{"id":3696,"date":"2013-02-15T20:20:42","date_gmt":"2013-02-15T20:20:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/buildbookbuzz.com\/?p=3696"},"modified":"2013-02-15T20:20:42","modified_gmt":"2013-02-15T20:20:42","slug":"indie-authors-name-this-site-one-of-the-best","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sandra.oddjar.com\/indie-authors-name-this-site-one-of-the-best\/","title":{"rendered":"Indie authors name this site one of the best!"},"content":{"rendered":"

I was pretty happy to receive word that\u00a0this website has been selected by\u00a0The Alliance of Independent Authors\u00a0<\/a>to receive a \u201cTop Website for Self-Publishers Award.\u201d It’s the second time <\/a>in less than a year that this site has been honored by independent authors.<\/p>\n

The Alliance\u00a0award is given to websites and blogs that the organizations members have nominated as outstanding.<\/p>\n

Founder Orna Ross said in an e-mail that “With so much (mis)information flying around the Web, we wanted to create a benchmark that would signify excellence, integrity, creativity and helpfulness in the indie and self-publishing world.”<\/p>\n

Alliance recognizes 12 sites<\/h3>\n

Here’s a complete list of sites receiving the honor this year — you can see that this resource is in good company:<\/p>\n

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  1. Sandra Beckwith, Build Book Buzz<\/a><\/li>\n
  2. Ben Galley<\/a><\/li>\n
  3. Aggie Villaneuva<\/a><\/li>\n
  4. Susanne Lakin <\/a><\/li>\n
  5. Mark Coker <\/a><\/li>\n
  6. Self Publishing Review <\/a><\/li>\n
  7. Dan Poynter<\/a><\/li>\n
  8. BooksJustBooks.com <\/a><\/li>\n
  9. Joan Stewart<\/a><\/li>\n
  10. Pixel of Ink <\/a><\/li>\n
  11. Book Bub <\/a><\/li>\n
  12. Jon Reed<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    My sincere and humble thanks go to those Alliance members who nominated this site. I work hard to provide content that is useful, relevant, and timely, and this honor suggests that I’m on the right track.<\/p>\n

    Has your website or book received an award or honor recently? Share the news by commenting here!<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    I was pretty happy to receive word that this website has been selected by The Alliance for Independent Authors <\/a>to receive a \u201cTop Website for Self-Publishers Award.\u201d It’s the second time <\/a>in less than a year that this site has been honored by independent authors.<\/p>\n

    The Alliance award is given to websites and blogs that the organizations members have nominated as outstanding.<\/p>\n

    Founder Orna Ross said in an e-mail that “With so much (mis)information flying around the Web, we wanted to create a benchmark that would signify excellence, integrity, creativity and helpfulness in the indie and self-publishing world.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":3697,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_kad_blocks_custom_css":"","_kad_blocks_head_custom_js":"","_kad_blocks_body_custom_js":"","_kad_blocks_footer_custom_js":"","_kad_post_transparent":"","_kad_post_title":"","_kad_post_layout":"","_kad_post_sidebar_id":"","_kad_post_content_style":"","_kad_post_vertical_padding":"","_kad_post_feature":"","_kad_post_feature_position":"","_kad_post_header":false,"_kad_post_footer":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[145,20],"tags":[264,265,266,267],"class_list":["post-3696","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-current-events","category-news","tag-alliance-for-independent-authors","tag-award","tag-award-winner","tag-iindie"],"yoast_head":"\nIndie authors name this site one of the best! - Build Book Buzz<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/sandra.oddjar.com\/indie-authors-name-this-site-one-of-the-best\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Indie authors name this site one of the best! - Build Book Buzz\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"I was pretty happy to receive word that this website has been selected by The Alliance for Independent Authors to receive a \u201cTop Website for Self-Publishers Award.\u201d It's the second time in less than a year that this site has been honored by independent authors. 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