Special Announcement: LEE MARVIN: Point Blank is an IPPY Award Winner!
Congratulations to Dwayne Epstein on winning the Bronze Medal in the the 2013 IPPY (Independent Publishers Award) for biography with LEE MARVIN: Point Blank! As publisher it is a tremendous honor to have been selected for this prestigious award which highlights the year's best of the independent presses.
Awards Director Jim Barnes reported the results in today's official press release, and stated: "Conducted each year to honor the year's best independently published books, the "IPPY" Awards recognize excellence in a broad range of subjects and reward authors and publishers who "take chances and break new ground." Independent publishers, along with independent booksellers, have long held an important role in the world of books, offering an alternative to "the big five" conglomerated media publishers. Thanks to small presses, university presses, and self-publishing services that give experimental and entrepreneurial authors a platform, the IPPY universe is rapidly expanding -- and that gives adventurous readers a plethora of new choices."
Schaffner Press is thrilled to be included among the 382 winners in 77 categories, drawn from a pool of over 5,000 contestants, from 44 states, and seven countries, and firmly stands by the challenge to "take chances and break new ground" in future publishing efforts!