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39th Annual Book Show
Call for Entries & Judging
Submit Call for Entries
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Challenges and Opportunities
A Celebration of the Diversity and Vitality of Publishing in the West
BookBuilders West Book
Show 2009 Call for Entries
Eligibility | Entry
Fees | Submitting an Entry
| Judging Criteria | Categories
You are invited to enter your work along with fellow book production professionals in the 39th Annual Bookbuilders West Book Show!
Bookbuilders West was founded in 1969 in San Francisco as a nonprofit trade association supporting book production professionals in the 13 Western States. Members are offered networking and educational opportunities throughout the year culminating at the Annual Book Show where the best publications are recognized for excellence in design and manufacturing quality. The West Coast has long been identified for cutting edge innovation as demonstrated by the high caliber books that are submitted for judging and by the best-of-the-best award recipients. Even with the challenges of economic pressures, evolving technology, compressed schedules, and fewer options, the quality and diversity of the books published by the Western Publishing Community continue to be surprising and inspiring.
We are encouraging “green” consciousness in this year’s competition by adding a category that highlights the best practices by our publisher members. We have also reduced the number of entry copies to be submitted, eliminated cover and jacket mounting, and recommend consolidated entry shipment.
Enter your best interior designs, covers, jackets, and product catalogs from your 2008-2009 publishing season in our highly acclaimed Book Show competition. Your work will be showcased at our Annual Book Show in January that will be attended by book designers, publishers, vendors and by our distinguished panel of judges.
ELIGIBILITY
Entries may be submitted by any publisher or supplier to the book publishing industry engaged in designing, manufacturing, or publishing books in any of the Western States: Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, Hawaii, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon, Utah, Washington, or Wyoming. Entries need not be manufactured exclusively in the Western states, nor is membership in Bookbuilders West required. If you submit entries but are not a member of Bookbuilders West, be sure to sign up for email announcements on our website (www.bookbuilders.org) in order to keep appraised of the book show and other events.
Books must have a 2008 or later copyright and must have been published by an eligible publisher or manufactured wholly or in part by an eligible supplier.
ENTRY FEES (Bookbuilders West Members)
One to five book entries: $45.00 per entry
Six or more book entries: $40.00 per entry
Cover or jacket entry: $40.00 per entry
Non-members, please add an additional $10.00 to the per-entry
price
SUBMITTING
AN ENTRY
The process has been simplified this year and there are four easy steps in submitting an entry:
(1) Carefully fill out an online entry form for each entry.
(2) Print four copies of the completed form for each entry.
(3) Send one copy of the book, cover or jacket entry and four copies of the entry form to the address below. Please do not mount covers or jackets and please consolidate shipments.
(4) Pay Bookbuilders West the required fee via the online credit card system or by check.
All entries must be received no later than July
1, 2009. Send to:
BBW Book Show Entry
9328 Elk Grove Blvd Suite #105-250
Elk Grove, CA 95624
Questions? Please call Lisa at (916) 320-0638.
Important!
• Non-complying entries may be disqualified.
• Entry categories are subject to change at the judge's discretion.
• Late entries not accepted will be returned along with the entry fee.
• All materials including books, covers, and jackets accepted for competition in the book show will not be returned.
If the same book, cover, or jacket is submitted by more than one entrant, the publisher’s entry will be accepted and any others will be returned with the fees. If the publisher is not among the entrants, the first entry received for that book, cover, or jacket will be the official entry and all others will be returned with the fees.
For multiple entries from a company or individual, a single payment for the total amount is preferred. Regardless of the number of entries, all entries from a publisher or an individual must be packaged and sent as a group.
Some entrants may be contacted in mid-July following the judging process and will be instructed to provide downloaded press-quality PDF’s of the cover and several representative text pages for use in the book show catalog.
JUDGING CRITERIA
Each entry will be judged on its own merits—regardless
of category—and evaluated for its excellence. Entries
are judged individually, not against other books. There
is only one level of award, but in a typical year 15 percent
of the entries receive awards.
