Digital Book World Announces the Winners of the 2018 DBW Awards

"Digital Book World is honored to recognize best-in-class achievement across the wide world of publishing, and we're thrilled to celebrate these distinguished award winners with the publishing and technology community," said Digital Book World Executive Producer Bradley Metrock. "Congratulations to all of the award winners – we're proud to showcase your work."

"Digital Book World is honored to recognize best-in-class achievement across the wide world of publishing, and we're thrilled to celebrate these distinguished award winners with the publishing and technology community," said Digital Book World Executive Producer Bradley Metrock. "Congratulations to all of the award winners – we're proud to showcase your work."

One of the honorees, Galdo's Gift: The Boovie, received four awards total, including: Best Book (Overall), Best Book (Fiction), Best Book (Children's) and Best Book (Interactive Fiction). Galdo's Gift is a hybrid book-movie for children.

During the ceremony, Digital Book World also inducted two industry veterans into DBW's new Publishing Hall of Fame – Marie Dutton Brown and Len Edgerly, both of whom attended the event. Brown is the iconic editor and literary agent who successfully championed diversity in publishing over the course of her 50-year career, and Edgerly is the creator and host of The Kindle Chronicles, a podcast which has aired every week, without disruption, for more than a decade.

Winners of the 2018 Digital Book World Awards include:

Publisher of the Year

Trade Publisher of the Year

Children's Publisher of the Year

Educational Publisher of the Year

Corporate Publisher of the Year

Academic/Scholarly Publisher of the Year

Religious Publisher of the Year (Tie)

Independent Publisher of the Year

Publishing Executive of the Year (Tie)

Publishing Entrepreneur of the Year

Publishing Commentator of the Year

The DBW Medal for Leadership in Diversity

Innovation in Accessibility

Best Mobile Application

Best Alexa Skill (Publishing + Storytelling)

Best Google Action (Publishing + Storytelling)

Best Use of Blockchain in Publishing Technology

Best Use of AR/VR in Publishing

Best Use of AR/VR in Storytelling

Best Marketing Campaign

Best Book Cover Art

Best Use of Multimedia in Book Marketing

Best Use of Podcasting in Book Marketing

Best Use of Social Media in Book Marketing

Best Use of Voice Assistants in Book Marketing

Best Use of Data in Publishing

Best Agency Representation in Publishing

Best Book (Overall)

Best Book (Fiction)

Best Book (Non-Fiction)

Best Book (Anthology)

Best Book (Architecture)

Best Audiobook

Best Book (Business)

Best Book (Children's)

Best Book (Economics)

Best Book (Essays)

Best Book (Fine Arts)

Best Book (Health / Medical Science)

Best Book (Horror)

Best Book (How-To)

Best Book (Inspirational)

Best Book (Interactive Fiction)

Best Book (Mathematics / Science)

Best Book (Poetry)

Best Book (Politics)

Best Book (Religious)

Best Book (Science Fiction)

Best Book (Short Stories)

Best Book (Social Issues)

Best Book (Technology)

Best Book (Textbook)

Digital Book World (DBW) is the annual gathering of the wide world of publishing. Next year's event will also take place in October (dates TBD) in Nashville – the new permanent home for the conference.

To learn more about Digital Book World, visit http://www.digitalbookworld.com. Follow Digital Book World on Twitter: @DigiBookWorld or via #DBW18 and #DBW19.

About Score Publishing
Score Publishing, organizer of Digital Book World, helps people, organizations and creators find their voice and become better interactive content producers. Score Publishing produces books in physical form, as well as next-generation digital, audio and interactive books. The company is based in Nashville, Tenn. Visit https://www.scorepublishing.us.