Pathology of the Book of the Year Award of the Islamic Republic of Iran; Case study based

The pupouse of study is to identify the problems of holding “the Book of the Year award” in order to improve policies, procedure, improve the judging process and make it more effective in the publishing community. The research is qualitative in terms of approach and case study in terms of execution method. The studied community is the writings related to the Book of the Year award, university professors, experts and beneficiaries involved in the organization and performance of the festival, and critics and experts in the field of the book of the year, where the expert sampling technique was used to select the sample. Writing review, interview and focus group were used to collect data. Qualitative data analysis has been done in two stages; the first round of coding and the second round of pattern finding. In the first round of coding, we tried to give each piece of data a label (or the same code); in the second round, models were extracted from these codes. To advance the coding process, various tools have been used, including performing the process with pencil and paper to the use of MaxQDA (version 11) computer programs. The results show that the issues and problems of the yearbook can be categorized in the areas of policy and planning, executive processes, and referees. The overlapping of the Book of the Year award with other awards and the lack of clarity about its position compared to other awards has caused the Book of the Year to decline in prestige. The excessive dependence of the award on the government body, both in terms of expenses and in terms of policy, the selection of the scientific secretary, referee, etc. has caused us to witness the interference of cultural officials in the votes and opinions of the judges, as well as the introduction of the chosen ones, in limited periods. Trust in festivals and awards is the most important event that can be effective in their growth and influence, and in addition to the favor of the people and those in charge of the awards, it will be effective in promoting the publishing industry, and the officials of the Book of the Year institution should have more appropriate planning and investment in this regard.