2009 Arizona Book Awards: Top Arizona Books and Publishers Recognized at Arizona Club Gala Event
The Arizona Book Publishing Association hosted its annual Arizona Book Awards presentation on May 9, 2009 at the Arizona Club in downtown Phoenix. The black-tie event was attended by authors, publishers, and designers who gathered to celebrate the publishing excellence of books produced during 2008. - May 24, 2009
Arizona Book Publishing Association Announces 2009 Book Award Finalists
The finalists for the 2009 Arizona Book Awards hosted by the Arizona Book Publishing Association have been determined from more than 120 entries. Winners will be announced at a black-tie optional awards banquet that will be held May 9th at the Arizona Club in downtown Phoenix. - May 23, 2009
Award-Winning Author Jana Bommersbach to Preside Over Arizona Book Awards May 9
Jana Bommersbach, acclaimed and respected journalist, will emcee the 2009 Arizona Book Awards hosted by the Arizona Book Publishing Association, to be held May 9th at the Arizona Club. - April 21, 2009
Booktour.com Co-Founder Kevin Smokler to Keynote Arizona Book Publishing Association Annual Conference
Kevin Smokler, co-founder of BookTour.com, will keynote Arizona Book Publishing Association’s annual conference on February 28th in Phoenix. Speaking about “The Impact of Future Technology on the Publishing Industry,” Smokler will encourage attendees not to wring their hands about the evolving market, but embrace all the possibilities it brings. - February 26, 2009
Publishing Innovator Victoria Blake to Show Authors/Publishers New Ways to Think About Book Content
Inventor of the "wovel" -- a serialized novel whose chapters are posted on the Web week by week as readers vote to decide where the story should go -- Victoria Blake of Underland Press will assert that books are not books, but content in book form on February 28th at Arizona Book Publishing Association's (ABPA) annual conference, Realities of Publishing: Preparing for Changes in the Industry http://azbookpub.com/events/annual-conference/. - February 25, 2009
Andrew Savikas of O'Reilly Media to Show How New Reading Apps Are Changing the Publishing Industry
One of the publishing industry's key thought-leaders, Andrew Savikas of O'Reilly Media, will bring his vision of the future of publishing to Phoenix on February 28th. As one of the lead presenters at Arizona Book Publishing Association's (ABPA) annual conference, Realities of Publishing: Preparing for Changes in the Industry, Savikas will discuss how changing technology is producing Different Distribution Models for content. - February 23, 2009