Berg Fashion Library Wins IPG Digital Award!
March 11, 2011
The Independent Publishers Guild has awarded Berg the Frankfurt Book Fair Digital Award for the Berg Fashion Library.
From the IPG:
Berg Publishers has secured its second success in this category, having won its previous incarnation—the E-Publishing Award—in 2008. It triumphed this time for the successful launch of the Berg Fashion Library, which was hailed by the judges for its ambition and for better-than-forecast sales figures. “This is an amazing project that has been carefully developed and beautifully executed,” they said. “It will be used for a very long time in its market.” Judges also hailed the breadth of digital innovation on display from independents in this category.
The judges awarded a Highly Commended in this category to Grow Story Grow for its storytelling portal to help children improve their language skills. “What Grow Story Grow has achieved on limited resources is very impressive,” they said.
Also shortlisted for the Frankfurt Book Fair Digital Award were SAGE Publications and Top That! Publishing.
The Winners:
The Independent Publishers Guild is delighted to announce the eleven winners of the 2011 IPG Independent Publishing Awards, run in association run with The Bookseller and The London Book Fair. They are:
IPG Independent Publisher of the Year
Continuum
The Bookseller Trade Publisher of the Year
Faber & Faber
Ingram Academic & Professional Publisher of the Year
Continuum
IPG Education Publisher of the Year
Bright Red Publishing
IPG Specialist Consumer Publisher of the Year
Search Press
IPG Newcomer of the Year
Peirene Press
Nielsen Innovation of the Year
Faber & Faber
The London Book Fair International Achievement Award
Jolly Learning
IPG Diversity Award
The 100-Minute Press
Frankfurt Book Fair Digital Award
Berg Publishers
GBS Services to Independent Publishers Award
Attwooll Associates
