(Austin, TX): Several independent publishers distributed and/or published through Greenleaf Book Group and its imprint Emerald Book Company received awards in the 2010 IBPA Benjamin Franklin Awards and 2009 Book of the Year Awards by ForeWord Magazine. Greenleaf is proud to be associated with these great publications that show Greenleaf’s continued dedication to publishing excellence and the development of high-quality books. The Benjamin Franklin Book Awards and the ForeWord Book of the Year Awards recognize excellence in independent publishing. Both are presented in conjunction with Book Expo America, an annual publishing convention held in New York City.
Winners include:
Benjamin Franklin Awards:
Winner / Self-Help: Eat What You Love, Love What You Eat: How to Break Your Eat-Repent-Repeat Cycle, Michelle May, Greenleaf Book Group Press
Winner / Humor, Comedy, Satire: Roastbeef's Promise, David Jerome, Smack Books
Winner / Recreation,Sports:
ForeWord Book of the Year Awards:
2009 Book of the Year Winner in Fiction-Historical:
2009 Book of the Year Winner in Self Help & Body, Mind & Spirit: Eat What You Love, Love What You Eat, Michelle May, Greenleaf Book Group Press



