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First children's book by author Dina van Beek is nominated for the 2013 Christian Small Publishers Association Book of the Year in the ages 4-8 category.

Award winning author adds more accolades to the list. Elizabeth Zinn is pleased to announce that her novel, Heart’s Blood has been named to Kirkus Reviews’ Best of 2012 list.

Each year for the past twenty-eight, the North American Bookdealers Exchange (NABE) honors some of the finest work published by its members. This year SBPRA has an impressive five authors selected as Summer 2012 winners.

Author Loreen Niewenhuis had a mid-life adventure by walking the perimeter of Lake Michigan. Her bestselling book “A 1000-Mile Walk on the Beach” was chosen as the best non-fiction beach read in 2012 by The Beach Book Festival.

Author Brenda Bence’s latest book, Smarter Branding Without Breaking the Bank: Five Proven Marketing Strategies You Can Use Right Now to Build Your Business at Little or No Cost wins seven book awards since its publication in September 2011.

The book outlines eight specific steps to creating a passion for lifelong learning, supported by quotes on learning from celebrated leaders, is honored as a finalist in the Motivational Category by the Independent Book Publishing Professionals Group

At the first annual IndieReader Discovery Awards, announced this week at BookExpo America in New York City, the award in the category of American Studies went to Oh, Beautiful: An American Family in the 20th Century by John Paul Godges.

Oh, Beautiful: An American Family in the 20th Century placed as first runner-up in the 2012 Eric Hoffer Book Award category of Culture, the awards committee announced this week.

First children's book by author Dina van Beek is nominated for the 2013 Christian Small Publishers Association Book of the Year in the ages 4-8 category.

Award winning author adds more accolades to the list. Elizabeth Zinn is pleased to announce that her novel, Heart’s Blood has been named to Kirkus Reviews’ Best of 2012 list.

Each year for the past twenty-eight, the North American Bookdealers Exchange (NABE) honors some of the finest work published by its members. This year SBPRA has an impressive five authors selected as Summer 2012 winners.

Noted Indian freelance journalist and human rights activist Oliver D’Souza has won the prestigious London Institute Of South Asia (LISA) Book Of The Year Award for 2011-12 for his book ‘Truth About Dalits’.

Author Loreen Niewenhuis had a mid-life adventure by walking the perimeter of Lake Michigan. Her bestselling book “A 1000-Mile Walk on the Beach” was chosen as the best non-fiction beach read in 2012 by The Beach Book Festival.

Author Brenda Bence’s latest book, Smarter Branding Without Breaking the Bank: Five Proven Marketing Strategies You Can Use Right Now to Build Your Business at Little or No Cost wins seven book awards since its publication in September 2011.

The book outlines eight specific steps to creating a passion for lifelong learning, supported by quotes on learning from celebrated leaders, is honored as a finalist in the Motivational Category by the Independent Book Publishing Professionals Group

At the first annual IndieReader Discovery Awards, announced this week at BookExpo America in New York City, the award in the category of American Studies went to Oh, Beautiful: An American Family in the 20th Century by John Paul Godges.

Winning authors of the 6th Annual National Indie Excellence Awards (NIEA) were announced by Ellen Reid, sponsor and CEO of the Indie Awards, and included nine SBPRA authors with ten book titles.

Tales from a Mountain City: A Vietnam War Memoir by Quynh Dao is one of twelve titles shortlisted in the non-fiction category of the fifth William Saroyan International Prize for Writing. The winners will be announced in September.

Amanda Ridings, author of PAUSE FOR BREATH, has won a Silver Nautilus Book Award in the category of Conscious Business/Leadership. This tremendous achievement is the first such award for both author and partnership publisher Live It Publishing.

Oh, Beautiful: An American Family in the 20th Century placed as first runner-up in the 2012 Eric Hoffer Book Award category of Culture, the awards committee announced this week.

