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38th Annual Book Show
Call for Entries & Judging
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BookBuilders West Book
Show 2008 Call for Entries
Eligibility | Entry
Fees | Submitting an Entry
| Judging Criteria | Categories
Come share your work with fellow
book professionals at the 38th Annual Bookbuilders West
Book Show!
Enter the best interior designs, covers, jackets, and product
catalogs from your 2007–2008 season in our Book Show
competition. Your work will be showcased at our gala banquet
in front of hundreds of book designers, publishers, and
printers as well as our distinguished panel of judges. And
who knows? You may take home a prize.
Bookbuilders West was founded in 1969 in San Francisco as
a nonprofit professional association supporting book publishing
in the 13 Western states. Members and non-members mingle
at BBW meetings, learn the latest innovations in book publishing
from our discussion panels and keynote speakers, and enjoy
educational seminars and social activities—all geared
toward books and book production.
BBW’s year culminates in the annual Bookbuilders West
Book Show, one of the largest and most prestigious shows
of its kind in the U.S. All entered books are elegantly
displayed for our banquet guests to view before the show,
followed by lunch, entertainment, and the main event.
The 38th Annual Book Show promises to be bigger and better
than ever. We hope you’ll join us in our annual celebration
of the book by sending in your work. If you have questions
or comments or are interested in hosting an exhibit of the
award-winning entries during the traveling book show, please
contact us at bookshow@bookbuilders.org.
ELIGIBILITY
Entries may be submitted by any publisher or any supplier
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 the website (www.bookbuilders.org)
to keep apprised of the book show and other events.
Books must have a 2007 or later copyright date and must
have been published by an eligible publisher or manufactured
wholly or in part by an eligible supplier. Any number of
titles not previously entered from the 2007–2008 publishing
period may be submitted.
ENTRY FEES
One to five book entries: $45.00 per entry
Six or more book entries: $40.00 per entry
Cover,catalog, or jacket entry: $40.00 per entry
Non-members, please add an additional $5 to the per-entry
prices noted above.
SUBMITTING
AN ENTRY
There are three steps in submitting an entry:
(1) Fill out the online entry form, and carefully check
your email’s copy.
(2) Print four copies of the completed entry form.
(3) Send one package, to the address shown below, containing:
(1) each entry and four copies of its entry form, (2) pay
Bookbuilders West via the online credit card system on the
website for the entire entry fee, and (3) this year we have
an FTP site for you to upload press-quality PDFs of the front cover and several representative page spreads, or you can send a CD containing press-quality PDFs of the front cover and several representative page spreads. If your
book is selected as an award winner, the supplied PDFs will
be used in catalog image presentation. Label each CD with
the book title, publisher, and ISBN, and enclose it with
the entry forms. Each title must have its own properly labeled
CD. If you are downloading to the FTP site, please note
the file name on your entry forms. By submitting PDFs with
entries, the prepress time and expense incurred by Bookbuilders
volunteers is reduced. See Sending a Book and Sending
a Cover or Jacket for more specifics on packaging each
type of entry.
All entries must be received no later than June
27, 2008. Send to:
BBW Book Show Entry
9328 Elk Grove Blvd Suite #105-250
Elk Grove Ca 95624
Questions? Please call Michele at (707) 744-8636.
Important!
• Non-complying entries may be disqualified.
• If the judges feel that an entry has been submitted
in an inappropriate category, they will reassign the entry
prior to judging.
• Late entries and titles not accepted will be returned
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 an 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.
Sending a Book OR Catalog
When sending a book or catalog, each must be accompanied
by: (1) four copies of the completed entry form, (2) two
uncut copies of the book (one for judging, one for display),
(3) the entry fee, and (4) this year you can download press-quality PDFs of the front cover and several representative page spreads or send a CD containing press-quality PDFs of the front cover and several representative page spreads (see the
section on Submitting an Entry for details). Please pay
via the credit card system on the website. Tuck all four
completed forms inside the front cover of one of the books
along with the properly labelled CDs of the PDF images.
Sending a Cover or Jacket
When sending a cover or jacket without its book, each cover
or jacket must be accompanied by: (1) four copies of the
completed entry form, (2) one mounted cover or jacket, (3)
one unmounted, flat cover or jacket, (4) the entry fee,
and (5) this year you can upload to the FTP site or send
a CD containing a high-resolution PDF file of the cover
or jacket. Cover and jacket entries must show the complete
front, spine, back, and flaps. Partial covers will be disqualified.
Each mounted cover or jacket must be permanently mounted,
entirely flat on Fome-cor with one-inch open margins on
all sides regardless of the size of the cover or jacket.
A completed entry form must be taped to the back. Attach
the check or money order and the properly labelled CD of
high-resolution PDF images to one of the other three entry
forms and send with the covers or jackets. Without a mounted
cover or jacket, the entry will not be accepted and will
not be returned.
To Upload to the Bookbuilders FTP site:
Click here and follow the directions provided.
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, eight 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.
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For questions about this event, contact Michele Bisson Savoy, phone: (707) 744-8636, email: michele.savoy@quebecorworld.com.
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