Best Books 2011 Names 10 Headline Books Titles!

Best Books 2011 Names 10 Headline Books Titles!



USA BOOK NEWS ANNOUNCES
WINNERS AND FINALISTS OF
THE USA “BEST BOOKS 2011” AWARDS



Mainstream & Independent Titles Score Top Honors in the
8th Annual USA “Best Books” Awards



Simon & Schuster, St. Martin’s Press, Random House, Penguin, Harper Collins, Headline Books, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, McGraw-Hill, John Wiley & Sons and hundreds of Independent Houses contribute to this year’s Outstanding Competition!


LOS ANGELES – USABookNews.com, the premiere online magazine and review website for mainstream and independent publishing houses, announced the winners and finalists of THE USA “BEST BOOKS 2011” AWARDS on November 1, 2011. Over 500 winners and finalists were announced in over 140 categories covering print, e-books and audio books. Awards were presented for titles published in 2010 and 2011.

Jeffrey Keen, President and CEO of USA Book News, 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:
(Full results listing available on USABooknews.com)

  • Prodigal Father Pagan Son: Growing Up Inside the Dangerous World of the Pagans Motorcycle Club by Anthony Menginie and Kerrie Droban (St. Martin's Press) was honored in the “Autobiography/Memoirs” category
  • Oprah: A Biography by Kitty Kelley (Crown Books/Random House) was awarded “Best Biography"
  • West Virginia Waterfalls: The New River Gorge (Headline Books) won the “Best Nature Photography”
  • Perfect One-Dish Dinners: All You Need for Easy Get-Togethers by Pam Anderson (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt) placed number one in “Cookbooks”
  • The Daughter's Walk by Jane Kirkpatrick (Water Brook/Random House) took home the “Best General Fiction” prize
  • Many Genres One Craft: Lessons in Writing Popular Fiction (Headline Books) was awarded Finalist “Business: Writing and Publishing”
  • Hell on Two Wheels: An Astonishing Story of Suffering, Triumph, and the Most Extreme Endurance Race in the World by Amy Snyder (Triumph Books, a division of Random House) snagged top honors in “Health”, “Non-Fiction Narrative” and “Sports”
  • Why Do My Feet Say Yes when My Head Says No (Headline Books) was honored as Finalist for “Best Children’s Self Help Book”
  • Carnation Children’s Book Series (Headline Books) Finalist won accolades for “Best Children’s Book Series”
  • The “Best Inspirational Spiritual Book” was awarded to Blessed: Living a Grateful Life by Ellen Michaud (Reader's Digest)
  • What Would You Do? A Kid’s Guide to Staying Safe in A World of Strangers (Headline Books) was honored in “Parenting/Family Reference”
  • Dear Success Seeker: Wisdom from Outstanding Women by Michele R. Wright, Ph.D. (Simon & Schuster / Atria Books) was awarded “Best New Non-Fiction”
  • Lady’s Day to Play (Headline Books) was awarded Finalist for “Best Children’s Picture Book Softcover Fiction”
  • Tucker's Monster by S.S. Wilson (Real Deal Productions, Inc.) took home the “Best New Fiction” award
  • My Horse Samson (Headline Books) Finalist for “Best Children’s Non-Fiction”
  • Full results listing available online at USABookNews.com

    Keen says of the awards, now in their ninth year, “The 2011 results represent a phenomenal mix of books from a wide array of publishers throughout the United States. With a full publicity and marketing campaign promoting the results of the USA ‘Best Books’ Awards, this year’s winners and finalists will gain additional media coverage for the upcoming holiday retail season.”

    Winners and finalists traversed the publishing landscape: Simon & Schuster, St. Martin’s Press, Random House, Penguin, Harper Collins, Headline Books, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, McGraw-Hill, John Wiley & Sons and hundreds of independent houses contributed to this year’s outstanding competition. Keen adds, “Our 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.”

    USABookNews.com is an online publication providing coverage for books from mainstream and independent publishers to the world online community. JPX Media Group, in Los Angeles, California, is the parent company of USABookNews.com.

    A complete list of the winners and finalists of The USA “Best Books 2011” Awards are available online at USABookNews.com.



     

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