Patty Fedeli photography by Ed Eng designed by Richard M. Most Likely To Save the Planet: Farming with the Wild: Enhancing Biodiversity on Farms and Ranches, by Daniel Imhoff (Watershed Media/Sierra Club Books)īest Health Book: More Humane Medicine: A Liberal Catholic Bioethics, by James F. Most Inspirational to Youth: Finders Keepers?, by Robert Arnett illustrated by Smita Turakhia (Atman Press)īusiness Breakthrough of the Year: The Smart Spot, by Dia North (Red Wheel / Weiser) This year’s Ten Outstanding Books were chosen for exemplifying this kind of courage, creativity, and independent spirit. We applaud those who are out there on the front lines producing what it takes to get noticed and impressing readers in a world of superstores and publishing conglomerates. Here’s to a great year in publishing, and here’s hoping you all have a 2005 IPPY-winning book in the works right now!įor 22 years our mission at Independent Publisher has been to recognize and encourage the work of independent authors, artists and publishers. We will strive to bring attention to this community and its books through these Awards, our website, and dealings with other media. It is a great honor to be involved with this worldwide, vibrant and diverse independent publishing community, and we are very grateful to be part of the promotional plans of so many and varied publishers.
This year we opened entry to overseas publishers who market their books in North America, and were joined by 12 foreign countries, including Bahrain, Serbia, and Greece. states and Washington D.C., nine Canadian provinces, the Philippines, and one Central American country (Guatemala). This year, 2.068 titles were entered by 1,327 publishers. ( Click here for photos of the festivities!) Congratulations to all participants for their fine work! IPPY awards will be presented to winning publishers at BookExpo America 2004 in Chicago. We are proud to announce the Winners and Finalists in the eighth annual Independent Publisher Book Awards, along with the Ten Outstanding Books of the Year.
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