Jeff Bezos, Dark Horse, NASA, Disney, Macmillan among winners at Digital Book World Awards in Nashville.
In Nashville, the winners of the Digital Book World Awards have been announced. The awards are presented as part of the DBW conference, and recognise ‘worldwide achievement in publishing’.
Chosen from finalists announced in September, the winners were announced on the opening night of the DBW conference.
Publisher of the Year
Dark Horse Comics
Trade Publisher of the Year
Macmillan Publishers
Children’s Publisher of the Year
Disney Publishing
Corporate Publisher of the Year
NASA
Independent Publisher of the Year
Milkweed Editions
Publishing Executive of the Year (joint winners)
Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos and Sourcebooks publisher and CEO Dominique Raccah
Publishing Entrepreneur of the Year
Novel Effect co-founders Matt and Melissa Hammersley
Best Mobile Application
Novel Effect
Best Marketing Campaign
The President is Missing (Bill Clinton & James Patterson, Century)
Best Book Cover Art
Destruction of Man (Abraham Smith, Third Man Books)
Best Use of Multimedia in Book Marketing
Autonomous Driving (Andreas Herrmann, Walter Brenner & Rupert Stadler, Emerald Publishing)
Best Use of Podcasting in Book Marketing
Macmillan
Best Book (Overall)
Galdo’s Gift: The Boovie (Trevor Young & Eleanor Long, Tapocketa)
Best Audiobook
What Happened (Hillary Rodham Clinton, S&S Audio)
See the full list of winners here.
