CONGRATULATIONS! Winners and Favorites!
Awardees, time to display the badge of honor that will drive book sales.
OVERVIEW of our offerings
Seals: Physical self-adhesive that can be applied to existing books: 60, 150, 300 or 1000 seals available for purchase
SAMPLE PRESS RELEASE is at the bottom of this page, use as a template or sign-up for one of the press release options here.
Press Release: We offer three types, two include the newswire (approx. 150-300 websites we provide where it gets picked up, Associated Press, etc.)
Social Media: We customize the banner with your book cover, and post
Bookmarks: We create the file, and will print 500 to 5000
Magazine Advertising: Purchase space in a digital magazine (some print), details here: https://www.independentpressaward.com/advertise
Billboard Ads: Details here: https://independentpressaward.com/promotion.
Book Videos: We will create from scratch; or host an existing video
Interview: President of INDEPENDENT PRESS AWARD interviews you, we stream on dozens of services; create editorial and magazine advertising, and you even have the option of targeted eBlasts
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Once you’re a INDEPENDENT PRESS AWARD winner or favorite, you’re always a INDEPENDENT PRESS AWARD winner or favorite.
Book Seals (Self-adhesive or digital)
Order quality INDEPENDENT PRESS AWARD seals for the front of your book. Seals give testimony to your book’s design quality and editorial excellence, and downright impressive! They’re a marketing-must for book signings, trade shows, and instant street credibility with book buyers, booksellers, and librarians.
1. Pay via PalPal button below - Arrow on right gives five options:
60 seals for $29.99; 150 seals for $49.99; 300 seals for $79.99; 500 seals for $99.99 or 1000 seals for $189.99, click one to order), and enter the Name of the Book, OR
2. Request and mail payment to: INDEPENDENT PRESS AWARD-Seals, 63 Clinton Rd., Glen Ridge, NJ 07028
Millions of people come to New York City each year.
NOTHING SAYS BIG like New York City's Times Square.
Want to be featured there?
Join us for an evening of celebration and awards on April 25, 2026.
Cocktail reception, sit-down dinner, ceremony and after-party.
Join us for days of unparallel publishing education, designed to help you sell more books. Meet experts in the publishing field, other authors and publishers, and colleagues that you can engage and learn from during your stay April 24 - 26, 2026. Includes a networking reception on Friday, April 24.
Stay the weekend at the Doubletree for special $169/nightly rate
Social Media (Customized text and creative digital banners included)
We insert your cover and post to our Instagram and 12,000 X followers
WHEN ORDERING:
Choose if you want us to TWEET multiple times.
You can purchase additional tweets with your order, choose
"Includes Five tweets" or "Includes Ten tweets"
You want additional tweets at any time
Order a LinkedIn Post
For a limited time, and a limited number of slots, we will create a LinkedIn Post to share with our 4,200+ followers for only $72.
Want to be INTERVIEWED? Included in our print & digital magazine
Click gold button
Want to be INTERVIEWED? Be on dozens of streaming services, Audio & Video - Get a podcast. Click gold button
Want your OWN book VIDEO?
Click the green button
HAVE your OWN book video?
Click blue button
Send us a link to your video, and we'll host it on our YouTube Channel.
We'll get you more views of your video!
ONLY $24.95 first three months; $24.99 next three months, then billed annually at a rate of $150 for annual hosting
(a one-time $75 initial set up fee)
Postcard Co-op digital and print mailings to bookstores and / or librarians: https://www.paypal.com/ncp/payment/TK4XB4TXWHK5A
Bookmarks
Order Customized Bookmarks with your book cover!
Printed Full Color, BOTH Sides, 2"x 7" Creative Design Included.
$21 SHIPPING is included with prices,
up to 3 weeks delivery.
Creative Only, $99 for both front and back sides (.jpeg file)
500 Bookmarks, $101.
1000 Bookmarks, $121.
2500 Bookmarks, $171.
5000 Bookmarks, $221.
Contact Ted Olczak at Ted@GabbyBookAwards.com
SAMPLE PRESS RELEASE to use as a guideline. Replace bolded parts with your information and send out!
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact: [AUTHOR'S NAME/PHONE/EMAIL]
[Author] Receives National Recognition Through the INDEPENDENT PRESS AWARD®!
[Your Location] -- The INDEPENDENT PRESS AWARD, one of the most prestigious book award programs globally for independent authors, publishers, and illustrators, recognized [Title of Book by Author's Name] as a [winner/distinguished favorite] in the [Category recognized] category.
The competition is judged by experts from different aspects of the book industry, including publishers, writers, editors, book cover designers and professional copywriters. Selected IPA Award Winners and Distinguished Favorites are based on overall excellence.
[Tell about your book: list your title, name, genre/category and synopsis here].
In 2026, the INDEPENDENT PRESS AWARD saw a large participation from well established authors and publishers across the globe, including those residing in Australia, Canada, Germany, India, Ireland, Japan, New Zealand, Scotland, Singapore, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, and the United States. Authors such as [Author], Brad Feld, Judith Briles, Tony Jeton Selimi, Michael Pronko, Jack Fritscher, PhD, Nate Regier, PhD, Lawrence Kane & Kris Wilder, Greg Broadmore and Miriam Udel were among the winners list chosen from thousands of entries.
Publishing houses included were Forbes Books, Friesen Press, Historium Press, Johns Hopkins University Press, Mad Cave Studios, Northwestern University Press, Princeton University Press, She Writes Press, The History Press University of California Press.
The 2026 INDEPENDENT PRESS AWARD recipients reflect the incredible momentum within the independent sector," stated Gabrielle Olczak, INDEPENDENT PRESS AWARD President and Award Sponsor. "Independent voices are no longer just an alternative; they are leading the way in literary innovation. By highlighting these winners, we are celebrating a global community that refuses to be sidelined and continues to set new benchmarks for excellence."
For more information please visit independentpressaward.com; and to see this year's list of IPA Winners and Distinguished Favorites, please visit the website pages:
2026 WINNERS: https://www.independentpressaward.com/2026-winners
2026 DISTINGUISHED FAVORITES: https://www.independentpressaward.com/2026-favorites
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The Independent Press Award is announced every spring and is open to independent authors and publishers.
The fall book competition, NYC Big Book Award, https://www.nycbigbookaward.com/ allows all authors, publishers, and includes submissions from the big five publishers.
Join us for the Awards Dinner on April 24th, and at the BookCAMP event, April 24-26, 2026, https://www.independentpressaward.com/ipabookcamp