Congratulations to the IBPA Benjamin Franklin™ Award Finalists

If it's May, it must be time for the Benjamin Franklin Awards™ and all of us at IBPA are pleased to announce the finalists for the 2010 contest. We often get the question as to why the IBPA Benjamin Franklin Awards™ are open to all publishers rather than just restricted to independent publishers. The answer is simple--in the marketplace, independent publishers must compete with ALL publishers, large and small, for shelf space, eyeballs---and excellence. The Benjamin Franklin Awards™ are simply a reflection of the reality of that larger universe. Which is why, since 1988, the Benjamin Franklin Awards™ have recognized publishers as large as John Wiley and Sons and Sourcebooks, producing hundreds of titles annually, and as small as Mermaid Press and Keynote Publishing Company, producing 1-10 titles per year.

In keeping with IBPA's educational mission, each entry of the more than 1300 this year (and every year), received a written critique from the judges with suggestions for improvement and/or compliments for a job well done.

Kudos to the following finalists for their achievement! One winner in each category will be announced at the Benjamin Franklin Awards™ Gala on Monday evening, May 24, at the Roosevelt Hotel in New York City.

• Good Rabbitkeeping, TFH Publications, Inc.
• The Official Horse Breeds Standards Guide, Quayside Publishing Group
• World Atlas of Dog Breeds, TFH Publications, Inc.

• Clint Eastwood, Icon, Insight Editions
• Human Documents: Eight Photographers, Peabody Museum Press
• Stone Offerings, Lightpoint Press

• Hemingway's Cuban Son: Reflections on the Writer by His Longtime Majordomo, The Kent State University Press.?/
• Luna's Life - A Journey of Forgiveness and Triumph, Caros Books
• Me and the Biospheres: A Memoir by the Inventor of Biosphere 2, Synergetic Press Storm of the i: An Artobiography, Art Review Press

• The Bossy Gallito, Lorito Books Inc.
  
• Letters From A Window In The Sky (A tribute to Astrid Lindgren and Pippi), NYS Theatre Institute
  
• The Pigman, Graymalkin Media

Biography

• Kipling's Cat: A Memoir of My Father, Protean Press
• Theodore Roosevelt, Hunter-Conservationist, Boone and Crockett Club
• Winning: The Racing Life of Paul Newman, Quayside Publishing Group

• Doggy Business 101, TFH Publications, Inc.
• Managing, Berrett-Koehler Publishers, Inc.
• Seven Turning Points, Fieldstone Alliance

• Emotional Intelligence 2.0, TalentSmart
• A Life in the Law: Advice for Young Lawyers, American Bar Association
• Post Office Jobs - 5th edition: Explore and Find Jobs, Prepare For the 473 Postal Exam, and Locate ALL Job Opportunities, Bookhaven Press LLC

• One Child, One Planet: Inspiration for the Young Conservationist, Emerald Shamrock Press
• Pingo, Deseret Book Company / Shadow Mountain
• Urban Animals, Star Bright Books

• The Belly Button Fairy, Best Fairy Books
• For Baby, For Bobbie, Dawn Publications
  
• We Eat Food That's Fresh, Our Rainbow Press

• Queen: The Ultimate Illustrated History of the Crown Kings of Rock, Voyageur Press, an imprint of Quayside Publishing Group
• Spanish Mustangs in the Great American West, Fine Art Editions Gallery & Press
• Tropical Homes of the Eastern Caribbean, Ozone Zone Books

• Orange County Fare: A Culinary Journey Through the California Riviera, Junior League of Orange County, Inc.
• TOSCANA, Simple Authentic Italian Recipes, Killer Pizza Enterprises, Inc.
• Under the Fig Leaf, Under the Fig Leaf

• Color Mastery: 10 Principles for Creating Stunning Quilts, Willow Ridge Press
• Fibreart Montage, Dragon Threads Ltd.
• Quilts: Unfinished Stories with New Endings, FPI Publishing

• My Dog Bites the English Teacher: Practical Grammar Made Quick and Easy, Aviary Publishers, Inc.
• Revising Fiction: Making Sense of the Madness, Quillrunner Publishing LLC
• The Wolf Pack Classroom Management Plan, Butterfly Sky Press
• The New Heart Disease Handbook, Quayside Publishing Group/Fair Winds Press

