The getAbstract International Book Award is a bilingual award for nonfiction business-focused books.
History The getAbstract International Book Award has been presented annually since 2001 and is awarded to four authors (or co-authors) for their work in English or German.Princeton University Press Akerlof/Shiller: Animal Spirits is finalist for the getAbstract International Book Award 2009McGraw-Hill (leading academic publisher) website The Meltdown YearsMcGraw-Hill Catalogue 2009 The Meltdown Years The initial focus of the award was on books from the genres economics, politics, and society. Over the years, the focus has narrowed more specifically to business-relevant books. The award intends to raise the visibility of "(...) titles that make a difference to how [people] think, work, and live.”
Until 2020, the award ceremony took place at the Frankfurt Book Fair;Frankfurt Book Fair official website, 2008Program Frankfurt Book Fair, 2009 since the COVID-19 pandemic, the award has been presented virtually.
In 2021, the getAbstract International Book Award will include a total financial prize of EUR 20,000.
Media partners The getAbstract International Book Award has been presented in cooperation with notable business media partners including Financial Times Germany and Capital.
SInce 2021, the official media partner is brand eins.
The award is regularly covered by international media including Financial TimesFinancial Times and getAbstract present the International Book Award, October 8, 2001"Von der Renaissance zur Matrix", October 15, 2009 Germany, Handelszeitung & The Wall Street Journal,Article in Handelszeitung Online & the Wall Street Journal, October 10, 2007Article in Handelszeitung Online & the Wall Street Journal 2009 The Boston Globe,The Boston Globe Reuters, Handelsblatt,getAbstract International Book Award in Handelsblatt, July 26, 2007 Bloomberg Television,Interview with Philip Ruppel, Publisher McGraw-Hill Trade and several other publicationsHandelszeitung & The Wall Street Journal, Switzerland edition, 10.10.2007 and websites.Website of Hugendubel, one of the two major book retailers in Germany MIT Press website Massachusetts Institute of Technology Press Catalogue
Jury The jury, responsible for selecting the shortlist and winners, consists of getAbstract staff and external partners. All jury members receive an equal vote. The members in 2021 include the Swiss author Niko Stoifberg and German journalist Peter Lau. The jury considers books published in the twelve months preceding the award.
Winners of the getAbstract International Book Award The getAbstract International Book Award traditionally recognizes two books per language category. The awards are weighted equally, without rank or preference.
In 2021, the winners will be announced in November. Winners are selected from the longlists, which in 2021 include titles by Nobel Memorial Prize winner Daniel Kahneman et al., psychologist Jacinta M. Jiménez, and 2019 winner Dan Pontefract.
Since 2020, getAbstract has invited readers to vote for their favorite book longlisted in the “Business Impact” category. The “Readers’ Choice” award (International & German) goes to the work with the most votes.
Chronological list of winners 2022
Michael Carolan, A Decent Meal David Cooperrider, Audrey Selian, The Business of Building a Better World Eckhard Jann, Fehler Eins Sebastian Purps-Pardigol, Leben mit Hirn
2021
Daniel Kahneman, Olivier Sibony, Cass R. Sunstein, Noise Jacinta M. Jiménez, The Burnout Fix Mai Thi Nguyen-Kim, Die kleinste gemeinsame Wirklichkeit Gudrun Happich, Herausforderungen im Führungsalltag
