

Digital Book World 2019 Awards Finalists Announced
We are pleased to announce the 2019 Finalists for The Digital Book World Awards. In addition to the awards listed below, the DAISY Consortium is currently determining the Finalists for the Digital Book World Accessibility Award, Presented By DAISY. Those results will be announced when they are available. Finally, we are pleased to announce that Digital Book World will present three special awards for Outstanding Achievement this year in the publishing industry. Margot Atwell

DBW Response To Forbes' Kickstarter Article: Some Thoughts On Expensive Conferences
Before you go further, read the eye-opening and insightful piece in Forbes about Kickstarter. I admire so much about Kickstarter's business. They have turned financing of projects on its head, making it far easier to conceive, create, and execute on creative projects than has ever before been possible. Their work with publishing, and the very idea they would have a Director of Publishing at all, is fascinating and led Digital Book World down the path of getting the dynamic Ma