This year's FutureBook Awards nominations were announced, and those celebrated among publications that drove innovation within the industry included two familiar names: the
Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them audiobook, narrated by film series star Eddie Redmayne; and the recently-released
Harry Potter and the Philosopher’'s Stone Kindle in Motion ebook.
Bloomsbury Publishing Platform, the company behind the distribution of the
Harry Potter books in the UK, was also nominated for Platform of the Year - Reference/Education.
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FutureBook Book of the Year - Children's
• Dan and Phil Go Outside enhanced e-book for Apple Ebury; PRH
• Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them audiobook; Pottermore
• Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone, Kindle in Motion; Pottermore
• My Golden Ticket; Wonderbly
• The F2 Book App; Blink Publishing
The above-listed nominees were chosen for their achievement in the following fields:
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The FutureBook Book of the Year celebrates innovative books whether they are print books, e-books, enhanced e-books, apps, or web-site based. There are two awards, one for a children's book and one for an adult book. They can be in any format including (but not restricted to) apps, ePub, iBA, Kindle, HTML or print.
Winning entries in this category will need to demonstrate:
• Innovation: how they made the most of their content in a new, inventive way.
• Design and usability: how they created a well-designed and intuitive user experience.
• Discoverability: how their book or product could be discovered and what marketing was put behind it.
• Connection with audience: how they made the effort to understand their audience, and evidence of this engagement in the product and the campaign behind it.
Success will be measured against:
• Execution of the idea
• Customer reviews and feedback
• Budget behind the product and associated campaigns
• Sales/download figures for the book or product
The winners will be announced at The FutureBook conference on 1 December 2017. Europe's largest digital publishing conference includes dedicated strands on the growing EdTech and AudioBook markets, and brings together leading thinkers in publishing, retail, editorial, writing, marketing and tech, along with speakers from other industries.
The awards will be handed out at the FutureBook conference in London on December 1, 2017. Many congratulations to all those nominated!