2025 entry categories
The entry categories for the Australian Business Book Awards have been determined by the most common themes in business and business-related books. If you are considering entering the awards and you are not sure which category or categories best suit your book, please contact the award organisers for advice.
Each book can be entered in one or two categories. The categories are selected in the entry form during the entry process.
You do not have to enter your book for Book of the Year – all books are automatically entered for this award. The Book of the Year will be awarded from the subject category winners. There is no entry fee for Book of the Year.
Choose one or two of these categories to enter your book into:
Entrepreneurship and Small Business
Starting a business, business innovation, home-based and digital businesses, family business; business start-up stories and business biographies/autobiographies; buying or selling a business; start-up funding, crowdfunding, managing a growing business, preparing a business for sale; and similar topics.
General Business
Business and corporate stories; economics, reference books, legal issues, education; importing and exporting, trade, globalisation, manufacturing; business finance and taxation; agriculture, engineering, science; creativity in business; franchising; and similar topics.
Health and Wellbeing
Healthy living, exercise, fitness, yoga, meditation, Pilates; physical health – dental, physiotherapy, disability, pain management; managing mental health – depression, anxiety, happiness, psychology; pregnancy, childbirth, parenting, family; diet and nutrition, weight loss, cooking; health management – naturopathy, sleep, healing, intuition; gender and sexuality, religion, ageing; and similar topics.
Leadership
Leadership theory and methods, senior leadership and CEO leadership; setting and implementing strategy; corporate governance, directorship and boards; leading teams, team building, empowering others; and similar topics.
Management and HR
Business administration and management; HR theory and methods, recruitment, outsourcing; bookkeeping, accounting, taxation for business; risk management, insurance, business bankruptcy; workplace health and safety, wellbeing in the workplace; business ethics, diversity and social responsibility in business; change management, negotiation, staff training; and similar topics.
Personal Development
General self-help; time management; building self-esteem and social skills; motivation and resilience – including personal stories of resilience in the face of tragedy, grief or bereavement; career development, upskilling for business life, managing work/life balance; personal communication, networking, public speaking; and similar topics.
Personal Finance and Investment
Money management, budgeting, financial planning, personal tax planning and strategy; superannuation, retirement planning, insurance, estate planning; investing in property, shares, ETFs, cash, fixed interest, trusts, and portfolio management; home-buying, loans, mortgages; and similar topics.
Specialist Business
Social responsibility, ethics and sustainability in business; non-profit business; environmental issues; technology – using technology in business, technology trends, software, e-commerce, automation, digital workplaces, IT development, cloud services, internet, multimedia, computer networks, content management, artificial intelligence; communications and sales – marketing theory and methods, sales theory and methods, social media, PR, advertising, branding; and similar topics.
Book of the Year
The Book of the Year is awarded to the book with the best overall score as determined by the judges. You do not need to enter this category.
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