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Have your say on a huge year in Australian digital publishing

ebookish awards

Ebookish.com.au will announce the winners of our inaugural awards soon – so you have a small window in which to ponder our lists of finalists, drop us a line via Twitter (@ebookish #ebookishawards) or leave a comment on this page to tell us who (or what) should top each category and why, to suggest contenders we’ve overlooked, and to make predictions about next year.

Australian person of the year

  • Maree McCaskill/Dee Read of the APA for hosting a ground-breaking conference on digital publishing in Sydney and Melbourne in February
  • Malcolm Neil of REDgroup/Kobo for his communicating of the experiences of that partnership’s pioneering first few months selling ebooks in Australia
  • Australian Booksellers Association President Jon Page of Pages & Pages bookshop for keeping us all up to speed via Twitter
  • Readings’ Mark Rubbo for investing in a pilot program to sell ebooks with Inventive Labs and SPUNC
  • Allen & Unwin’s Elizabeth Weiss, Pan Macmillan’s Victoria Nash and Random House’s Brett Osmond for sharing their experiences in setting up and managing digital publishing programs

    Australian publisher of the year

  • Text Publishing for its fast turnaround of the Miles Franklin award winner
  • Aduki Press for publishing its Australian Veg Food Guide 2011 as a print book, ebook, app and website.
  • Lonely Planet for having its 1000 Experiences app ready for iPad users from day one
  • Random House, Pan Macmillan and Allen & Unwin for encouraging their key digital staff to share corporate knowledge widely throughout the industry

    Media outlet of the year (Australia)

  • Bookbee blog
  • Bookseller & Publisher magazine, website and newsletters
  • Lifehacker website
  • Gizmodo website
  • Delimiter website
  • smh.com.au website
  • The Australian app
  • CNET Australia website (nominated by @bookthingo)
  • ebookish website (we can’t vote for ourselves, but we can mention ourselves, no?)

    Media outlet of the year (international)

  • ebookNewser website
  • Engadget website
  • Gizmodo website
  • TechCrunch website
  • Mashable website
  • Dear Author (nominated by @bookthingo)

    Dedicated e-reader of the year

  • Amazon Kindle 3 for its Whispersync technology and user-friendly operation
  • Sony Reader Pocket for its lightweight size, text annotation functionality (author signings here we come) and touch screen
  • Kobo 2 for its pre-loaded library and link to Borders which is the only store so far to offer all major Australian publishers’ titles

    Tablet of the year

  • Dell Streak for its lightweight size and elongated screen
  • Apple iPad for its screen size, which is optimal for enhanced ebooks and book apps
  • Samsung Galaxy Tab for its small paperback-like size and do-everything functionality

    Smartphone of the year

  • Apple iPhone 4 for its mind-blowingly clear retinal screen
  • Dell Streak for its elongated screen
  • HTC Desire HD for its large screen and do-everything functionality

    Ebookstore of the year

  • Borders powered by Kobo for stocking titles from all major Australian publishers
  • Amazon’s Kindle store for ease of downloading, Whispersync technology and price
  • Apple’s iBookstore for its enhanced ebook capabilities and ease of downloading
  • Diesel for its bundling options (with thanks to @bookthingo for nomination)
  • Books on Board for customer service (with thanks to @bookthingo for nomination)

    Ebookstore/ereading app of the year

  • Kindle
  • Borders powered by Kobo
  • iBooks
  • Stanza
  • Bluefire Reader (with thanks to @PnPBookseller for nomination)
  • Aldiko (with thanks to @bookthingo for nomination)

    Bestselling ebook of the year in Australia (Australian author)
    Given Apple and Amazon won’t tell us anything, we’ll ask Kobo which titles were its biggest sellers this year and get back to you.

    Bestselling ebook of the year in Australia (international author)
    See previous. My guess though? The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo.

    App/enhanced ebook of the year (Australian)

  • Paul Kelly’s How to Make Gravy
  • Lonely Planet’s 1000 Experiences
  • Graeme Base’s Animalia

    App/enhanced ebook of the year (international)

  • Alice in Wonderland
  • The Elements
  • The Cat in the Hat

    Special mentions

  • Calibre software (nominated by @bookthingo)
  • lostbooksales.com
  • It’s a Book by Lane Smith (Walker Books)

    Charlotte Harper

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