2020 Rosabeth Moss Kanter, Think Outside the Building Abhijit V. Banerjee, Esther Duflo, Good Economics for Hard Times Veronika Hucke, Fair führen Clemens Fuest, Wie wir unsere Wirtschaft retten 2019 Denise Hearn, Jonathan Tepper, The Myth of Capitalism Dan Pontefract, Open to Think Kai Strittmatter, Die Neuerfindung der Diktatur Benedict Herles, Zukunftsblind 2018 Rick Peterson, Judd Hoekstra, Crunch Time Adam Greenfield, Radical Technologies Viktor Mayer-Schönberger, Thomas Ramge, Das Digital Martin J. Eppler, Sebastian Kernbach, Meet up! 2017 Joshua Cooper Ramo, The Seventh Sense Mark Stevenson, We Do Things Differently Yvonne Hofstetter, Das Ende der Demokratie Carsten Hentrich, Michael Pachmajer, d.quarks 2016 Jonah Berger, Invisible Influence Robert Tercek, Vaporized Catarina Katzer, Cyberpsychologie Jamal Qaiser, Der fremde Erfolgsfaktor 2015 Peter H. Diamandis, Steven Kotler, Bold Yuval Noah Harari, Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind Thomas Mayer, Die neue Ordnung des Geldes Michael Steinbrecher, Rolf Schumann, Update 2014 Christopher Surdak, Data Crush Gregory Zuckerman, The Frackers Pero Mićic, Warum wir uns täglich die Zukunft versauen Christian Felber, Geld 2013 Jared Diamond, The World Until Yesterday Nate Silver, The Signal and the Noise Reinhard K. Sprenger, Radikal führen Thomas Fricke, Wie viel Bank braucht der Mensch? 2012 Detlev S. Schlichter, Paper Money Collapse David Weinberger, Too Big to Know Josef Braml, Der amerikanische Patient Uli Burchardt, Ausgegeizt 2011 Tom Devine, Tarek F. Maassarani, The Corporate Whistleblower's Survival Guide Ian Morris, Why the West Rules—For Now Manfred Hoefle, Managerismus Tobias Schrödel, Hacking for Manager 2010 David Rhodes, Daniel Stelter, Accelerating out of the Great Recession Peter Schiff, Andrew Schiff, How an Economy Grows and Why it Crashes Susanne Schmidt, Markt ohne Moral Meinhard Miegel, Exit 2009 George Akerlof, Robert Shiller, Animal Spirits: How Human Psychology Drives the Economy, and Why It Matters for Global Capitalism Niall Ferguson, The Ascent of Money Miriam Meckel, Christian Fieseler, Christian Hoffmann, Verkauft und nichts verraten Ludwig Siegele, Joachim Zepelin, Matrix der Welt 2008 Thomas Sowell, Economic Facts and Fallacies Bill Bonner, Lila Rajiva, Mobs, Messiahs, and MarketsJohn Wiley & Sons, December 9, 2008 Official Statement scroll down to Professional/Trade (P/T) Wolfgang Münchau, Vorbeben Uwe Jean Heuser, Humanomics 2007 Nassim Nicholas Taleb, The Black Swan Phil Rosenzweig, The Halo Effect Norbert Häring, Olaf Storbeck, Ökonomie 2.0 Anja Förster, Peter Kreuz, Alles, außer gewöhnlich 2006 Chris Anderson, The Long Tail Eugene O'Kelly, Chasing Daylight Gunter Dueck, Lean Brain Management Niels Pfläging, Führen mit flexiblen Zielen 2005 W. Chan Kim, Renée Mauborgne, Blue Ocean Strategy Malcolm Gladwell, Blink! Ulrich Hemel, Wert und Werte Peter Sloterdijk, Im Weltinnenraum des Kapitals 2004 Benoît Mandelbrot, The (Mis)behavior of Markets Oskar Negt, Wozu noch Gewerkschaften? Alain de Botton, Status Anxiety Thomas Ramge, Die Flicks 2003 Robert Shiller, The New Financial OrderPrinceton University Press. Robert Shiller: The New Financial OrderAssociation of American University Presses website Paul Glen, Leading GeeksJohn Wiley & Sons. Paul Glen: Leading GeeksGetAbstract International Book Award mentioned multiple times by John Wiley (leading business and academic publisher) Burkhard Spinnen, Der schwarze Grat Hans-Werner Sinn, Ist Deutschland noch zu retten? 2002 Kenneth Cloke, Joan Goldsmith, The End of Management Joseph Stiglitz, Globalization and Its Discontents Werner G. Seifert, Markus Habbel, Frank Mattern, Clara C. Streit, Hans-Joachim Voth: Performance ist kein Schicksal Bjørn Lomborg, Apocalypse No! 2001 Howard Means, Money and Power Benjamin Mark Cole,The Pied Pipers of Wall Street Rolf W. Habbel, Faktor Menschlichkeit Hartmut Knüppel, Christian Lindner, Die Aktie als Marke
References
External links brand eins getAbstract International Book Award home page boersenblatt.net - Webzine for the German Book Trade Wirtschaftsblatt getAbstract International Book Award 2021 getAbstract International Book Award 2022