{"id":6853,"date":"2026-02-26T20:45:02","date_gmt":"2026-02-26T20:45:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/microcosmpublishing.com\/blog\/?p=6853"},"modified":"2026-02-27T06:08:25","modified_gmt":"2026-02-27T06:08:25","slug":"6853","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/microcosmpublishing.com\/blog\/2026\/02\/6853\/","title":{"rendered":"Do Book Awards Matter? | People&#8217;s Guide to Publishing Podcast"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Book awards! There are a lot of them out there. Our books have even won a couple! But are they success indicators? Does a book or author winning an award mean anything for the publisher? How can a publisher use an award in their marketing? <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Jane Friedman of The Bottom Line is back to chat with Elly and Joe about awards, cash grabs, and the array of experiences out there.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Want more industry insights? Check out <a href=\"https:\/\/janefriedman.com\/the-bottom-line-janes-publishing-industry-newsletter\/\">The Bottom Line!<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Prefer an audio experience?\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/linktr.ee\/microcosm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Listen to the episode on your favorite podcast app<\/a>.<br>Get the\u00a0<em>People\u2019s Guide to Publishing<\/em>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/microcosmpublishing.com\/catalog\/books\/3663\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">here<\/a>, and the workbook\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/microcosmpublishing.com\/catalog\/zines\/10031\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">here<\/a>!<br>Want to stay up to date on new podcast episodes and happenings at Microcosm?\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/confirmsubscription.com\/h\/r\/0EABB2040D281C9C\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Subscribe to our newsletter<\/a>!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Book awards! There are a lot of them out there. Our books have even won a couple! But are they success indicators? Does a book or author winning an award mean anything for the publisher? How can a publisher use an award in their marketing? Jane Friedman of The Bottom Line is back to chat&#8230;  <a class=\"excerpt-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/microcosmpublishing.com\/blog\/2026\/02\/6853\/\" title=\"Read Do Book Awards Matter? | People&#8217;s Guide to Publishing Podcast\">Read more &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[380,14,12,11,306,26],"class_list":["post-6853","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blogifesto","tag-book-awards","tag-books","tag-business-of-publishing","tag-interviews","tag-jane-friedman","tag-podcast"],"my_excerpt":"<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Book awards! There are a lot of them out there. Our books have even won a couple! But are they success indicators? Does a book or author winning an award mean anything for the publisher? How can a publisher use an award in their marketing? <\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Jane Friedman of The Bottom Line is back to chat with Elly and Joe about awards, cash grabs, and the array of experiences out there.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Want more industry insights? 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