USA BOOK NEWS ANNOUNCES WINNERS AND FINALISTS
OF THE NATIONAL “BEST BOOKS 2008” AWARDS

Simon & Schuster, Queen Publications, HarperCollins, Hyperion, St. Martin’s Press,
McGraw- Hill, John Wiley & Sons & Hundreds of Independent Titles Score Honors
in the 5th Annual National “Best Books” Awards

LOS ANGELES – USABookNews.com, the premiere online magazine and review website for mainstream and independent publishing houses, announced the winners and finalists of THE NATIONAL “BEST BOOKS” 2008 AWARDS (NBBA) on October 20, 2008. Over 500 winners and finalists were announced in over 140 categories covering print and audio books. Awards were presented for titles published in 2008 and late 2007.

Jeff Keen, President and CEO of USABookNews.com, said this year’s contest yielded an unprecedented number of entries, which were then narrowed down to over 500 winners and finalists.

Award highlights include the following:

·       Womb Child by Alethea Pascascio (Queen Publications) was a Finalist in the Religious Fiction category

·       Home: A Memoir of My Early Years by Julie Andrews (Hyperion) was honored in the Autobiography/Memoirs category

·       The Impulse Factor: Why Some of Us Play It Safe and Others Risk It All by Nick Tasler (Fireside, A Division of Simon & Schuster, Inc.) won the Best Business Career Book

·       The Center Cannot Hold: My Journey Through Madness by Elyn Saks (Hyperion) placed number one in the Health: Psychology/Mental Health category.

·       The Best New Fiction Award went to Stolen Boy by Michael Mehas (iUniverse)

·       Harmonious Environment: Beautify, Detoxify & Energize Your Life, Your Home & Your Planet by Norma Lehmeier Hartie (Lingham Press) was awarded Best New Non-Fiction

 Full results listing available online at USABookNews.com

Keen says of the awards, now in their fifth year, “The 2008 results represent a phenomenal mix of books from a wide array of publishers throughout the United States.

Winners and finalists traversed the publishing landscape: Simon & Schuster, Tarcher/Penguin, HarperCollins, Hyperion, St. Martin’s Press, Queen Publications, McGraw-Hill, John Wiley & Sons & hundreds of independent titles contributed to this year’s outstanding NBBA competition. Keen adds, “NBBA’s success begins with the enthusiastic participation of authors and publishers and continues with our distinguished panel of industry judges who bring to the table their extensive editorial, PR, marketing, and design expertise.”

 

A complete list of the winners and finalists of the USABookNews.com National “Best Books” 2008 Awards are available online at http://www.USABookNews.com.

Jeff Keen, President & CEO of JPX Media, is available for television, radio, and press interviews nationwide to talk about the National “Best Books” 2008 Awards and other publishing industry topics. Contact 800-733-6511 or jpxmedia@earthlink.net for schedule availability.

 

 

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