TEMECULA – “Wedding Scary Tales – Stories & Advice from a Pro in the Know” by Temecula resident Jennifer Molloy has been named by the Independent Book Publishing Professionals Group as one of the best indie books of 2016.
Molloy’s book is a finalist in the Gift/Specialty/Novelty category in the 2016 Next Generation Indie Book Awards, the world’s largest not-for-profit book awards program for independent publishers and self-published authors.
The awards are judged by leaders of the indie book publishing industry, including many coming from long-standing careers with major publishing houses, to identify books that deserve to reach a wide audience.
“Our awards program is known as the ‘Sundance’ of the book publishing world,” says Catherine Goulet, Chair of the 2016 Next Generation Indie Book Awards program.
In an article at CNN.com titled “If it’s cool, creative and different, it’s indie,” journalist Catherine Andrews wrote: “The term ‘indie’ traditionally refers to independent art, music, film, literature or anything that fits under the broad banner of culture, created outside of the mainstream and without corporate financing.”
Independent book publishing companies are independent of the major conglomerates that dominate the book publishing industry. The indies include small presses, larger independent publishers, university
presses, e-book publisher and self-published authors.
According to Goulet, “Like other independent artists, many indie book publishers face challenges that the industry giants don’t experience. The indies have to work much harder to get their best books into readers’ hands.”
Molloy says of her win, “This was a wonderful surprise after all the work it took to get my words on paper. After over a decade as a wedding planner, this book was something I’d been told by countless friends and colleagues to write over the years. To see it as a finalist is the best feeling! I hope that the book is both a means of
information to couples planning their wedding as well as a source of entertainment for those obsessed with the wedding world.”
According to Bowker’s Books in Print database, more than 2.3 million books were published or distributed in the United States alone in 2012, the most recent year for which complete figures are available. A majority of these (more than two million books) were “nontraditionally” published, including print on demand and self-published titles.
The number of self-published titles produced annually in the U.S. has increased dramatically, growing 437 percent from 2008 to 2013.
Jennifer Molloy’s book is available on Amazon in both a print edition and as an e-book.
A complete list of 2016 winners and finalists is available at the Next Generation Indie Book Awards website at www.indiebookawards.com.
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