The London Book Festival is an annual competition honoring books worthy of greater attention from the international publishing community. Entries can be in English, Spanish, French, Portuguese or Italian. Competition winners receive cash and a flight to London for our awards ceremony.

the New  York Book Festival is an annual competition and day festival celebrating books worthy of greater attention in the world publishing capital. The event features an awards ceremony and a day festival featuring author readings, vendors, live music, children’s entertainment and food. Attendees can enjoy the event while taking in the serenity and beauty of New York’s Central Park.

The Beach Book Festival is a Spring event that touts the hottest reads of the upcoming summer season. The event offers cash and travel to an exotic beach location, plus a publicity campaign for the winning author so that summer sales are maximized.

The DIY Convention: Do It Yourself in Film, Music & Books is dedicated to teaching authors, musicians, filmmakers and entertainment entrepreneurs to create, distribute, protect and market their independent film, music, books and digital media. The event features performance and screening opportunities, panel discussions, workshops, special events and parties and is held in various cities throughout the year, concluding each February in Los Angeles with our grand finale show and awards. Past speakers include Darryl “DMC” McDaniels, Jonatha Brooke, Pat DiNizio, John Waite, Frank Black, Peter Himmelman, Chris Vrenna and Derek Sivers, the founder of CD Baby.

The Hollywood Book Festival focuses attention on books worthy of further consideration by the film, TV, video game and multimedia communities and spotlights the contributions of celebrity authors to the book publishing industry. The event includes an awards ceremony and day festival featuring celebrity appearances, music, author readings and vendor opportunities. Last year’s appearances included Evan Handler from “Sex and the City,” actress Heather Thomas, a reading from “Three’s Company” actress Joyce DeWitt and a panel discussion featuring celebrity tell-all authors Mike Walker from the National Enquirer (“Get Real”), Henrietta Tiefenthaler (“Train Wreck”), Eric Dubin (“The Star Chamber”) and more.

Off the Charts was one of the first sites offering interactive discussions of the world of music and other art beyond the mainstream. The site has a daily news feed and analysis of digital media activities from around the world.

BookFestivals.com is an information portal for book festivals, readings and other publishing activities around the world. The site offers a comprehensive selection of free and advertiser-supported listings.

Club Daddy-O is the meeting place where older fathers can meet and discuss the common issues that come with being a daddy of a certain age. Free content and membership packages offering discounts and special benefits from companies targeting the demographic, plus special meet-up events are all part of the mix.

DIY Reporter is a subscription site that serves the DIY Convention community with reviews, features, panel discussion transcripts and feature articles culled from entrants to the DIY Music Festival, DIY Film Festival and DIY Book Festival. Subscriptions build credit for free admission to all DIY Convention events throughout the year.