BolognaBookPlus, as part of its initiatives aimed at self-publishing, introduced in 2024 the Indie Authors Book Jacket Award. This award aims to highlight the best covers created by self-published authors, bringing attention to an area still little known but extremely lively.
According to the most recent data published in February 2023, in 2021 alone, in the United States, more than 2.3 million titles were self-published on more than four million new releases. The Indie Authors Book Jacket Award aims to highlight new talents through the variety of covers that represent them.
Graphic-editorial quality, innovation and creativity are the main parameters in the award.
From 2025, to give even more prominence to the originality and diversity of self covers, the Indie Authors Book Jacket Award doubles.
Are you an author of children’s books or YA?
Apply the cover of your book to the Indie Authors Children and YA Book Jacket Award
Are you an author of Italian fiction or nonfiction?
Apply the cover of your book to the Indie Italian Book Jacket Award
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