Judges for the categories are selected for their knowledge
and experience in those segments. Entrants may receive ballots
containing judges’ comments following the Book Show
banquet. The judges will examine and evaluate entries with
respect to the following classifications:
DESIGN - Is the style and size of type appropriate
for the intended market? Is the arrangement of type and
graphics effective and functional? Are graphic elements
creatively planned, purposeful, and well executed? Is the
use of color effective and appropriate? Were budget constraints
an issue? Have the inserts, cover, jacket, endpapers, and
other components been designed to complement and enrich
the book as a whole? Does the design help the reader understand
the author’s intent?
PRODUCTION - Does typesetting and page makeup demonstrate
high standards and well-recognized practices of the bookmaking
craft? Do illustrations and photographic images have good
tonal range between shadows and highlights? Is detail held
in highlight and shadow areas?
MANUFACTURING - Is the printing well executed with
respect to inking, register, and image clarity? Has suitable
paper been used? Are margins consistent and page backup
accurate? Is the printing of component elements such as
cover, jacket, inserts, and endpapers, consistent with the
quality of the text printing? Is the book bound according
to the best practices of bindery craftsmanship?
CATEGORIES
To ensure that entries are evaluated with the appropriate
criteria in mind, nine main categories (and subcategories)
have been established to recognize the intended use of the
book, as well as the demands, constraints, challenges, and
opportunities that exist in each category.
The categories for submission of covers and jackets are
the same as those for books. Covers and jackets may be submitted
for consideration without entering the accompanying books.
CHILDREN’S TRADE
This category includes books varying in subject matter and
created specifically for the enjoyment and enrichment of
a juvenile or young audience.
PROFESSIONAL TRADE
This category includes books designed for business or professional
development that are intended for individual use. These
books provide general guidance to the working professional
or teach specific technical or professional skills by presenting
material as commentary and explication (such as computer
books or legal guides). Books in this category are often
packaged with CDs or other media.
REFERENCE AND SCHOLARLY
This category includes highly specialized texts of primary
interest to an academic or research readership, and also
reference works for a general audience that are intended
to be consulted rather than read continuously. These books
can vary from encyclopedic resources, desk references, and
dictionaries to collections of professor’s writings
and other scholarly works. They are primarily text driven
but may contain graphics and illustrations.
SCHOOL PUBLISHING
Books in this category are intended for classroom use at
the elementary through post-graduate level, including student
and instructor editions and ancillary components physically
attached to the principal print product. Also included are
books targeted for adult continuing education and vocational
training that are intended for a hands-on, classroom-like
environment.
The two subcategories include:
• Elementary and High School
• College
SPECIAL TRADE
Books in this category do not fit comfortably into the other
trade and reference categories. These can include specialized
genres such as novelty books, cookbooks, gift books, health
and fitness books, travel books, or field guides that utilize
a creative or decorative design, illustrations, photography,
and packaging to illustrate the content of the book.
TRADE, IMAGE DRIVEN
This category includes books of general interest that are
designed to maximize their illustrative appeal. These books
are published primarily for their visual content, which
consists of photographs, illustrations, or other graphics.
Books in this category include, but are not limited to,
photographic essays and fine art editions, museum guides,
and historical picture books. There are no subcategories.
TRADE, TEXT DRIVEN
This category includes books of general
interest that are published primarily for their text content.
Photographs, illustrations, or other graphics serve as an
accessory to the text. Books in this category include, but
are not limited to, fiction, nonfiction, prose, and poetry.
There are no subcategories.
PRODUCT CATALOG
Annual, semi-annual, or quarterly printed catalog used to
promote product book product line. The catalog must be bound
mechanically (saddle stitch, perfectbinding) and be reproduced
using standard offset lithography or digital printing (iGen,
Indigo, DocuTech) methods. There are no limitations on dimensions
or types of materials that can be used.
GREEN
This category includes books and components that qualify as having been designed, produced, and manufactured well with the least impact on the environment.
Publishers should explain why they think the Green Category Book Show design award should be given to their entry when they make their submission.
Some examples of green practices include but are not limited to:
• Using FSC/SFI certified materials
• Choosing an FSC certified printer
• Using non-toxic inks
• Using Post consumer fiber
• Using a proof less and/or softproof workflow
• Using standard trim sizes
Submit Call for Entries
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For questions about this event, contact Lisa Thomas, phone: (916) 320-0638, email: operations@bookbuilders.org.
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