Amazon.com, Penguin Group, HP launch ‘Novel Award’

Oct 9, 2007 3:40 PM

Amazon.com, Inc. (Seattle), Penguin Group (New York) and Hewlett-Packard (Palo Alto, CA) have launched the “Amazon Breakthrough Novel Award.” Open to more than 20 countries, the award seeks to find the next great novel.

Beginning today through Nov. 5, authors with an unpublished English-language novel manuscript can learn about the contest and submit their work for consideration via CreateSpace at www.amazon.com/abna.

CreateSpace, part of the Amazon.com group of companies, provides authors, filmmakers and musicians with on-demand self-publishing services and distribution on Amazon.com as well as other channels.

"The Amazon Breakthrough Novel Award is an opportunity for our customers to have an exciting, significant voice in the process of discovering a new novelist," says Russell Grandinetti, vice president of books, Amazon.com. "This contest is also an opportunity for us to give back to the author community by enabling all aspiring novelists who enter the contest to self-publish on CreateSpace at no cost."

The contest will be conducted over a six-month period, during which Amazon customers will have the opportunity to read, write about and rank their favorites. Building on Amazon's strong tradition of customer reviews, submissions will be reviewed first by Amazon.com Top Reviewers, individuals recognized for the high quality and frequency of their comments on Amazon.com. At subsequent stages, reviewers from Publishers Weekly, editors from Penguin Group (USA) and a panel of seasoned publishing professionals (a critic, agent, publisher and author) will help narrow the field of entries. In the final month, 10 finalists will be selected, and Amazon.com customers will then vote to choose the grand prize winner. The winner will be announced on April 7, 2008, and will receive a publishing contract with Penguin, which includes a $25,000 advance.

In addition, the winning author will receive an entertainment technology package from Hewlett-Packard that will include an HP 50-inch Plasma TV, Digital Entertainment Center, HP Pavilion Notebook, HP LaserJet All-in-One and HP PhotoSmart Digital camera.

CreateSpace will offer to contest entrants free proof copies of their books via its self-publishing platform so authors can make their books available on-demand to a worldwide audience. CreateSpace offers online self-publishing without inventory or set-up fees. BookSurge, part of the Amazon.com group of companies, will provide discounted publishing services to entrants, such as custom cover creation, formatting and editorial services.

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