Jack Corcoran's Book Nominated For A Global Ebook Award

July 20, 2011 - PRLog -- Winder, GA, 7/19/11 - Author Jack Corcoran's "School Carnival Guide" has been nominated for a Global eBook Award in the Education category.

This is a complete guide to planning and running a successful elementary school carnival.  Building on the experiences of thousands of school carnival committees, you’ll be able to design and implement a carnival full of fun and profit.

"Everyone is talking about eBooks," said Dan Poynter, founder of the Global eBook Awards. "eBooks have reached the tipping point and are outselling books on paper in several categories. eBook are not replacing paper books; they are in addition to. The eReading devices such as the Kindle are increasing the amount of book reading."

According to Joseph Dowdy, the Director of Awards, the category with the largest number of entries so far is Sci-Fi/Fantasy/Paranormal. The next largest number of entries are in Historical Literature, Autobiography/Memoirs, and Writing/Publishing Nonfiction. Dowdy observes that Sci-Fi/Fantasy/Paranormal is the hot topic this season.

The Awards have 79 categories in fiction, nonfiction, poetry, illustration, and multimedia. See http://awardsforebooks.com/categories/

The Global eBook winners will be honored at a star-studded ceremony on August 20 in Santa Barbara, California.

The ebook may be purchased from the website at: http://schoolcarnivalguide.com/ or in Kindle version from Amazon.com.

Jack Corcoran has over 20 years experience in helping PTA/ PTO’s and  teachers run their school carnivals.  As a professional entertainer and amusement rental company owner, he is the leading authority on squeezing profits and maximizing fun at school carnivals.
He received a BS from Radford University and an MSW from the University of Georgia.
He lives with his wife, Eva, in Winder, and raises award-winning Alpacas.