• Cocktail Boothby's American Bartender, Anchor Distilling
• Facing Death: A Companion in Words and Images, Health Professions Press
• I Wish, A Good Book for Pondering, Willis Harding, LLC

• Christmas on Mill Street, Shadow Mountain
• Cottonwood Spring, Fletcher House
  
• The Middle of the Air, John F. Blair Publisher

• Dead Weight, Joggling Board Press
• Falling from the Moon, Windy City Publishers
  
In the Land of Cotton, Outskirts Press

• The Bone Chamber, Poisoned Pen Press
• In Their Blood, Oceanview Publishing
• Jump, Poisoned Pen Press

• All Man! Hemingway, 1950's Men's Magazines, and the Masculine Persona, The Kent State University Press
• In Praise, Lost Horse Press
• Lucifer: A Hagiography, Lost Horse Press

• All Screwed Up, Benu Press
• The Golden Age of Gay Fiction, MLR Press, LLC
• I Told You So, Beacon Press

• 3-Step Vegetable Gardening, Creative Homeowner
• California's Olive Pioneers, Robert Mondavi Institute (RMI)
• Rain Gardening in the South, Eno Publishers

• American Cancer Society Complete Guide to Complementary & Alternative Cancer Therapies, Second Ed., American Cancer Society
• Easy Gluten-Free Baking, Lake Isle Press, Inc.
• The New Heart Disease Handbook, Quayside Publishing Group/Fair Winds Press

• The California Missions, Getty Publications
• Charles Fritz: 100 Paintings Illustrating the Journals of Lewis and Clark, Farcountry Press
• Theodore Roosevelt, Hunter-Conservationist, Boone and Crockett Club

• All In A Day's Work for Real Estate Agents: Humorous and Heartwarming Stories, Work Like A Dog Books
• Roastbeef's Promise, Smack Books
• The Wheel of Nuldoid, Pointless INK Publishers, LLC

• Fablehaven: Secrets of the Dragon Sanctuary, Deseret Book Company / Shadow Mountain
• The Kalevala: Tales of Magic and Adventure, Simply Read Books
  
• Zillah's Gift, Beaver's Pond Press, Inc.

• The Power of the Penny, Spencer Publishing
• Transforming Lives, Star Bright Books
• Written in Bone: Buried Lives of Jamestown and Colonial Maryland, Carolrhoda Books

• Another World Lies Beyond, Huntington Library Press
• Half Spoon of Rice, East West Discovery Press
• Layla's Head Scarf, Star Bright Books

• B is for Bufflehead, PhotoHutch
• Giant Lizards (2nd Edition), TFH Publications, Inc.
• Plundering Appalachia, Earth Aware Editions

• Gita Wisdom, Mandala Publishing
• ReBecoming: The Way of Opportunity, Dassana Press, LLC
• Transforming Practices, 10th Anniversary Edition, American Bar Association

• Get Out! 150 Easy Ways for Kids and Grown-Ups to Get Into Nature and Build a Greener Future, Free Spirit Publishing, Inc.
• The Highly Intuitive Child: A Guide to Understanding and Parenting Unusually Sensitive and Empathic Children Hunter House Inc., Publishers
• Raising Twins From Pregnancy to Preschool, American Academy of Pediatrics

• Hope: A Collection of Obama Posters and Prints, Zenith Press, an imprint of Quayside Publishing Group
• Just Coffee Caffeine With A Conscience, Just Trade Center
• Lost American Principles, Outskirts Press, Inc

• Anatomic Basis of Neurologic Diagnosis, Thieme Publishers
• The Articulate Advocate: New Techniques of Persuasion for Trial Lawyers, Crown King Books
• Garner on Language and Writing, American Bar Association

• Brothers and Sisters in Adoption: Helping Children Navigate Relationships When New Kids Join the Family, Perspectives Press, Inc.
• Redeeming Our Treasures: Finding Joy In the Shadows of an Abusive Past, Edict House Publishing Group, LLC
• Uprooting Anger: Eliminating the Emotion that Kills, Life Transitions Consulting

• Chasing Moonlight, John F. Blair, Publisher
• Golf, Naked - The Bare Essentials Revealed, Pick It Up Publishing, LLC
• LeBron James: The Making of an MVP, Gray & Company, Publishers

• The Book Collector's Guide to L. Frank Baum and Oz, March Hare Books
• Ethnologue: Languages of the World, 16th Ed., SIL International
• World Atlas of Dog Breeds, TFH Publications, Inc.

