Dan Poynter’s second, annual Global Ebook Awards deadline is being extended from March 12 to April 30, 2012.

1. For immediate release . . .
Contact: Barbara Gaughen (“gone”),
Barbara@Rain.org, +1-805-968-8567
EBOOK AWARD DEADLINE EXTENDED
Judging Ebooks is different
Dan Poynter’s second, annual Global Ebook Awards deadline is being
extended from March 12 to April 30, 2012.
According to Dan Poynter, founder of the Awards, “We discovered that
judging ebooks is different from evaluating paper books. With paper books,
the books are usually shipped to the judges all at the same time in one large
carton. With ebooks, judges download them one-at-a-time. When they finish
reading and evaluating one, they select another ebook to judge. Some
judges have been evaluating nominations for three months and all have
three more months to read and enjoy ebooks in their favorite category.
“The response has been overwhelming as we neared the March deadline. We
can’t keep up with the Nominations and applicants are calling, begging for
an extension,” said Poynter.
According to Poynter, “what is unique about these awards is that they are
for the ebook edition of current titles and there are more than 100
categories. For example, a leadership book only competes with other books
on leadership. Books on cooking and humor/comedy have their own
categories. Some book award programs have a single category for all
ebooks. Your work of fiction is being compared with an ebook on motorcycle
repair. See http://globalebookawards.com/registration/
Judges are experts in their favorite category of book. They are bloggers,
authors, publishers and publicists. They love to read, talk about, and write

2. about just one genre or category. Once a book is entered into nomination,
they read the book and often tell others about their new read.
The revised filing deadline isMonday, April 30 at midnight, Pacific Time.
The Global Ebook Awards are the brainchild of Dan Poynter, who has been a
publisher since 1969. He is the author of 127 books, many of them on book
writing and publishing. Poynter both publishes and reads ebooks.
Questions, contact: Barbara Gaughen (“gone”), Barbara@Rain.org, +1-805-
968-8567
See http://GlobalEbookAwards.com
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GeBA NR14- Deadline Extended