Twenty-Seven iUniverse Titles Selected as Finalists in ForeWord Magazine Book of the Year Awards

New York, NY, March 13, 2008 --(PR.com)-- Twenty-seven iUniverse titles have been selected as finalists in ForeWord Magazine's Tenth Annual Book of the Year Awards. For more than three years, iUniverse has led the finalist count for print-on-demand publishers in the Book of the Year Awards.

ForeWord’s book awards program focuses on sparking the attention of librarians and booksellers by recognizing the literary achievement of independent publishers and their authors. A jury of librarians, booksellers and reviewers judge the categories and select finalists based on editorial excellence, professional production, originality and the value the book adds to its genre.

iUniverse finalists in ForeWord Magazine's 2007 Book of the Year Awards include (alphabetically by author’s last name):

• C.S. Adler, The Magic of the Glits, Juvenile Fiction
• Gini Anding, Witness by the Church, Mystery
• Rayce Bannon, Shadow Faces, Horror
• Valerie Belgrave, Ti Marie, Romance
• Beren deMotier, The Brides of March, Gay/Lesbian Nonfiction
• Danea Gorbett, Adopted Teens Only, Young Adult Nonfiction
• Arthur Herzog, A Murder in Our Town, True Crime
• Michael Hite, The Last Boat, Historical Fiction
• Carol Hoenig, The Author's Guide to Planning Book Events, Writing
• Richard T. Holleran, What Time is the Midnight Buffet, Travel Essays
• David Liepert, Me and You, Religion
• Kaye Linden, The Wisdom Keepers, Science Fiction
• Debbie Madison, Modeling 101, Reference
• Darren Main, Yoga and the Path of the Urban Mystic, Mind/Body/Spirit
• Mary Martin, A Trial of One, Fiction-General
• Catherine McTamaney, The Tao of Montessori, Education
• Andy Mendlowitz, Ireland's Professional Amateurs, Sports
• Meg Nola, Lula Musing, Literary Fiction
• Tina Olton, Always Another Horizon, Travel Essays
• Steve Pieczenik, Terror Counter Terror, Fiction-General
• Nel Rand, Mississippi Flyaway, Literary Fiction
• E. A. Rappaport, The Legacy of Ogma, Science Fiction
• Alice Rene, Becoming Alice, Autobiography/Memoir
• Tatiana Sorokina, The Legal Alien's Guide, Reference
• Brian Trent, Never Grow Old, Historical Fiction
• D. A. Welch, Flashback, Romance
• D. M. Wilmes, Seven Days, Mind/Body/Spirit

Gold, Silver and Bronze winners in each category, as well as Editor's Choice Prizes for fiction and nonfiction, will be announced at a special program at BookExpo America at the Los Angeles Convention Center in Los Angeles on May 29, 2008.

For the complete list of finalists in the ForeWord Magazine 2007 Book of the Year Awards or to learn how to qualify for next year’s awards, visit: http://www.forewordmagazine.com. To find out more about the book publishing, editorial and marketing services offered by iUniverse, visit www.iuniverse.com.

About iUniverse:

iUniverse offers a variety of publishing services to help individuals publish, market and sell fiction, poetry, and nonfiction books. The company is one of the largest self-publishing companies in the United States, publishing more than 5,000 new titles each year. iUniverse has strategic alliances with Barnes & Noble, Inc. and Chapters Indigo and has offices in New York, Shanghai and Lincoln, Neb. For more information, please visit www.iuniverse.com or call 1-800-AUTHORS.

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