The Independent Publishers Guild is proud to announce the eleven winners of the 2008 Independent Publishing Awards.

The eleven prize winners received their Independent Publishing Awards at a gala dinner in Brighton on Saturday 8th March, hosted by Hardeep Singh Kohli. The awards, now in their second year, were set up by the IPG in association with The Bookseller and London Book Fair to celebrate the successes of independent publishers. All winners were chosen by panels of industry experts.

Nielsen Innovation of the Year — Salt Publishing



Salt Publishing received the Nielsen Innovation of the Year Award for its imaginative efforts to increase sales of collections of poetry and short stories despite very challenging market conditions. It impressed with its range of web-based marketing initiatives and partnerships and energetic development of its brand. “Salt is bucking the trend in poetry by growing its sales,” said the judges. “Its innovation in lots of small ways adds up to a major achievement.”

Fabulous! Many congratulations to both of you! :D

Very well deserved!

Thanks so much, we're a little weary from rushing down with a rather poorly Cameron, but it's a great thing for the literary sector. Borders, Waterstone's, Amazon top brass all there and a chance for poetry to say, "We matter and we can sell books." Earlier in the day Waterstone's had drawn attention to the continued decline of poetry sales, and we were able to say in our speech, "Our trade sales through Waterstone's have tripled." Hardeep Singh Kohli presented the award and he was fabulous.

Great news! Delighted for you!
Richly deserved.

fantastic news, felicitations to all concerned!