• People of the Land: Legends of the Four Host First Nations, Theytus Books
• Steel Pier: Showplace of the Nation, Down The Shore Publishing Corp.
• Voices of the American West, Fulcrum Publishing

• Big Picture of the Bible - New Testament, Big Picture Ministries, LLC
• Gloria's Miracle, San Juan Publishing
• Welcome Them Home — Help Them Heal, Whole Person Associates

• California's Olive Pioneers, Robert Mondavi Institute (RMI)
• Everyone's Guide to Atoms, Einstein and the Universe, Real Science Publishing
• Marine Aquarium Handbook, TFH Publications, Inc.

• Eat What You Love, Love What You Eat: How to Break Your Eat-Repent-Repeat Cycle, Greenleaf Book Group Press
• Redeeming Our Treasures: Finding Joy In the Shadows of an Abusive Past, Edict House Publishing Group, LLC
• Revising Fiction: Making Sense of the Madness, Quillrunner Publishing LLC

• The Complete Walt Disney World 2010, Coconut Press
• Photographing Oregon, Graphie Int’l, Inc.
• Yellowstone Treasures: The Traveler's Companion to the National Park, Granite Peak Publications

• The Hole in the Sky, Sea Turtle Publishing
• Issa: The Greatest Story Never Told, Snow Mountain Press (An imprint of Summit University Press)
• Personal Demons, Medallion Press, Inc.

• Kipling's Cat: A Memoir of My Father, Protean Press
• Letters to Zerky, a Father's Legacy to a Lost Son and a Road Trip Around the World, Nickelodeon Press
• Look Great, Live Green: Choosing Beauty Solutions That Are Planet-Safe and Budget-Smart,Hunter House Inc., Publishers

Great Smoky Mountains National Park: Thirty Years of American Landscapes, Quiet Light Publishing
• Steel Pier: Showplace of the Nation, Down The Shore Publishing Corp.
• Wild Ohio: The Best of Our Natural Heritage, The Kent State University Press

• The Art of Planet 51, Insight Editions
• The Belly Button Fairy, Best Fairy Books
• Famous Figures of Ancient Times: Movable Paper Figures to Cut, Color, and Assemble, Figures in Motion

• Beehive Reader 1, Takeaway Press
• Notes on Cooking: A Short Guide to an Essential Craft, RCR Creative Press
• You Don't Have To Learn the Hard Way, BenBella Books, Inc.

• Steel Pier: Showplace of the Nation, Down The Shore Publishing Corp.
• Treasures through Six Generations, Huntington Library Press

• Nico & Lola: Kindness Shared Between a Boy and A Dog, Genuine Prints LLC
• The Princess and the Kiss: The Three Gifts of Christmas, Warner Press
• What Does It Mean To Be Global?, Little Pickle Press LLC

• Born to Win, Breed to Succeed, BowTie Press
• The Gold Standard MCAT, Ruveneco Inc
• World Atlas of Dog Breeds, TFH Publications, Inc.

• Kingdom of Simplicity, Skywriter Books
• Shadwell's Slaves - Escape to Freedom, Discover'N Publishing
• Shakedown, Lenox Road Publishing LLC

• The Healthcare Survival Guide, Health Advocate Publishing, Inc.
• The Mermaid and the Messerschmitt: War Through a Woman’s Eyes, 1939-1940, Aquila Polonica Publishing
• The No-Diet Obesity Solution for Kids, AGA Press

• Chippy Chipmunk Parties in the Garden, Celtic Sunrise
• My Savings Book & Journal, Community Services Press
• The Star of Christmas, Winterlake Press