Kenneth Rogers’ book "Sequence" won in the Science Fiction/Fantasy category of the 2012 Next Generation Indie Book Awards and Sherrill S. Cannon’s "The Magic Word" was named a Finalist in the Children’s Picture Book category.

The IDEC Book Award was presented on Wednesday, March 21 during the Interior Design Educators Council (IDEC) Annual Conference in Baltimore, Maryland.

The Gelett Burgess Center has Named Nicholas Beatty as Executive Director in leadership of the national awards committee responsible for selecting the best in family-friendly children's books and media.

The Gelett Burgess Children's Book Award program has officially opened, with a call for entries until May 15th, 2012. The awards program honors the best in family-friendly children's books published the previous calendar year.

New historical novel brings to life Great Britain’s Roman past

The Many Colors of Friendship, a children’s book written by Rita Kaye Vetsch and published by Strategic Book Group/Eloquent Books in 2009, has won its third major book award.

Louisville, Kentucky Author Lori A. Moore's children's book, Grady the Gray Cat, wins Honorable Mention in the children's-preschool category of the 2011 Readers Favorite Book Contest.

Author Alma Hudson’s new book has been selected as a Finalist in both the Women’s Literature and New Age categories.

Colorado Author and Award-Winning Executive Recruiter, Kristi LeBlanc, Wins 2011 International Book Award for Living with Certainty: Experience Deep-Soul Joy

The novel Shidoshi: The Four Ways of the Corpse, by Gordon Richiusa will be honored at the Legends Hall of Fame Awards as the Book of the Year on May 21, in Lake Harmony, PA.

Doris Kenney Marcotte’s novel -- part mystery and part psychological drama -- has been voted the Best Book of the Year for 2010 by voters in the first Outskirts Press Best Book of the Year Awards, winning a Grand Prize of $1,500.

"Beyond the Cosmos" by Hugh Ross, has been nominated for the 2011 Christian Small Publisher Book of the Year in the Non-fiction - Bible Study/Theology Category.

Friends of Choice has been chosen to receive the Fall 2010 Pinnacle Book Award.

"Good Grief: Finding Peace After Pet Loss" by animal chaplain/author Sid Korpi has won its third literary award, having been named "The Best Book of the Year" in the self-help category by Premier Book Awards.

Good Grief: Finding Peace After Pet Loss by author/animal chaplain Sid Korpi has won both the Reader Views 2010 Reviewers Choice Award in the Inspiration/Spirituality category and an Independent Book Publishers Award in the Animals/Pets category.

Enthusiasm, a novel based on the author’s own true story won Pinnacle Book Achievement Award for Spring 2010

Debut short-story collection has been named a finalist in the Short Story Fiction category of the 2010 Next Generation Indie Book Awards.

"Good Grief: Finding Peace After Pet Loss" by animal chaplain Sid Korpi has won the Reader Views 2010 Reviewers Choice Award for outstanding work in the area of inspiration/spirituality.

The independently published book “Stand Out When You Stand Up—An A to Z Guide to Powerful Presentations” by Barbara Busey has been optioned by the publisher InterPub Group.

The book “Stand Out When You Stand Up—An A to Z Guide to Powerful Presentations” by Barbara Busey has received the First Runner-Up Award in the Business category in the Eric Hoffer Awards, which recognize excellence in writing and publishing.

The award committee received nominations from across the country for this esteemed recognition. Author MG Hardie has received two nominations.

"301 Inkjet Tips and Techniques: An Essential Printing Resource for Photographers (Course PTR)" by Andrew Darlow was chosen as the winner in the 'Photography: Instructional/How-To' category of The National Best Books 2008 Awards.

Book Is First By Autry Malice Cloaked in Liberty Rips Away The Cloak of Liberal Thought and Organizations Who Are Undermining America’s Safety and Freedoms

Three new awards bolster the rising popularity of the "best undead chicken novel of all time." Cluck: Murder Most Fowl, by Eric D Knapp, is its way to becoming a cult classic.