KBA Rewards Wizard Book

The market-leading large format press manufacturer presented the publisher with the Trade Illustrated Award for its production ofThe Wizard of Ozby acclaimed Collage artist Graham Rawle.It featured over 100 collages re-imagining L Frank Baum’s enchanting story. 

The award judges said: “This book quite rightly wins this category. It is truly outstanding in every way. The illustrations are dark, moody and totally different to anything out there. The amount of work it has taken to produce this book is clearly visible. Stunning!” 

The 304pp, 240mm x 265mm landscape book, printed by Eurasia International, China, also took home the highest accolade of Best Book of the Year. 

In deliberating the overall winners the judges said: “The Wizard of Oz was chosen for its ingenious artwork style and exceptionally high standards of production.The more you looked at this book the more you wanted to look.So from concept, through to all aspects of the finished product, design, colour, choice of substrate, print and bind quality this book stood out at every stage and deserves the accolade of Book of the Year.” 

Key KBA customer Butler Tanner & Dennis was also recognised for producingThe National Cookbook,winner of the Best British Book category. 

KBA UK Managing Director Christian Knapp said: “The dedication and creativity of printers and publishersin such a highly competitive and vibrant sector is inspiring. It mirrors the ethos of KBA where technical development is central to our commitment to ensuring we can deliver innovative on-press performance and reliability demanded by our customers.” 

Atlantic Booksis the British subsidiary of the American independent publishing house Grove/Atlantic. It was established in February 2000 and published its first book in May 2001.A founder member of the Independence Alliance, a union of ten UK publishers and their international partners who share a common vision of editorial excellence, original, diverse publishing, innovation in marketing and commercial success, it has a world-wide reputation for quality, originality and breadth. Specialist areas include fiction, history, politics, memoir and current affairs.