Published: December 13, 2011

Awards honor innovative e-books, enhanced e-books, and book apps

BISG is pleased to announce its partnership with the Publishing Innovation Awards (PIAs). Now in their second year, the PIAs seek to highlight outstanding publishers and authors, encourage new thinking, and improve the reading experience in the digital age. As such, the awards honor the most innovative e-books, enhanced e-books, and book apps currently on the market. A PIA winner is well-designed, user-friendly, and - above all - innovative in both content and presentation.

Joining representatives from Barnes & Noble, Kobo, and Sony (among others), BISG Deputy Executive Director Angela Bole will sit on the Advisory Council and participate in judging the awards. Judging criteria for the PIAs were created in partnership with digital production and design experts from all ends of the book industry. The Advisory Council provides valuable and ongoing input into these standards, helping the PIAs grow along with the evolving digital space.

New to the awards this year is the QED seal, which honors Quality, Excellence, and Design. Titles entered into the Publishing Innovation Awards will go through a 13-point review focusing on readability across multiple formats and devices. The QED seal of approval lets readers know that a given title will render well regardless of their choice of e-reading device.

BISG is pleased to be a supporting organization of the Publishing Innovation Awards. More information about the awards is available at publishinginnovationawards.com.