2010 DBW Publishing Innovation Awards Longlist
Organizers of Digital Book World 2011 have announced the longlist for the inaugural Publishing Innovation Awards, to be presented during the Opening Ceremonies for DBW 2011 on Monday, January 24th, 2011, at the Sheraton Hotel & Towers in New York City.
“The Publishing Innovation Awards will honor those making strides in this nascent medium,” said David Nussbaum, CEO of F+W Media, parent company to Digital Book World. “As the mission of Digital Book World is to learn, share and celebrate innovation in our industry, the Publishing Innovation Awards are a natural extension to the community.”
The longlist includes:
Fiction (Judge: Joshua Tallent)
- A Christmas Carol (PadWorx Digital Media)
- Alice for iPad (Atomic Antelope)
- Cathy’s Book 2 (Expanded Apps, Inc.)
- DRACULA: The Official Stoker Family Edition (PadWorx Digital Media)
- Letters From Father Christmas (HarperCollins)
- The Mongoliad (Subutai Corporation)
- War of the Worlds (Smashing Ideas)
Non-Fiction (Judge: Peter Meyers)
- 10 Greatest Card Tricks of All Time (Vook)
- Ansel Adams (Hachette Book Group, Inc.)
- I Live in the Future & Here’s How It Works (Random House)
- iPad Stretches (Shelter Publications, Inc.)
- Logos Bible Software (Logos Bible Software, Inc.)
- Music: An Appreciation (Standard Nine Inc.)
- WAR (Enriched) (Grand Central Publishing)
- Why the Net Matters (Canongate Books Ltd)
Children’s (Judge: Peter Costanzo)
- A Story Before Bedtime (Jackson Fish Market)
- The Cat In the Hat (Oceanhouse Media)
- Cozmo’s Day Off (Ayars Animation, Inc.)
- Grimm’s Rapunzel (Ideal Binary Ltd.)
- Miss Spider’s Tea Party (Callaway Arts & Entertainment)
- The Night Before Christmas, told by Meryl Streep (Ruckus Media Group)
- The Pedlar Lady of Gushing Cross (Moving Tales)
- Suzie Bitner Was Afraid of the Drain (Copperplate Publishing)
Reference (Judge: Liza Daly)
- Andrew Zuckerman: Music (PQ Blackwell Ltd.)
- BrainPOP Featured Movie (BrainPOP®)
- Britannica Kids: Dinosaurs Encyclopaedia Britannica, Inc.)(
- Heart Pro (3D4Medical.com, LLC)
- iBird Pro HD (Mitch Waite Group)
- Let’s Eat Out with Celiac / Coeliac and Food Allergies! (R & R Publishing)
- The Solar System (Touch Press)
- Star Walk for iPad (Vito Technology Inc.)
- Visions of America (Vook)
Comics (Judge: Liz Castro)
- Clown Commandos #1 (Big Red Boot Entertainment)
- Disney Epic Mickey Digicomics (Disney Publishing Worldwide)
- Motion Comic SUPERARE (Amo Tarzi)
- Operation Ajax (Tall Chair, Inc.)
- Robot 13 (Robot Comics)
- Tumor (Archaia Studios Press)
- Valentine the comic (Robot Comics)
The Publishing Innovation Awards will recognize the best ebooks and book apps based on their merits in the areas of origination, development, production, design, and marketing. The top 5 finalists in each category will be announced on Monday, January 17th, 2011.
The Publishing Innovation Awards’ judges are Peter Costanzo, Online Marketing Director of Perseus Books Group; Elizabeth Castro, author of EPUB: Straight to the Point; Peter Meyers, author of Best iPad Apps and the E2BU white paper, “Enhanced Ebooks Today and Tomorrow: A Survey for Authors and Publishers;” Liza Daly, president of Threepress Consulting and developer of Bookworm, ePub Zen Garden & Ibis Reader; and Joshua Tallent, founder/CEO of eBook Architects and author of Kindle Formatting: The Complete Guide.
For more information on DBW 2011 or the Publishing Innovation Awards, please visit the official site.
Cozmo’s Day Off by Ayars Animation is a GREAT interactive,fun story! I have 2 nephews, and I cant count how many times we’ve all listened, watched,and interacted with the story of Cozmo! Ayars Animation has raised the bar when it comes to interactive childrens books on ipod/ipad! great job!
If you liked Cozmo’s Day off, check out Jack and the Beanstalk, the award
winning interactive childrens app for iPad/iPhone. Jack and the Beanstalk
is as beautifully animated and narrated as Cozmo’s Day Off. This is another
must have app from Ayars animation for parents with children ages 3-8!