Backword Contest Winners!

Friday, October 2nd, 2009 | Posted by: Uncategorized

Thanks to everyone who participated in the Backword Books contest.  A lot of amazing entries and great discussion ensued.  So many great entrants, we’ve added one more giveaway. We’ve gone through all the entries and the grand prize goes to…

The Future of Self-Publishing from Open Salon by thinkfeel.  Please check out this post, it’s a great one.  From the post:

I have come to see self-published books as the creative output of literary artisans. That is, where goods manufactured in factories have one kind of perfection, artisan-produced arts and crafts have their own charm and are infused by the creative energy of the hearts and minds, eyes and fingers of the artist who created the artwork. I feel the same sense of wonder about the self-published books that I have read. I find them free of filtering and reconstruction in the quest for mass appeal and faux exotification.

He’ll be receiving a copy of each one of our books.

Single books go to:

1. Self-Publishing and Me from Ditchwalk: Waiting for Spring
2. The Backword Book Contest- My Entry from To Write and Publish . . .: North of Sunset
3. The Future of Self from Higher Ed/: The Brightest Moon of the Century
4. Two Kinds of Self-Publishers - Which One Are You? from Marin Bookworks: The American Book of the Dead
5. Hit & Miss World of Self-Publishing from NickSeagers.com: Spam & Eggs
6. Self-Publishing: Democratizing and Very Punk Rock from Davey G. Blog: Broken Bulbs
7. Chalk, Newspapers, and Oblivion - Further Thoughts on Self-Publishing from The Write Rants: Threshold
8. Self Publishing: Round Three from Write Naked: Homefront

Honorable Mentions:

1. Self-Publishing? from Don’t Publish Me!
2. My thoughts about self-publishing from the Amazon Self-Publishing Community forum
3. Self-Publishing: Are you shooting yourself in the foot? from Virginia Lee: Free
4. I Dreamed a Dream of Being Published from Ask the Publishing Guru

Congratulations to the winners and thanks to everyone for participating!  We’ll be contacting everyone to get your contact info.