Digital Book World Publishing Innovation Award is a literary award sponsored by the magazine Digital Book World for innovation in electronic books. "The Publishing Innovation Awards will honor those making strides in this nascent medium." It was announced in 2010 with the inaugural award given January 24, 2011. Award categories include Fiction, Nonfiction, Children's, Reference and Comics. Each category has one unique judge who chooses the winner from a finalist list of three contenders.
The inaugural award were announced January 24, 2011.
Fiction: Dracula: The Official Stoker Family Edition, created by PadWorx Digital MediaNon-Fiction: Logos Bible Software, created by Logos Bible SoftwareChildren's: A Story Before Bed, created by Jackson Fish MarkeReference: Star Walk for iPad, created by Vito TechnologyComics: Robot 13, created by Robot Comics (by Thomas Hall and Daniel Bradford)The awards were announced January 23 in New York City at the Digital Book World Conference.
App Comics/Graphic Novels: The Wormworld Saga, Robot MediaApp Fiction: Ayn Rand’s Atlas Shrugged, Penguin USAApp Juvenile: Cinderella App, Nosy CrowApp Non-Fiction: The Magic of Reality for iPad, Random HouseApp Reference/Academic: British Library 19th Century Historical Collection, BibliolabsDigital-First Ebook: Desserts – Discover the dessert recipes 20 million home cooks picked as America’s best, Allrecipes.com, Inc.Ebook Children’s: Five Little Pumpkins, HarperFestival/ZuukaEbook Fiction: Brad Meltzer’s The Inner Circle and Preston & Child’s Cabinet of Curiosities, Grand Central Publishing/Hachette Book GroupEbook Non-Fiction: AAA Las Vegas eTourBook Guide, AAAEbook Reference/Academic Meggs' History of Graphic Design, 5th Edition, John Wiley & SonsEnhanced Ebook: Eva Scrivo on Beauty, Atria Books/Simon & SchusterTransmedia Project: Decoded by Jay-Z, Random House, Inc., Random House Publishing GroupThe awards were announced January 16, 2013 in New York City at the Digital Book World Conference.
App Fiction: iPoe – The Interactive and Illustrated Edgar Allan Poe Collection (Play Creatividad, S.L.)App Non-Fiction: Wine Simplified: Navigate Wine with Confidence (Open Air Publishing Inc.)App Juvenile: Dr. Seuss's The Cat in the Hat Color & Create! (Random House Children’s Books)App Reference/Academic: World Development Report 2012 app for iPad (The World Bank)App Comic/Graphic: 2084 (Thunder Cloud Studios LLC)Ebook Children's: The Dinosaur that Pooped Christmas (Random House)EBook Fiction: Shuffle (Tonto Books)Ebook Non-Fiction: 11 Days in May (Waterside Press)EBook Reference/Academic: The Visions of Tondal from the Library of Margaret of York Publisher (Getty Publications)Enhanced Ebooks: Stretching (Shelter Publications)Digital First Ebook: Inside the Script (Warner Bros. Digital Publishing)Self Published: iOS App Development for Non-Programmers – Book 1: Diving In (Oak Leaf Enterprises, Inc.)Transmedia Project: Dynasty of the Magi (PoetCode)Winners of the 2014 Digital Book Awards were announced at a gala dinner in New York City on January 13, 2014.
Ebook Flowable – Adult Fiction: Eversea: A Love Story by Natasha BoydEbook Flowable — Adult Non-Fiction: Cooking Light Lighten Up, America! by Oxmoor HouseEbook Flowable – Children: Can You Survive the Titanic?: An Interactive Survival Adventure by Capstone PressEbook Flowable – Reference/Academic: Scotland's Marine Atlas, On Behalf of the Scottish Government by APS Group ScotlandEbook Fixed Format/Enhanced – Adult Fiction: Mistress of France by Emma BolingEbook Fixed Format/Enhanced – Adult Non-Fiction: Isa Does It by Little, Brown and CompanyEbook Fixed Format/Enhanced – Children: The Man with the Violin by Annick Press Ltd.Ebook Fixed Format/Enhanced – Reference/Academic: Cracking the GRE: Interactive Prep & Review for the GRE ExamEbook Fixed Format/Enhanced – Illustrated/Comics/Graphic Novels: The World Atlas of Wine iPad Edition by Octopus Publishing GroupApp – Adult Fiction: Steampunk Holmes: Legacy of the Nautilus by Noble BeastApp – Adult Non-Fiction: The Pocket Scavenger by Penguin Group (USA)App – Children: COWZAT! by Colour Me PlayApp – Illustrated/Comics Graphic Novels: Go Big or Go Home: Taking Risks in Life, Love and Tattooing by HarperCollins /Harper DesignApp – Reference/Academic: Disney Animated by Touch Press/DisneyDigital Cover Design: A Shiver of Sharks by Little Bahalia PublishingTransmedia (Any Format): The Niantic Project: Ingress by Niantic Labs at GoogleThe Digital Book Award for Inkling Habitat: Modernist Cuisine at Home by The Cooking LabThe winners were announced January 14, 2015.
Ebook – Flowable: Adult Fiction: Chinese Whispers by John AshberyEbook – Flowable: Adult Nonfiction: Women in Clothes by Sheila Heti, Heidi Julavits and Leanne ShaptonEbook – Flowable: Children: You Choose: Scooby-Doo!: The Terror of the Bigfoot Beast by Laurie S. SuttonEbook – Flowable: Reference/Academic: Lessons Learned on the Audit Trail by Richard F. ChambersEbook – Fixed Format/Enhanced: Adult Fiction: The Truth Is a Cave in the Black Mountains (Enhanced Multimedia Edition) by Neil GaimanEbook – Fixed Format/Enhanced: Adult Nonfiction: Penny Chic: How to Be Stylish on a Real Girl's Budget by Shauna MillerEbook – Fixed Format/Enhanced: Children: Virginia Wolf by Kyo MaclearEbook – Fixed Format/Enhanced: Reference/Academic Award Recipient: Study It - English as a Second Language Textbook SeriesApp: Adult Fiction Award Recipient: The Hope We Seek by Rich ShaperoApp: Adult Nonfiction Award Recipient: Incredible Numbers by Professor Ian StewartApp: Children: Loose Strands by Darned Sock ProductionsApp: Reference/Academic: Picasso: The Making of Cubism 1912-1914 by The Museum of Modern ArtTransmedia: We Are Angry by Lyndee PrickittEducation and Learning: Discovery Education Techbook Series by Alycia ChaninEbook Cover Design: Yosemite: A Storied Landscape by Kerry Tremain