800-CEO-READ Announces First Annual Business Book Awards
By Guest Contributors - Oct 29 , 2007
Milwaukee…800-CEO-READ, one of the leading national book suppliers and business resource providers, is conducting their first annual Business Book Awards which aims to recognize the best titles and authors of 2007. As the sister business book company to Milwaukee’s Harry W. Schwartz Bookshops, 8CR has become well-known not only as a top business book distributor, but also for providing insightful editorial content such as blogs, author manifestos, and book reviews.
8CR’s Founder and President Jack Covert says the book awards offer a great opportunity to review and distinguish the top titles of the year. “For the past 23 years, we’ve been the only bookseller in the country focused exclusively on the business audience. This experience has put us in the unique position to highlight the best of the genre,” says Covert.
With an abundance of business titles available to readers each year, Vice President Todd Sattersten says 8CR’s book awards hope to act as a guide for readers as they search for the best content. “This awards program is a natural extension of our work to not only sell books, but also provide discernment for the business reader in a category where over 6000 titles are published annually,” says Sattersten.
Both Covert and Sattersten have been continually turned to by publications such as Newsweek, BusinessWeek, and Bloomberg News over the past year to comment and offer insight on various business ideas and trends. Among offering blogs, podcasts, and author manifestos, 8CR’s website highlights top selling books as well as a section titled Jack Covert Selects in which Covert reviews his personal top picks.
8CR encourages any author with a business book published in 2007 to participate in the first annual Business Book Awards. All received titles will be reviewed by various team members to ultimately determine the best of the year.
Books will be judged based on the following categories:
1. Sales
2. Leadership
3. Human Resources/Organizational Development
4. Entrepreneurship/Small Business
5. Finance/Economics
6. Advertising/Marketing
7. Globalization
8. Fables
9. Biographies/Memoirs
10. Personal Development
11. Innovation/Creativity
12. Industry Books (books specific to an industry in business)
13. Innovative Perspectives (books that change how people view the world)
Along with winners for each category, there will be three overall winners which include:
• Best Business Book 2007: One title will be selected as the overall best business book of the year based on exceptional presentation of ideas and content.
• Author’s Choice: Any author with a book published in 2007 is eligible to vote for their favorite book of the year.
• Reader’s Choice: Readers will also have the chance to participate by voting for their choice via an online poll starting November 10, 2007.
Important deadlines are as follows:
All submissions must be postmarked by October 30, 2007.
Semifinalist will be announced December 17, 2007.
Final winners will be announced January 15, 2008.
To submit a book, authors must submit an entry form, two copies of the book, as well as a self addressed envelope to:
800-CEO-READ, Awards Division
219 N. Milwaukee St., 3rd Floor
Milwaukee, WI 53202
Entry forms as well as additional information concerning the awards can be found at www.800ceoread.com/bookawards.
