Sunbury Press Bestseller List for January 2011

Feb. 1, 2011 - PRLog -- Lemoyne, PA - Sunbury Press, Inc. has released its bestseller list for the month of January, 2011. Sales for the month have more than quadrupled from January 2010 and are double November's sales. All categories performed well.

"Prohibition's Prince: The Bizarre Life of America's Millionaire Moonshiner", a recently  released biography by Guy Graybill about Prince Farrington, a famous bootlegger from the early 20th century, grabbed the top spot this month, for the third month in a row. This title continues to rank in the Top 100 on Amazon's Mid-Atlantic Histories list.

Second place was captured by the company's top-selling artist book - "River Art: 2010 Susquehanna International Fine Art Competition" - cataloging over 100 works that were selected by the jurors of a contest sponsored by this publisher and West Shore Gallery of Wormleysburg, PA.

Following are the top sellers by category:

History / Genealogy - "Prohibition's Prince" by Guy Graybill
Fiction / Poetry - "the 100th Human" by Chris Fenwick
Children's - "The Mouse with the Broken Tail" by Dan Shutters
The Arts - "River Art: 2010 Susquehanna International Fine Art Competition"
Self-Help - "A Young Adult's Guide to Safety in the Digital Age" by Jeff Sechler

Patrick Quere's "Grognard" received a bump up to #7 thanks to a two-page spread in "The Globe" magazine. Steve Troutman's new release "Tulpehocken Trail Traces" placed #4 thanks to newspaper coverage in Schuylkill County, PA. Thomas Malafarina's second edition of "13 Nasty Endings" benefited from its very gory cover art designed by Alecia Nye. Karim El-Koussa's "Pythagoras the Mathemagician" made the list thanks to strong Kindle sales.

For a complete ranking, please see the Sunbury Press web site:
http://www.sunburypress.com/bestsellers.html

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Sunbury Press, Inc., headquartered in Lemoyne, PA is a publisher of trade paperback and digital books featuring established and emerging authors in many fiction and non-fiction categories. Sunbury's books are sold through leading booksellers worldwide.